ANNOUNCEMENT: Jan 22, 2012: Next Coastal Clean-up at Freedom Island
We are inviting everyone for our next coastal clean-up at Freedom Island on Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3-6pm.
Save the last remaining mangrove frontier in Metro Manila...
Save the bird and marine sanctuary...
Save the livelihood of fisherfolks and their families...
Save us from typhoons and floods...
LET'S ALL HELP CLEAN FREEDOM ISLAND!
SAVE FREEDOM ISLAND FROM RECLAMATION!!
FREE FREEDOM ISLAND FROM IMPENDING THREATS!!
Set dolphins free, group urges gov’t
By Penelope P. Endozo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
3:22 am | Sunday, November 13th, 2011
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/17907/set-dolphins-free-group-urges-gov...
An international animal welfare group urged the government on Saturday to free the 25 dolphins at Ocean Park in Subic that are being groomed to be among the next big attractions in a Singaporean marine park.
"What's there to hide?" (ACRES, EII-Phils & PAWS sent-out from Ocean Adventure dolphin facility)
DOG DAZE
By Kathy Moran (The Philippine Star)
Updated November 19, 2011 12:00 AM
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=749564&publicationSubCate...
Why does it seem that cruelty is easier done when we deal with animals? Don’t they have any rights?
Yes, they do in RA 8485 or the Philippine Animal Welfare Act.
SINGAPORE GROUP CALLS ON THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE DOLPHINS CAUGHT FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
The Animal Concerns Education and Research Society of Singapore (ACRES) today urged the Philippine government not to re-export 25 dolphins, currently in training at the Ocean Adventure Park in Subic, to Singapore.
The group says that the dolphins, caught in the wild from the Solomon Islands, were forcibly snatched from their families and will live short, miserable lives in captivity as show animals for Resorts World in Singapore (RWS).
Response to Resorts World Singapore's Letter to Philippine Daily Inquirer
by Earth Island Institute Philippines
22 November 2011
Letter to the Editor/Opinion Section
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Via readersadvocate@inquirer.com.ph
opinion@inquirer.com.ph
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in response to the letter by Resorts World Singapore (RWS) last 22 November 2011 through Mr. Lim Soon Hua, the RWS Director for Communications.
Wildlife Activists Campaign to Save 'World's Saddest Dolphins'
by CARMELA G. LAPEÑA, GMA News
11/22/2011 | 03:15 PM
Marine conservationists have launched a campaign to urge the Philippine government not to re-export 25 dolphins, currently held at the Ocean Adventure Park in Subic, to Singapore and instead, release them back to the wild.
Animal Groups Seek Return of Solomon Dolphins in Subic to their Native Habitat
By Khrysta Imperial Rara, VERA Files
Representatives of Manila and Singapore-based animal protection groups are blocking the reported plan to send the dolphins in Subic to Singapore. They also want them returned to where they came from- Solomon Islands.
JOIN US ON THE INTERNATIONAL JAPAN DOLPHIN DAY ON SEPT 1, 2011
THE JAPANESE DOLPHIN DRIVE HUNTS
In the Japanese fishing village of Taiji, fishermen will round up and kill hundreds and even thousands of dolphins starting September of every year.
After driving pods of dolphins into shallow coves, the fishermen kill the dolphins, slashing their throats with knives or stabbing them with spears. Thrashing about, the dolphins take as long as six minutes to die. The water turns red with their blood and the air fills with their screams.
World Renowned Dolphin Activist Writes Philippine Bureau of Fisheries over Importation of Solomon Island Dolphins
June 13, 2011
Atty. Asis Perez, Director
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Building
Elliptical Road Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
VIA E-MAIL: aperez@bfar.da.gov.ph
To The Honorable Mr. Perez:
The Dolphin Project of Earth Island Institute is working to protect dolphins around the world and prevent dolphins from being removed from the wild for captivity.
ANIMAL WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS FILE CASE AGAINST DOLPHIN SHOW
The Earth Island Institute (EII) and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) filed cases against a government official and the promoters of a dolphinand sea lion show staged at the Araneta Center Cubao last Christmas.
