A picture can say a thousand words.

In the course of collecting signatures on the 10,534 letters delivered to Palace Entertainment and Miami Seaquarium from our “16,425 Days A Slave” campaign, this aerial photo has been the most compelling.

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured Lolita

   Published 26th Oct 2021 Read more ...

Standing Rock, DAPL, and how #WaterIsLife for all Beings including Dolphins & Whales

#NoDAPL - All have come to stand in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) which is currently under construction.

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured

   Published 30th Nov 2016 Read more ...

Please support USA proposal to save Maui and Hector’s dolphins!

Please support the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency’s initiative to list Hector’s and Maui dolphins under the Endangered Species Act.

LetsFaceIt Featured LFI

   Published 15th Nov 2016 Read more ...

Letters of Love for Lolita from Aotearoa, and the Latest

People of all ages have been sending love from across the Pacific and Atlantic! Also we are sharing an update on the lawsuit for Lolita’s Endangered Species Act status, leading up to a press release yesterday (1 July 2016).

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured OWP Lolita

   Published 7th Jul 2016 Read more ...

More Voices for “our” Maui’s Dolphins

Peggy Oki, reports on her 12th year in Raglan, NZ of working to help the last 55 or less Maui’s Dolphins.

LetsFaceIt Featured Video Interview

   Published 16th May 2016 Read more ...

A Far Cry From the Wild

Toki being forced to scream for food truly is an “abomination”. It is also atrocious that she has been kept in an illegal tank (too small by Orca welfare standards in the U.S.), for over 45 years, 35 of them alone since the suicide of her Orca tank mate Hugo.

   Published 13th Feb 2016 Read more ...

Urgent Action Needed!

Japanese Whaling fleet heading for Antarctica, expected to kill up to 333 minke whales by March 2016. The slaughter will occur in waters that have been declared a whale sanctuary by the International Whaling Commission (IWC)!

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured OWP

   Published 16th Dec 2015 Read more ...

Miracle March for Lolita

I am excited to share with you that I've been invited to be a guest speaker at the Miracle March for Lolita in Miami (Florida) January 17, 2015! It is a huge honor to be able join in the walk and to stand before thousands at this historic event honoring Lolita and supporting her release from captivity.

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured OWP

   Published 15th Nov 2014 Read more ...

15th annual exhibit at “the Sojourner Cafe”

Please join me in celebrating my 15th annual exhibit at “The Soj”!

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured

   Published 10th Nov 2014 Read more ...

We've Tried & Tried! What To Do When They Just Won't Listen?!

It is more than evident that unless the current government is VOTED OUT, the last 55 Maui's Dolphins could become EXTINCT less than two decades from now.

LetsFaceIt Featured LFI

   Published 16th Sep 2014 Read more ...

Silence Broken

Battles are being hard fought for the world's smallest, rarest dolphin in New Zealand -- a nation perceived as “green” but currently only in theory, not action.

LetsFaceIt Featured

   Published 11th Sep 2014 Read more ...

C.R. Stecyk III

C. R. Stecyk III is a multimedia artist widely acknowledged as a major influence within the genres of graffiti and street art. He has participated in more than 300 international exhibitions and his work is included in a number of public collections.

Celebrity

   Published 3rd Jun 2014 Read more ...

Natas Kaupas

Natas Kaupas (born 1969) is a semi-retired American professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California in the area known as Dogtown and is of Lithuanian descent.[1] He attended Santa Monica High School. He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders.

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   Published 3rd Jun 2014 Read more ...

Tommy Guerrero

As a teenager, Guerrero was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that was successful during the 1980s. He was well known for his relaxed style of street skateboarding and his Bones Brigade footage was primarily filmed in his hometown of San Francisco

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   Published 30th May 2014 Read more ...

IWC to consider imminent extinction of Maui’s dolphins

New research confirms that New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphins could face extinction by 2031. In the past two years, the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) had issued urgent recommendations about the need to protect the dolphins’ from fishing nets. New Zealand has failed to implement this advice. IWC scientists are scheduled to discuss the plight of the last 50 Maui’s dolphins again at their meeting in Bled, Slovakia this week.

LetsFaceIt Featured Marine Mammals

   Published 29th May 2014 Read more ...

Rakuten bans sales of whale and dolphin meat; notifies all sellers

More good news, and gratitude to EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) and HSI (Humane Society International) for this campaign

OrigamiWhalesProject Featured Marine Mammals

   Published 4th Apr 2014 Read more ...

Supporting AB2140 (The Orca Welfare & Safety Act)

Thanks to my friend Joyce for helping to fax (15 committee members!!) my 4-pg letter from the Origami Whales Project today

OrigamiWhalesProject

   Published 4th Apr 2014 Read more ...

Whaling

During the 20th century alone, more than 1.4 million whales have been killed. In the process, commercial whaling systematically depleted whale population after whale population. Estimates indicate that the impacts of previous commercial whaling led to the reduction of whale populations, leaving species such as the Humpback Whale down to 10%, the Blue Whale down to less than 4% from "pre-exploitation numbers", the Gray Whale down to 12%, the Right Whale down to 6%. All of these whales are among at least 7 whale species listed as Endangered. These numbers may be shocking, but also disturbing is the fact that scientists from outside of Japan have purchased whale meats from Japanese markets to find DNA results indicating that Humpback, Blue, and Sei whale meats are still being sold.

OrigamiWhalesProject Marine Mammals

   Published 1st Apr 2014 Read more ...

Interview on Raglan Radio with Peggy Oki

Peggy Oki talks with Aaron of Raglan Radio in NZ about the Maui's Dolphin Threat Management Plan recently announced, threats to their habitat, the current New Zealand government, and more.

LetsFaceIt LFI

   Published 17th Feb 2014 Read more ...

Threat Management Plan from a government with deaf ears!!

The NZ government has again failed to adequately protect the ever-declining population of Maui's Dolphins, now at 54 or less (adults over age of 1 year) There is very little question that current government is bowing to the commercial fisheries, seabed mining, and deep sea oil industries instead of doing the right thing to save the dolphins.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 17th Dec 2013 Read more ...

Slash (musician)

Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom (Slash achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

LetsFaceIt Celebrity

   Published 3rd Dec 2013 Read more ...

Duff McKagan

Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with the band, he released a solo album, Believe in Me (1993), and formed the short-lived supergroup Neurotic Outsiders.

Celebrity

   Published 3rd Dec 2013 Read more ...

Steve & Josie Stevens

Steve Stevens is one of the most original guitarists to emerge from the 80's rock scene, best known for his 30 year partnership with Billy Idol, his work on Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana", his Grammy Award winning performance on "Top Gun Anthem" & his work with Vince Neil on "Exposed"... & ...Josie Stevens is an American TV personality, model & fashion designer.

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   Published 3rd Dec 2013 Read more ...

Glenn Hughes

Vocalist/bass guitarist/songwriter Glenn Hughes is a true original. No other rock musician has carved such a distinctive style blending the finest elements of hard rock, soul and funk. That astonishing voice is Hughes' calling card. He's known as a singer's singer. Stevie Wonder once called Hughes his favourite white singer.

Celebrity

   Published 3rd Dec 2013 Read more ...

Call to Action to protect Maui's Dolphin habitat from seabed mining

Seabed mining company Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) "...aims to suck up to 50 million tonnes of sand from the seabed, and ship up to 5 million tonnes of iron concentrate to Asia every year."

LetsFaceIt

   Published 3rd Dec 2013 Read more ...

Matt Sorum

Matt Sorum speaks through the drums. Each hit or kick that Sorum has committed to tape or knocked out on stage can be felt by anyone within earshot.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Dec 2013 Read more ...

Les Stroud

Best known as the award winning producer and star of the hit TV series Survivorman (OLN Canada, The Science Channel US, Discovery Channel International, City TV (Rogers) Canada), Les Stroud is the only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone.

Celebrity

   Published 25th Nov 2013 Read more ...

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She gained fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. This followed with major roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, Strange Days, The Evening Star, Kalifornia, From Dusk Till Dawn, and The Other Sister.

Celebrity

   Published 25th Nov 2013 Read more ...

Howard Garrett

Howard Garrett offers educational programs about orca natural history around the Pacific Northwest. He co-founded the non-profit Orca Network in November 2001 with Susan Berta. Howard received his degree in Sociology from The Colorado College in 1980, and began working with the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island in 1981. In 1996 Garrett wrote Orcas In Our Midst, a booklet oriented toward middle-school students, and has since published additional educational books about resident and transient Orcas in the area.

Celebrity

   Published 24th Nov 2013 Read more ...

Join us in supporting our friend Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project

“Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project” KINGS OF CHAOS--the new touring project featuring former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, along with Glenn Hughes (Black Country Communion/Deep Purple), Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour) and Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)--will perform a special concert on Monday, November 18 at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. They’ll play a two-hour set spanning the greatest hits from all of its superstar members and additional special guest performers.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 15th Nov 2013 Read more ...

Marco Morgan, The National Skate Collective, South Africa

The group of skateboarders united in the celebration of the lifting of the ban of skateboarding on a Promenade in Cape Town, and last week we united to support the Lets Face It campaign. It was featured in the local papers as well. I wish you the best of luck with the cause and I hope that we are able to support in the future.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 9th Nov 2013 Read more ...

From Across the World With Love for "Our" Maui's & Hector's Dolphins

25 NGOs representing across the globe, backing concerns of over 2,000 marine mammal scientists, a "sign on" letter is sent to the New Zealand government during the re-opened Threat Management Plan (TMP) submissions period.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 21st Oct 2013 Read more ...

ACTION ALERT: Submissions for TMP (Threat Management Plan) reopened for Maui's Dolphins.

Send your own submission directly to the NZ government.... DOC (Department of Conservation) NZ is now seeking submissions on the Minister’s intention to vary the West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary to prohibit commercial and recreational set net fishing between two and seven nautical miles offshore between Pariokariwa Point and the Waiwhakaiho River, Taranaki.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 19th Sep 2013 Read more ...

Helene Schneider

Helene Schneider currently Mayor of Santa Barbara (California), previously served as Councilmember from 2004 to 2010.

Celebrity

   Published 16th Sep 2013 Read more ...

News Flash and CALL TO ACTION: New Zealand government is taking first steps to open up Maui's & Hector's habitat to SHELL and offshore oil!

After North Sea Gas Leak, Drillers Fear Corrosive Fluid Could Threaten Deep Sea Wells Across The World

LetsFaceIt

   Published 16th Sep 2013 Read more ...

Your Voice Urgently Needed Against High Risk Exploratory Drilling in NZ Waters!

On the heels of the controversial Anadarko Amendment (criminalizing aspects of protesting at sea), the New Zealand government has proposed a law change to the Marine Legislation Bill, currently before Parliament. If passed, the public's right to oppose deep-sea oil and gas exploration will be removed.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 3rd Sep 2013 Read more ...

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales.

Celebrity Featured

   Published 28th Aug 2013 Read more ...

Táta Vega

With Táta Vega, what you hear is what you get--and what you get is an artist whose music mirrors her spirit...and vice versa. ​A fresh and original blend of energy and inspiration...an effervescent personality combined with abundant talent, refreshing music and an eternal message.

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   Published 19th Aug 2013 Read more ...

Shaun Tomson

Shaun Tomson has been listed as one of the 25 most influential surfers of the century and as one of the 10 greatest surfers of all time. During his career he was both the youngest and oldest surfer to win a pro event and is considered to be one of the architects of professional surfing.

Celebrity

   Published 18th Jul 2013 Read more ...

Call for set net ban to save critically endangered Hector's dolphins

Scientists are calling for a complete ban on set net fishing in Akaroa Harbour after finding out one of New Zealand's most endangered species is in the area more often than they thought.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 18th Jul 2013 Read more ...

Voices from Auckland Sounding Loud & Clear for the Maui's Dolphins

Quotations and comments from Wayne Walker, Albany ward councillor and Auckland Council environment and sustainability forum chairman back the (IWC Scientific) committee's recommendations for saving the last 55 Maui's dolphins. And Auckland council coastal specialist Bill Trusewich chimes in too.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 18th Jul 2013 Read more ...

The Good News, and Word is Getting Out

Hail to the great Blues, Light is shed on the New Zealand government lurking in darkness, while the Mexican government steps up to the plate.

LetsFaceIt Featured

   Published 22nd Jun 2013 Read more ...

Stand Up & Be Counted

Large scale environmental art image was organized by “Let’s Face It” Visual Petitions coordinator Peggy Oki, Founder & Director of the Origami Whales Project.

LetsFaceIt Featured

   Published 6th May 2013 Read more ...

Music to the Ears about Too Much Noise for Maui's Dolphins

After numerous e-mails and phone calls by Peggy Oki (Coordinator of "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions) since February (2013) pushing to formulate a group letter of concern to DOC with request for protocols including necropsy to determine cause of death in any cetaceans found in proximity to zones of seismic testing we gladly announce that the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) is urging the New Zealand government to halt seismic testing in Maui’s dolphin habitat immediately. In a letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister the SMM expressed concerns about seismic surveys in the home of Maui’s dolphins, the rarest dolphin species on earth. The President of the Society Prof. Helen Marsh said that "allowing seismic testing in the dolphins’ habitat may harm their hearing and push them into unprotected areas, where they are more exposed to fishing nets. The impact on the 55 remaining Maui’s dolphins could be devastating. Allowing this seismic testing appears inconsistent with the New Zealand Government's stated goal of enabling this subspecies to recover..."

LetsFaceIt Marine Mammals

   Published 28th Apr 2013 Read more ...

Mark Cunningham

Living legend Mark Cunningham continues his exciting life as one of the most inspiring world class bodysurfers of all time after retiring from 29 years of Honolulu City & County lifeguard duty including the beach at Ehukai Beach Park for nearly two decades. He's six time winner of the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic.

Celebrity

   Published 4th Apr 2013 Read more ...

Hannah-Beth Jackson

19th District Senator, California. Hannah-Beth Jackson is an educator, former State Assembly Member, and former Deputy District Attorney. She was elected to represent the 35th Assembly District, encompassing large portions of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, from 1998 to 2004.

Celebrity

   Published 3rd Apr 2013 Read more ...

Keith Malloy

Like his brothers, Keith is a master of all forms of waveriding. Keith can surf anything and everything from 2' to 25' and was on the WQS tour for years and ended up qualifying for the WCT. Keith did the WCT for one year but decided that traveling and surfing with his brothers and friends, making movies, and having the freedom to go anywhere in the world on short notice for a huge swell was more to his liking. Keith and his brothers shocked the surfing community when they went outside of the industry and signed a sponsorship deal with environmentally friendly Patagonia. All three Malloys are a driving force behind the brand's ocean stores and conservation efforts.

Celebrity

   Published 23rd Mar 2013 Read more ...

Chris Malloy

First known as a professional surfers, Chris along with brothers Keith and Dan impressed the world over with their surfing. Along with surfers like Pancho Sullivan, Myles Padaca, Noah Johnson and Strider Wasilewski, Malloy was part of a new breed of pro surfer who put travel and big waves way ahead of competition on the priority list. He became a fixture in the surf magazines, was a top-biller in Taylor Steele's momentous surf videos and, in one article, was even labeled a "New School ringleader."

Celebrity

   Published 23rd Mar 2013 Read more ...

Another Love Letter, shocking dolphin bycatch numbers, and Maui's Dolphins Making the News!

Letter to New Zealand Prime Minister regarding Maui's, Shock over accidental catch rates, and when a marine sanctuary is a "killing field".

LetsFaceIt

   Published 18th Feb 2013 Read more ...

Tom Curren

Surfing legend Tom Curren has been the world champion three times (1985, 1986, 1990) and won 33 championship events in his professional career, a total only bested by Kelly Slater.

Celebrity

   Published 14th Jan 2013 Read more ...

Yvon Chouinard

Legendary rock climber, surfer, environmentalist and outdoor industry businessman, noted for his contributions to climbing, climbing equipment and the outdoor gear business. His second company, Patagonia, is known for its environmental focus.

Celebrity

   Published 18th Dec 2012 Read more ...

Call to ACTION! Please spread the word & post widely!!!

We've heard that the NZ govt may announce the Threat Management Plan (TMP) on the Maui's & Hector's dolphins this month!!!

LetsFaceIt Featured

   Published 30th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Dave “Rasta” Rastovich returns to paddle for the Maui’s Dolphins and New Zealand coastal habitat!

Congratulations and much gratitude to Dave “Rasta” Rastovich’s on returning to New Zealand for his 350km, two-week solo paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha, west of Auckland, in New Zealand. The paddle aims to draw international awareness to the seabed mining proposed for the coastline.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 29th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Interactive Tool: "A future for the Maui's Dolphin?"

A visual exploration of threats & protection options made by 'dumpark creative industries' Learn about the rarest dolphin on earth and its worrying decline of population.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 29th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis is an American film director, producer and cinematographer who has directed a number of well-noted action thrillers.

Celebrity

   Published 27th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Love Letters and

A group letter of concern with 50 national and international organizations, representing over 20 million concerned citizens globally, for the critically endangered Maui’s dolphin was signed on 24 October, 2012, and will be sent to Hon. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand. While this is impressive, we are still very concerned. Why? Earlier this year, more than 32,000 people having submitted on the measures around Taranaki, with 76 per cent of submissions calling for greater protection of Maui’s dolphins. Despite this, in September during the largest international conference on conservation (the IUCN) the NZ government was the ONLY member nation among 576 that voted against a motion to stop the extinction of the Hector's and Maui's Dolphins. So we need to do everything we can now to ensure that protections necessary for the survival of the Maui's and Hector's Dolphins will be included in the Threat Management Plan (TMP). 

LetsFaceIt LFI

   Published 8th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Erwin Vermeulen

Dutch activist Erwin Vermeulen traveled to Japan last year to serve as Cove Guardian volunteer for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Celebrity

   Published 7th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Crusade to Save the Innocents

A true story unfolds as hundreds of nations, thousands of world citizens united, have eyes on New Zealand as leadership is called upon to save a precious symbol of peace and joy from vanishing forever.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 6th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Team up as "Let's Face It" Visual Petition Collectors

Peggy Oki will be collecting "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions at the American Cetacean Society XIII International Conference, San Diego, California, 9-11 November. Please contact us if you would like to help us in these last few days toward our goal of 5,500 VPs before 12 November.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 5th Nov 2012 Read more ...

Benjamin "Pottsy" Potts

For one, living legend and hero seen as Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew member on "Whale Wars", Pottsy has put his life on the line to save the Whales off Antarctica.

Celebrity

   Published 23rd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Dr Liz Slooten

New Zealand's leading authority on the use of population modelling to estimate sustainable levels of marine mammal bycatch in fishing operations.

Celebrity

   Published 22nd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Sylvia Earle

Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.

Celebrity

   Published 19th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Ric O'Barry

Ric wrote: "Lets get behind this urgent effort, folks!" and with his blessings to create this VP on his behalf, "We love Peggy".

Celebrity

   Published 18th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau

Explorer. Environmentalist. Educator. Film Producer. For more than four decades, Jean-Michel Cousteau has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.

Celebrity

   Published 17th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Louie Psihoyos

Founder of the Oceanic Preservation Society in 2005, renowned photographer and avid diver directed OPS's first film, The Cove, which has won dozens of awards around the world, including the Oscar® for Best Documentary in 2009, and inspired over a million people to action.

Celebrity

   Published 16th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Peggy Oki

Peggy Oki, Coordinator of the "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign and "Origami Whales Project" Founder & Director

Celebrity

   Published 14th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Xavier Rudd

Singer, songwriter, and PETA Asia-Pacific’s 2008 Sexiest Vegetarian man. Making his way halfway around the globe, XAVIER RUDD, one of Australia’s most iconic voices today.

LetsFaceIt Celebrity

   Published 13th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Peter Hammarstedt

Second Mate, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Born in Sweden and raised in the United Kingdom, Peter, 23, joined the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as soon as he was old enough to submit an application.

Celebrity

   Published 12th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Bruce Brown

Filmmaker Bruce Brown single-handedly changed the face of surfing with The Endless Summer.

Celebrity

   Published 12th Oct 2012 Read more ...

John Calambokidis

Research Biologist and one of the founders of Cascadia Research, a non-profit research organization formed in 1979 based in Olympia, Washington. His work has been covered on shows by Discovery Channel and others and has been featured in National Geographic TV specials and a magazine article in 2009.

Celebrity

   Published 12th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Jay Adams

American skateboarder most prominently known as one of the original members of Z-Boys skateboarding team. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

Celebrity

   Published 11th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Tony Alva

Tony Alva was featured in the video game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. In 2012 he appeared on an episode of the A&E reality series Storage Wars to appraise a skateboard.

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   Published 10th Oct 2012 Read more ...

"The Cab" Steve Caballero

Steve Caballero (born November 8, 1964, San Jose, California) is a professional skateboarder and musician. Steve was born in the year of the dragon, and has had several board graphics that feature dragons.

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   Published 9th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Lance Mountain

Robert Lance Mountain was one of the prominent skateboarders throughout the 1980s, primarily due to his involvement with the Bones Brigade; Mountain is featured in the 1987 Powell-Peralta video, The Search For Animal Chin.

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   Published 8th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Jim Muir

Dogtown, as a concept, has existed since the early 1970's. It was the birthplace of progressive skateboarding, Santa Monica/Venice, California. In the celebrated documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys

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   Published 7th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Mike McGill

McGill was a member of the "Bones Brigade", an elite team of skateboarders sponsored by Powell Peralta who dominated the sub-culture of professional skateboarding (both in contests and in popularity) for a large part of the 1980s.

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   Published 6th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Vernon Courtland Johnson

Vernon Courtland Johnson, or VCJ, is one of today’s most influential artists working in a commercial medium. His iconic designs for Powell Peralta have inspired thousands of other artists worldwide, and he routinely gets namechecked by street-art superstars like D*Face and Shepard Fairey. VCJ didn’t invent the idea of skateboard art, but he both defined it and set a standard that others have yet to match.

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   Published 5th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Dave "Rasta" Rastovich

Professional free surfer, co-founder of Surfers For Cetaceans, featured in the documentary film "Minds In the Water" on his journey as an activist for cetaceans. Dave came to Raglan, New Zealand this year to help stand up for the last 55 Maui's Dolphins.

Celebrity Featured

   Published 5th Oct 2012 Read more ...

Salud Carbajal

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal is a Legend! He is always ready to help!

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   Published 3rd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Chuck Barfoot

Its been estimated that over 6.1 million people snowboard just in the US alone. According to Chuck Barfoot, the reason snowboarding was invented was because a few surfers wanted to surf in the snow - they totally related it to surfing.

Celebrity Featured

   Published 3rd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Hillary Hauser

Co-founder of Heal the Ocean, Hillary Hauser (pictured left) has been a writer/journalist/news reporter since 1968, with published books about the sea and underwater exploration, and magazine articles including National Geographic, Geo, Islands, The Surfer’s Journal, Reader’s Digest and the Los Angeles Times.

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   Published 2nd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Steve Olson

We love Steve, legendary old school professional Santa Cruz Skateboard team ridder, character so colorful... Here's looking at you Steve.

Celebrity

   Published 2nd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Christian Hosoi

Hosoi started skating at seven or eight years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as his idols.

Celebrity

   Published 2nd Oct 2012 Read more ...

Roger DeCoster

Roger DeCoster’s name is almost synonymous with the sport of motocross. DeCoster is generally recognized as the best-known racer in motocross in the first 50 years of the sport. His racing accomplishments are simply remarkable.

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   Published 1st Oct 2012 Read more ...

Brad Lackey

Brad Lackey was one of America’s pioneering motocross racers of the 1970s and ‘80s. In 1972, Lackey won the AMA 500cc National Motocross championship. In 1982, after a decade of trying, he became the first American to win the 500cc World Motocross Championship.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Oct 2012 Read more ...

Janet Wolf

Over 4 years ago, at a press conference against commercial whaling, we met the now Santa Barbara Second District Supervisor, Janet Wolf. We are grateful to Janet also "Showing Us the Love" for "our" Maui's & Hector's Dolphins of New Zealand.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Oct 2012 Read more ...

Jeff Johnson

California surfer / writer / photographer who stars in Woodshed Films’ 180° South – A trip that mirrors the legendary journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins. An accomplished writer, his works have appeared in Surfer’s Journal, Surfer, and Alpinist.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Oct 2012 Read more ...

Patti McGee and Di Dootson Rose

Patti McGee was the 1965 Woman's first National Skateboard Champion, Santa Monica. Di Dootson Rose, former professional slalom skateboarder and now of the National Skateboard Review

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   Published 1st Oct 2012 Read more ...

NZ govt has reopened the submissions period regarding their Threat Management Plan (TMP) for the Maui's & Hector's Dolphins.

So we have till mid-November to collect as many "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions as possible. Let's show them through our global campaign that the WORLD IS WATCHING!!!

   Published 27th Sep 2012 Read more ...

Unicorns, Maui’s Dolphins, Sumatran Rhinos, New Zealand Sea Lions, Yellow-eyed Penguins, and Irrawaddy River Dolphins, ...Oh My!!!

The New Zealand government has been making news, ...but not in a nice way. As the veil of “green” is raised, the dark truth of New Zealand’s current environmental policy is revealed. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

LetsFaceIt

   Published 23rd Sep 2012 Read more ...

Attention All Surfers & Skaters, and Dolphin & Whale Lovers Alike!

Peggy Oki, Coordinator of the "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign and "Origami Whales Project" Founder & Director "continues to "Work it for the Whales, and Dolphins too of course!"

LetsFaceIt

   Published 8th Sep 2012 Read more ...

Peggy Oki, "Paints for the Porpoise"

Peggy Oki, artist and Coordinator of our "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign painted this bench as a contribution to the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council "Artniture" fund-raising event. And she's spreading the word at the same time with her creation which is also embellished with some art by students from her Whales & Dolphins Ambassador Program.

LetsFaceIt

   Published 7th Sep 2012 Read more ...

You can do something fun & easy to SAVE DOLPHINS in TWO COUNTRIES, in ONE DAY!

Japan Dolphins Day 2012 is just around the corner, 31 August or 1 September (depending on location). If you’ve watched “The Cove” you may already be planning to attend one of over 80 Japan Dolphin Day rallies across the world.

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   Published 17th Aug 2012 Read more ...

New Zealand dolphins to 'go the way of the dodo' because of cruel fishing methods

The world's smallest and most endangered dolphin 'will die out' unless radical changes are made to fishing, say scientists.

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   Published 16th Aug 2012 Read more ...

Ric O'Barry supports

Ric wrote: "Lets get behind this urgent effort, folks!" and with his blessings to create this VP on his behalf, "We love Peggy".

LetsFaceIt Featured LFI

   Published 15th Jul 2012 Read more ...

Sea Shepherds Love Maui's & Hector's Dolphins too!

Grateful to SSCS for posting this commentary on the need for NZ government to do much more to save the Maui's & Hector's Dolphins from extinction

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   Published 14th Jul 2012 Read more ...

Extinction is imminent for two marine mammal species unless their habitat is immediately cleared of gillnets

Research considered by the IWC's Scientific Committee shows that protected areas are too small to be effective, and progress in extending gillnet and trawl net free areas has been too slow to achieve recovery as part of New Zealand's national and international obligations.

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   Published 12th Jul 2012 Read more ...

South Korea unveils 'scientific' whaling proposal

"South Korea is proposing to hunt whales under regulations permitting scientific research whaling, echoing the programmes of its neighbour, Japan. ...There are several different stocks, or groups, of minke whales in the region, and one of the them, the so-called J-stock, is severely depleted."

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   Published 4th Jul 2012 Read more ...

Atlantic sanctuary for whales scuttled

Japan and its allies have shot down a Latin American-led proposal to create a sanctuary for whales in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reigniting international tensions over Tokyo's whaling.

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   Published 4th Jul 2012 Read more ...

Whales Urgently Need You To Act Today!

The latest news from Peggy Oki, "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign coordinator, Origami Whales Project Founder & Director...

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   Published 3rd Jul 2012 Read more ...

"Whaling quotas for indigenous groups...renewed at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting."

"...despite questions over whether the bid from St Vincent and the Grenadines qualified under IWC rules."

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   Published 3rd Jul 2012 Read more ...

Mining and Interim protection announced

Please consider these news items and actions that you can take to help.

   Published 28th Jun 2012 Read more ...

Another fun way to Show your Love and spread the word

You can now turn your "Let's Face It" Visual Petition into your facebook profile timeline cover.

   Published 27th Jun 2012 Read more ...

A blog from Peggy Oki, "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign coordinator, Origami Whales Project Founder & Director

Last night I presented the "Curtain of 3,800 Origami Whales" for a local screening of "Between the Folds", an amazing documentary about the art of origami...

   Published 27th Jun 2012 Read more ...

Hector's Dolphin Day, July the 8th

Conservation Kids NZ - Calling all kinds who love dolphins, especially Hector's and Maui Dolphins!

   Published 27th Jun 2012 Read more ...

Sending good thoughts

Liz Slooten (among foremost in studying the Maui's & Hector's Dolphins of NZ) is in Panama for the IWC meetings after presenting her paper to the Scientific Committee on the Maui's & Hector's of NZ, and the Vaquitas Dolphins of Mexico.

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   Published 26th Jun 2012 Read more ...

Happy Go Skateboarding Day everyone!

"Let's Face It" Visual Petition of one of my favorite skaters "The Cab" Steve Caballero, from the legendary Bones Brigade.

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   Published 21st Jun 2012 Read more ...

I Work it for the Whales (and dolphins too, of course!)

"I WORK IT FOR THE WHALES" says legendary Dogtown skateboarder Peggy Oki at the 2012 Skateboard Hall of Fame Awards.

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   Published 18th Jun 2012 Read more ...

Maui’s Dolphin Day 2012

Dave Rastovich and Lauren Hill travel to Raglan, on the West Coast of New Zealand, for the annual Maui's Dolphin Day celebration and community recycled raft race.

   Published 1st Jun 2012 Read more ...

Whale Meat Doesn't Sell: The ICR Reports Miserable Result of Auction

"900 tons, an astonishing 3/4 of JARPN II meat, is left unsold from the auction. Nisshin-Maru returns from Antarctica (whose “mission was cut short by SS”) bringing back over 1000 tons. Now with the whale meat silently mounting in their warehouses, the future of the ICR is uncertain…"

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   Published 22nd May 2012 Read more ...

"Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign submission

"Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign submission, 1pm NZT, 11 April to the three decision-makers in the New Zealand government

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   Published 11th Apr 2012 Read more ...

Conservation Groups Call for Immediate Action to Save New Zealand’s Imperilled Dolphins

Over a dozen non-governmental organizations have requested that Prime Minister John Key take immediate action to protect Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins in a letter hand-delivered to him today.

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   Published 3rd Apr 2012 Read more ...

March to Parliament in support of Maui's dolphin

Various conservation groups marched to Parliament this afternoon in support of the urgent measures proposed to save the dwindling Maui's dolphin population.

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   Published 31st Mar 2012 Read more ...

Goal of 5,000 "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions (VPs)

If you've already created your "Let's Face It" Visual Petition, you can still help by collecting more.

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   Published 24th Mar 2012 Read more ...

March for Maui - Maui Dolphin March on Parliament

Peaceful rally walking from Allen street to Parliament builidngs. We invite all people to walk with us and ask that our MP's use their special emergency powers and immediately stop the use of SET/Gill Nets.This march is supported by all New Zealand conservation groups.

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   Published 22nd Mar 2012 Read more ...

Great news! Thanks to the many people across the world who have been participating, we have over 1,000 "Let's Face It" visual petitions!

We are hard at work to meet our print deadline for banners and posters to be presented to the New Zealand government in early April. While we won't be able to include any additional visual petitions (VPs) for this print run, our campaign will continue.

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   Published 21st Mar 2012 Read more ...

Hector's & Maui's Dolphins appeal by William Trubridge

Watch this excellent message from 15 time world champion free diver William Trubridge.

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   Published 21st Mar 2012 Read more ...

Raglan Positive Perspective - Peggy Oki "Lets Face It"

Juan Duazo of Raglan Positive Perspectives put together this great video for our "Let's Face It" visual petition campaign video. The sad thing is that since we began filming "On 13 March 2012, New Zealand's Department of Conservation announced that the number of Maui's dolphins is most likely 55."

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   Published 20th Mar 2012 Read more ...

Push for law change to track Japan whalers

"Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has proposed a simple amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, requiring a patrol vessel to monitor..."

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   Published 13th Jan 2012 Read more ...

Save the Whales by Hunting Them?

Twenty-five years later, the “temporary ban” is still in place, but three whaling nations -- Japan, Norway, and Iceland -- keep hunting whales anyway, selling them commercially.

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   Published 11th Jan 2012 Read more ...

Whale back on the menu

Nakao says whale is back on the menu at schools in Shimonoseki and nearby cities, which means 100,000 schoolchildren are having it for lunch every school day.

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   Published 28th Dec 2011 Read more ...

Maori hint at interest in whaling

"...shareholding in Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd which in turn owns Maori's 50 per cent share in Sealord. Until 2005 Sealord's other owner, Japan's Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd owned the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Ltd. It no longer owns it."

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   Published 23rd Dec 2011 Read more ...


"A Defender of World’s Whales Sees Only a Tenuous Recovery"

with Roger Payne, one of the earliest heroes bringing voice, literally by sharing Humpback Whale songs, to raise awareness about whaling.

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   Published 14th Dec 2011 Read more ...

Earthquake Relief Funds 20 December 2011 "...increase whaling budget by almost 600%" Japanese whaling gets (an additional) $28m in earthquake cash

“Japan’s whaling fleet has left its home port for another turbulent season in the Southern Ocean, this year courtesy of extra money from the nation’s earthquake recovery fund.”

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   Published 7th Dec 2011 Read more ...

Japanese whaling gets (an additional) $28m in earthquake cash

“Japan’s whaling fleet has left its home port for another turbulent season in the Southern Ocean, this year courtesy of extra money from the nation’s earthquake recovery fund.”

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   Published 7th Dec 2011 Read more ...

No Fin Whales Caught in Iceland This Year

"...will start preparing for the next season; we haven’t given up on whaling,”

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   Published 23rd Aug 2011 Read more ...

Actor Pierce Brosnan Speaks Out Against Icelandic Whaling

Courtesy of The Natural Resources Defense Council

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   Published 17th Aug 2011 Read more ...

Secretary Locke certifies that Iceland’s whaling undermines the International

"U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke certified to President Obama that Iceland’s commercial whaling and international trade in fin whale products is diminishing the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)"23.08.2011 "...will start preparing for the next season; we haven’t given up on whaling,”

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   Published 20th Jul 2011 Read more ...

Walkout Sours Global Whaling Conference

"A meeting of the International Whaling Commission ended in disarray on Thursday when Japan and its allies used the most basic of procedural maneuvers to kill a proposal to protect whales in the southern Atlantic: they walked out."

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   Published 14th Jul 2011 Read more ...

Whaling meeting 'ignores needs of whales'

The International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting has closed after a tense final day when relations between opposing blocs came close to collapse.

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   Published 14th Jul 2011 Read more ...

Revealed: UK fish and chips linked to Icelandic whale slaughter

"Iceland's biggest whaling company Hvalur has killed 273 endangered fin whales and exported more than 1,200 tonnes of fin whale meat and blubber to Japan since 2008, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in a trade worth estimated US$17 million."

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   Published 11th Jul 2011 Read more ...

Japanese Whalers Set Sail In North Pacific

...looking to kill as many as 260 whales, ...Minke whales,...Bryde's and Sperm whales, and Sei whales

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   Published 15th Jun 2011 Read more ...

Radiation Detected In Minke Whales Off Japan

Japan's spring coastal whaling off Kushiro has ended, and radioactive caesium has been detected in some of the whales taken. Officials from Japan have announced that this is likely a result of the nuclear accident off Fukushima, and that the situation will need to be watched.

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   Published 15th Jun 2011 Read more ...

UK leads battle to clean up whaling commission

Japan accused of buying the support of members of the IWC with aid and bribery.

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   Published 2nd Jun 2011 Read more ...

Japan coy over pro-whaling strategy conference

...pro-whaling nations are to discuss their future strategy and direction at a closed-door conference in south-western Japan next week.

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   Published 25th Nov 2010 Read more ...

Whalers Using Whale Oil to Fuel Whaling Boats

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: Whalers Using Whale Oil to Fuel Whaling Boats Highlights the Confusing State of a Dying Industry Says WDCS

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   Published 15th Sep 2010 Read more ...

Japan's mighty whale mountain

Stocks of frozen whale meat in Japan have reached 4,000 tons - that's 4 million kg.

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   Published 12th Sep 2010 Read more ...

Iceland Whaling Season Begins Amidst Controversy

In this video from Reuters, Iceland's 100 day whaling season has begun amidst international condemnation and the outcry of environmental conservationists.

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   Published 30th Jun 2010 Read more ...

Save a Whale, Save a Soul, Goes the Cry

WHEN the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission ended on Friday with the 24-year ban on commercial whaling still intact, however tenuous its hold and leviathan its loopholes, sighs of relief issued from many quarters — along with, no doubt, a volley of whistles, clicks and proudly parochial squeals.

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   Published 26th Jun 2010 Read more ...

2010 IWC Commercial Whaling Compromise News

Thank you! ...to everyone who participated in making it clear that the proposed compromise on commercial whaling is unacceptable*. While this was good news, today, it was announced authorization for Greenland to kill 27 Humpback Whales in a 3 year period. Please consider the update and take action at left hand column. The whaling nations continue slaughter of over 1,800 whales annually, including recent escalation of Icelandic whaling which included the slaughter of 125 endangered fin whales last year.

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   Published 25th Jun 2010 Read more ...

Greenland gets green light to hunt humpback whales

AGADIR, Morocco — Greenland's indigenous peoples won the right Friday to hunt 27 humpback whales, capping three years of acrimonious debate within the 88-nation International Whaling Commission.

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   Published 25th Jun 2010 Read more ...

IWC rejects commercial whaling bid

Negotiations on the future of commercial whaling have collapsed, with pro- and anti-whaling nations unable to break a decades-long deadlock.

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   Published 24th Jun 2010 Read more ...

For Iceland's whaling king, they're 'just another fish'

AGADIR, Morocco — Kristjan Loftsson, Iceland's millionaire whaling king, doesn't really see the difference: "whales are just another fish," he said at a crunch meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

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   Published 23rd Jun 2010 Read more ...

WDCS Undercover Investigation Reveals NO NEED To Expand Indigenous Whaling In Greenland

An investigation conducted by WDCS in May 2010 documented how a Greenland company commissions subsistence whalers to hunt whales for them to sell in supermarkets and how whale meat ends up as fancy dinners in 4-star tourist hotels.

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   Published 23rd Jun 2010 Read more ...

Whaling talks move into hiding

...that (standing in as chairman of meetings) Mr Liverpool's own flights and accommodation to the Agadir meeting were being paid for by Japan.

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   Published 22nd Jun 2010 Read more ...

Garrett criticises closed-door whaling talks

By environment reporter Sarah Clarke, Tue Jun 22, 2010 Australia has accused the International Whaling Commission (IWC) of trying to shut down debate after the whaling body suspended official talks...

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   Published 22nd Jun 2010 Read more ...

Restaurant charged over whale meat

South Korean police have charged a Seoul restaurant owner with selling whale meat believed to have come from Japan's so-called scientific whaling program.

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   Published 22nd Jun 2010 Read more ...

Purchase sent papers Korean manager, Wakayama smuggling whale meat provided

South Korean police said the manager offered whale meat smuggling...as secretly brought to Korea from Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture

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   Published 21st Jun 2010 Read more ...

Whale meat restaurants top 100 in Ulsan ...Illegal trading of the endangered species is the reason behind the mushrooming restaurants selling whale meat.

If the IWC compromise proposal, still currently supported by the Obama administration, would have been accepted at the meetings last month, South Korea surely would have been the next to demand legitimized commercial whaling.

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   Published 5th Jun 2010 Read more ...

IWC, Greenpeace, and Obama Administration Aren't Standing Up for the Whales

If you receive campaign e-mails from Greenpeace, WWF, Pew Environment Group, and Humane Society of the US, they state that the US voted against the compromise. In fact, the Obama Administration continues to support the compromise which would make commercial whaling legitimate.

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   Published 5th Jun 2010 Read more ...

Worldwide resumption of commercial whaling

In 2009, 1,163 Minke whales were reported killed by Japan, Norway, and Iceland. Since 1986, nearly 38,000 Whales (5 different species) have been reported killed. The fate of thousands of these Minke Whales are at stake as of this morning, the 64th annual International Whaling Commission meetings begin in Panama City.

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   Published 1st Dec 2009 Read more ...

Whales Might Be as Much Like People as Apes Are

As the annual International Whaling Commission meeting stumbles to a close, unable to negotiate a compromise between whaling opponents and people who’ve killed more than 40,000 whales since 1985, scientists say these aquatic mammals are more than mere animals. They might even deserve to be considered people.

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   Published 25th Jun 2009 Read more ...

Is the circus coming to your town?

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) opposes the use of wild animals in circuses and other traveling acts. Because cruelty to animals is inherent to such displays, we seek to end such uses of wild animals.

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   Published 28th Dec 2007 Read more ...

The Makah Hunting Gray Whales

Commercial whalers hunted the gray whale to near extinction by the 1920s. In recent years, gray whale stocks have rebounded, leading federal officials to remove them from the Endangered Species List in 1994. The gray whale remains threatened with populations worldwide estimated at only 23,000.

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   Published 1st Sep 2007 Read more ...

Japan Plans to Hunt Endangered Sei Whales

Four Japanese whaling vessels have set out on an expedition which will target a whale species environmentalists say is in danger of extinction.

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   Published 29th Jun 2002 Read more ...

Japan admits buying allies on whaling

Japan uses overseas aid to buy support for the resumption of commercial whaling, a senior government official admitted yesterday in unusually frank comments that have provoked fury among anti-whaling groups.

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   Published 19th Jun 2001 Read more ...

Defiant Whalers Take to the High Seas

The United States again is urging Japan not to take sperm and Bryde's whales for its expanded lethal scientific whaling program, the State Department said Monday.

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   Published 15th May 2001 Read more ...

Norway Commercial Whaling

Since Norway's resumption of commercial whaling in 1993, a total of 2,238 Minkes in the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea. Norway's self-created kill quota has increased from 600 to up to 711 whales for the year 2003.

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   Published 16th Jan 2001 Read more ...

Danny LaPorte

Danny LaPorte helped the United States make the transition from underdog to world leader in the sport of motocross.

Celebrity

   Published 2nd Nov 1012 Read more ...

David Helvarg (Blue Frontier Campaign)

David Helvarg, author of Blue Frontier – Dispatches from America’s Ocean Wilderness, The War Against the Greens, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, Rescue Warriors, and Saved by the Sea.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Nov 1012 Read more ...

Dr. David Guggenheim aka Ocean Doctor

Dr. David E. Guggenheim (third from left) is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot, ocean explorer and educator. He is president and founder of the Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, Ocean Doctor.

Celebrity

   Published 1st Nov 1012 Read more ...

Pete Bethune

Earthrace Conservation, on the Maui’s dolphins, “The measures that could significantly help to stop this species from becoming extinct in our lifetime are being put on the back burner because of direct pressure from the fishing industries.”

Celebrity

   Published 1st Nov 1012 Read more ...