Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 --- WDCS <newsletter wrote: > Dear friend > > Welcome to the WDCS e-newsletter. In this edition: > > - Join our campaign to protect whales from harmful > noise pollution in our seas. > - An update on our ‘nets’ campaign. > - Walk for whales and dolphins - get involved. > - Whale and dolphin news in brief > > ********************************* > > A LOUD ‘NO’ TO NOISE POLLUTION IN OUR SEAS > > The UK Navy are pressing ahead with the use of their > new anti-submarine sonar, despite concerns about the > impacts of military sonars on marine life. > > Some 27 mass strandings of beaked whales between > 1960 and 2004 have been associated with military > activities around the world. Last week, post mortem > results from four beaked whales which were found > stranded on the coast of Spain highlighted that the > most likely cause of death was again military sonar. > > Whales and dolphins are particularly vulnerable to > noise pollution, including from military sonars, oil > and gas extraction and shipping. Loud noise can > affect their ability to navigate and communicate, > and in the worst cases can harm and even kill. > > WDCS is calling for the UK Government to conduct a > full public review of the new sonar, S2087, and for > protective measures to be put in place to ensure > this sonar does not threaten the survival of whales > and dolphins. > > You can help. If you live in the UK, please write to > your MP now letting them know of your concerns. To > see an example letter and for more information about > military sonar and its impacts on whales and > dolphins, please go to: > > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329noise > > *********************************** > > THE TROUBLE WITH NETS > > Thousands of Britain’s porpoises and dolphins are > feared to be dying each year in over a thousand > kilometres of bottom set fishing nets currently in > use off the south west coast of England. > > Many bottom set nets are now legally required to be > fitted with “pingers”, electronic acoustic devices > designed to keep porpoises away from the danger. > However, the UK Government has recently admitted > that not enough preparation has been done to be > confident that the pingers can be introduced > effectively. Fisheries Minister, Ben Bradshaw has > agreed to further testing of the devices, but with > no other measures in place this delay means that > more animals will die in the meantime. > > With both harbour porpoise and common dolphin > populations threatened by these fishing nets, WDCS > is calling on the UK Government to act now before it > its too late. We believe that if pingers cannot be > made to work effectively now, then the offending > fisheries must be restricted or closed until a > workable solution can be found. > > Last month we asked you to write to Ben Bradshaw to > call for action. If you haven’t already done so, > it’s not too late. Add your voice to ours by going > to: > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329nets1 > > For more information, please go to: > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329nets2 > > ****************************** > > WALK FOR WHALES AND DOLPHINS - GET INVOLVED > > Join the Great Scottish Walk in aid of WDCS. > > There are three walks on Sunday 18 June 2006 around > Edinburgh, over distances of 1, 6 and 12 miles. In > addition, 4 Wee Walks in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth > and Aberdeen are 2 miles and designed for primary > school age children. > > It’s a real family day out and a great way to raise > funds for whale and dolphin conservation! > > For more information on how to get involved in the > Great Scottish Walks, please go to: > > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329walks > or e-mail terry, or call 0131 > 336 3620. > > ******************************** > > WHALE AND DOLPHIN NEWS IN BRIEF > > Research shows Japan’s scientific whaling is a sham > Australian research recently conducted in Antarctica > shows there is “no justification for Japan’s > so-called ‘scientific’ whaling”. > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329whaling1 > > United States government busts illegal trafficking > in whale goods > It has been reported that the US government has > filed notices of violation against two Alaskan-based > companies, alleging serious violations of the US > Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329whaling2 > > Groundbreaking Climate Model – help needed! > For the next two months, climate scientists at > Oxford University are calling on members of the > public to help run the world's largest ever climate > experiment. > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329climate > > Luna the solitary young orca is killed > Luna, the young male orca who has been living alone > on the west side of Vancouver Island, Canada, since > July 2001 has sadly died. > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329luna > > Around 70 dolphins strand in Japan > Surfers joined local officials on Japan’s Pacific > Coast to try to help about 70 dolphins back into the > water after they came ashore is the fishing town of > Ichinomiya, 40 miles southeast of Tokyo. > http://uk.wdcs.org/go/NL060329strand > > ******************************************* > This email has been sent to you as a r to > the WDCS e-newsletter. If you would prefer not to > receive e-newsletter emails from us, please > at > http://uk.wdcs.org/newsletter/.php > > We regret that we are not able to respond to replies > to this e-mail. If you wish to contact us, please > e-mail info. > > > WDCS is proud to have been adopted as a partner to > the UN Convention on Migratory Species. A positive > partnership for international cetacean conservation. > For more information, please go to > http://www.wdcs.org/wildoceans > > Please note that WDCS email accounts will NOT accept > attachments larger than 3Mb. If you need to send > files to this addressee please contact them for > alternative arrangements. > ____________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > For more information please visit > http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ____________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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