Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 I have a new e-mail address, effective immediately: tigersmate Thanks for keeping me posted. Kitty Thursday, May 11, 2000 6:07 AM Digest Number 23 >------ >Win $500 at freewarranty.com! >Click Here: >http://click./1/4031/11/_/9193/_/958050428/ >------ > >There are 3 messages in this issue. > >Topics in this digest: > > 1. Whaling Now! > " Dian Hardy " <tacitus > 2. Whaling Update > " Dian Hardy " <tacitus > 3. Zoophile found GUILTY in sheep attacks (USA) > AnimalSav > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 1 > Wed, 10 May 2000 10:36:06 -0700 > " Dian Hardy " <tacitus >Whaling Now! > >URGENT NEWS ADVISORY >Wednesday / May 10, 2000 (7:47 a.m.) > > > > > > > >MAKAH HUNTING; TARGETS >MAY BE ILLEGAL, CHARGE >WHALING OPPONENTS > >NEAH BAY, WA (Wednesday/5-10-00) - Makah whalers are on the water this >morning, but observers here charge that it appears the targets of the >hunters are either mothers, calves or " resident " whales - all on the >protected list. > >According to Ocean Defense International, the whales in the area being >tracked by the Makah are feeding and staying in the area, and not heading >north are part of the migration. Under federal code, that means the Makah >cannot kill them. > > " The whales today are feeding, and not making any attempts to head north. >According to our experts, that probably means they are either mothers, with >their calves, or resident whales - and both are not to be hunted according >to National Marine Fisheries, " said Ocean Defense International flagship >captain Jonathan Paul. > >Paul said most of the whales have already migrated north, leaving mostly >mothers and calves. Whale defenders have also observed whales " actively >avoiding " the hunting boats when they observe them. > >Paul said his crew is also on the watch to see if Makah whalers violate >federal law, as they did last weekend when they failed to send a radio >message - as required by law - setting up the 500 yard exclusionary zone >around the hunt. Alleged violation of that " zone " was used to arrest >anti-whaling activists last month. > >Also on the scene to document the whaling is the Whaleman Foundation. >-30- > > > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 2 > Wed, 10 May 2000 14:16:26 -0700 > " Dian Hardy " <tacitus >Whaling Update > > >===== A message from the 'makahwhaling' discussion list ===== > >FROM WASHINGTON CITIZEN'S COASTAL ALLIANCE >------ > >Sekiu, WA: 1:49pm PDT > >MAKAH PACK IT IN: WHALES WIN ANOTHER ROUND > >ODI president Jonathan Paul reports that the Makah whalers have left the >waters off of Cape Flattery and have given up the hunt today. > >Earlier, Northwest Cable News footage showed the closest attack on a whale >yet: Theron Parker's harpoon toss late this morning missed a gray whale, but >the whale 'flicked' the harpoon with its tail. > >That was the only harpoon toss of the day, and the gray whales survive to >see another day. Many Seattle-area media are FINALLY addressing the issue of >resident whale populations, and we encourage all of you to contact them, >asking them to FOLLOW THIS STORY! >***** > > > >ACTION! >------ >Visit www.stopwhalekill.org for the latest information on what YOU can do to >stop this illegal hunt. And please follow through with the action items from >yesterday's Makah update!!! Make those calls! >***** > > > >GROUP ADOPTS WHALES TO PROTECT THEM FROM MAKAH >------------------------------ >Wednesday, May 10, 2000 >Peninsula Daily News >By Austin Ramzy > >Last year Chuck and Margaret Owens of Joyce, leaders of the Peninsula >Citizens for the Protection of Whales, adopted a group of resident gray >whales that spend much of the year feeding off Neah Bay. > >In their ongoing battle against the Makah whale hunt, a group of local >whaling opponents has taken up a new strategy: Adopt-a-whale. > >The couple named the whales Spot, Freedom, Hope, Kelpy, Karin and Gracie. >Now they plan to run an advertisement in the Peninsula Daily News with >photos of the whales, calling on the Makah and the federal government to >protect them. >The move is designed to put individual faces on the animals, Margaret Owens >said. > > " You can see what a loss it would be if this whale was the next to be >killed,'' she said as she pointed at a photo. > " I would take it personally. They are individuals. They are Clallam County >residents.'' > >Resident whales linger in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and off the coast >rather than following the migration between the whales' birthing lagoons in >Baja California and their summer feeding grounds off Alaska. > >The residents are treated by local whale watchers much like pets and two of >them '' ``Buddy'' and ``Buddy II'' '' are well-known. > >The Makah's whaling management plan worked out with the National Ocean and >Atmospheric Administration calls for tribal hunters to target an adult, >migrating gray whale, a male or a calfless female. > >The Makahs are prohibited from whaling during the summer or in the Strait of >Juan de Fuca -- regulations designed to prevent any incidental harvest of a >resident whale. But the Makah also say all whales are migratory, and Keith >Johnson, president of the Makah Whaling Commission, disputes calling the >whales ``residents.'' " As for their claim to be adopting certain whale >populations, I guess I'm going to say that I don't think they can adopt >whales in our usual and accustomed (hunting) areas,'' Johnson said. > >Last May a whaling crew killed the tribe's first whale in more than 70 >years. This spring the Paul Parker family has spent four days on the water, >but has not yet killed a whale. > >By adopting the half dozen whales, the Owens say they hope to protect an >``aesthetic resource.'' " These are the whales you take your grandmother to >the coast to see to get the thrill of her life,'' Margaret Owens said. > >They adopted the whales through Cascadia Research, a non-profit marine >mammal research organization. The organization uses money from adoption fees >to research the 100 gray whales it has identified as residents. > >The resident whales have not been shown to be a genetically distinct group. >In a paper first presented last year, a group of whale researchers said that >until more is known about local whale populations, the Makah whale hunt >``should take a precautionary approach.'' > >The Makah's management plan should assume seasonal residents are a distinct >population of gray whales and examine if that group can sustain hunting, >wrote the researchers from the University of Washington, Cascadia Research >and the National Marine Mammal Laboratory. >***** > > > >EXCUSE US? MAKAH MAKING IT UP AS THEY GO... >-------------------------------- > > " If we were to take nothing but resident whales it would not severely impact >the rest of the whale population. " >Makah Whaling Commission President Keith Johnson, 9/27/98 > > " The agreement not to hunt resident whales only lasts until the end of >October, 1998. We agreed to abide by this for October only, and only for >this year. " >Keith Johnson, 10/15/98 > > " I think we're going to be discussing migrant versus resident for years. " >Makah spokeswoman Denise Dailey, 10/19/98 > > " But the Makah also say all whales are migratory, and Keith Johnson disputes >calling the whales 'residents.' " >Peninsula Daily News, 5/10/00 >***** > >_______________ >The simple way to read all your emails at ThatWeb >http://www.thatweb.com > > > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 3 > Wed, 10 May 2000 23:09:24 EDT > AnimalSav >Zoophile found GUILTY in sheep attacks (USA) > >A VICTORY for animals and the anti bestiality legislation!!!! > > >Man Guilty of Molesting Sheep >Faces 15 Years After Admitting 'Deep, Dark Secret' > >May 10, 2000 > >SAN DIEGO (APBnews.com) -- A San Diego County jury has convicted a man of >molesting three sheep, two of them fatally, in an open-air pen last summer. > >James Donald Ray, 39, was found guilty Monday of felony animal cruelty and >misdemeanor animal sexual assault after a weeklong trial, prosecutors said. >The brown-haired, blue-eyed man broke down repeatedly while testifying about >his predilection for animals, also known as zoophilism or bestiality. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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