Velogal's Blog: 02/01/2011

The Cyber Whale Warrior Speaks for the Dolphins

Thank you, Mr. Hollis Heartbreakingly awesome.

Senator Leland Yee Not Accepting Email Comments on Shark Fin Soup Ban

Senator Lee is dismissing emails sent to his Senate email address, and telling people who are trying to comment to call him. So here are the numbers for his three offices:

Call CA Sen Yee about opposing shark fin soup bill:

Phone: (916) 651-4008 Sacramento Capitol

Phone: (650) 340-8840 San Mateo Office

Phone: (415) 557-7857 San Francisco Office

Are we taxpayers in California paying for his THREE offices? Does a State Senator need three offices?

Don't Dine at Places That Serve Shark Fin Soup

Next time you go to a Chinese restaurant, look to see if shark fin soup is on the menu. If it is, get up and leave and tell the manager why you are leaving. Read this article to become more informed on this issue.

California Moves to Protect Sharks - Fong/Huffman Bill Would End Shark Fin Sales in CA - Press Relea

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Boycott Restaurants That Serve Shark Fin Soup - Take Action!

Go to awionline.org to find a list of restaurants near your area that serve shark fin soup. Tell your local restaurants to stop serving shark fin soup. Let them know that you will boycott them until they do. Call or email them. Better yet, go there and be seated, open the menu and then tell you are leaving because they have shark fin soup on the menu. Here is a sample letter/email:

Stop serving shark fin soup! In 2006, Dr. Shelley Clarke's analysis of shark fin markets in Hong Kong estimated that upwards of 73 MILLION sharks are being killed each year for the barbaric shark fin trade. By now, over 100 MILLION sharks are brutally killed every year.

Sharks are captured live, their fins are brutally cut off and they are dumped back in the ocean to slowly die. This is cruel and inhumane! Sharks are vital to maintaining balance in our oceans, and the unsustainable trade in shark fins is driving many shark species to the brink of extinction.

You are participating in the destruction of the ocean and the extinction of a valuable species. Please stop serving shark fin soup and remove this item from your menu.

Go to Yelp and write a review asking for a boycott. Here is what I write:

No stars if I could... Boycott this place! It has shark fin soup on the menu. Over 100 million sharks are brutally killed every year for a crappy bowl of soup. Sharks are captured alive, their fins are cut off and they are dumped back in the ocean to die a slow death. Restaurants that serve shark fin soup suck...

The Last 50 Grey Wolves May Be Hunted if Orrin Hatch Has His Way

Defenders of Wildlife Campaign to Save America's Wolves:

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Thailand is the Center of Wildlife Smuggling

Man stopped at airport with three bags full of dozens of creatures, including endangered tortoises. Look at the list of wildlife in those bags! http://tinyurl.com/4ouj452

Redneck Morons with Guns Killing Endangered Whooping Cranes

Gunfire shatters effort to rebuild endangered whooping crane population - St. Petersburg Times http://tinyurl.com/4p62rss

CHASSAHOWITZKA -- They have survived ferocious winter winds, power lines and even bobcats. Now, the endangered whooping cranes may be facing their biggest obstacle yet
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If Only This Could Happen to Dog Killer/Torturer Michael Vick

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Buehrle is right on about dog killer Michael Vick

Right On, Mark Buehrle! Michael Vick DOES need to get hurt, and lots of people wish that same thing while he is playing. Bravo for standing up and speaking out for the dogs that Vick tortured and killed.

Proof of The Damage to Our Oceans By Overfishing

18-year study proves that overfishing damages coral reefs | News | Practical Fishkeeping

www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

Although overfishing is usually deemed to be detrimental to coral reefs, an 18-year study of the coral reefs off Kenya has provided concrete evidence to illustrate this point.

Shark Fin Soup is Killing a Species

Shark fins trade - undercover

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Every year, 1 million sharks are sucked out of the sea, killed and their fins processed in this Costa Rican factory for Chinese consumption. The clip is extracted from 'Crime Scene Wild' off Animal Planet Channel.

Japan - Stop The Slaughter of Dolphins!

The slaughter and capture of dolphins in Taiji must stop now! The Wakayama Prefecture says this is part of national pride and tradition? No, it is the shame of Taiji and all Japan to kill and capture these beautiful, intelligent, sentient beings. The "tradition" is based on greed - using cruel, barbaric and inhumane actions to slaughter gentle, sentient beings of the sea. The selling of dolphins for massive amounts of money will not last over the generations. The world is watching, with horror and repulsion, your slaughter of both dolphins and whales.

Tourism? Show the tourists your bloody, barbaric slaughter in The Cove. Show them what is under those tarps! Beautiful statues and signs do not cover your shame! A huge tourist boycott will soon be the consequence of your shameful actions! Tourists in the US, in the UK, in Australia and other countries will not support these reprehensible actions against dolphins and whales with their tourist dollars. Selling dried dolphin meat with the skin still on in tourist shops is revolting.

Soon, all the dolphins will be killed and gone, and you will have no source of income. Tourism is your only solution - tourists seeing live dolphins playing in The Cove is your future livelihood.

Japan's Taiji Brutal and Barbaric Dolphin Slaughter Exposed (Again)

Japanese dolphin killings exposed by hidden video a year after The Cove documentary

www.dailymail.co.uk

Officials in Japan had claimed that the mammals were destroyed humanely as a source of meat after the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove exposed the killings in 2009.