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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 01:00am PT
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rSin- not sure how to read your question? I wish you the best!
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 01:16am PT
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I am not against harvesting creatures. shrimp, elk, grouse, crabs, fish, salamanders, snakes all have eyes. and they are yummy!
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 01:24am PT
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rSin- that makes me want to shoot an elk. What does it mean. Obviously I am not intelligent enough to understand it.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 01:32am PT
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Curious why you are upset? I have never called you a name.
Q-ball
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 01:55am PT
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rSin-I only need to quote you. Thanks for the flattering thoughts. Wish you the best!
"of course you think that
your a scum f*#king
ape sh#t
piece of detritus
if theres a piece of you
big enough to bury
after justice is done"
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 02:11am PT
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I am sorry you are threatened by my thoughts of helping one another. Take care and hope your family is doing great.
I never mentioned god so whats that all about?
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2014 - 09:48am PT
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Nature,
This is heartbreaking!
You are right, truly awful.
"Four pods are in the cove, including an albino bottlenose dolphin. 100s of the dolphins are going to be slaughtered tomorrow while others get shipped to places like sea world. The killers will earn millions for this capture."
http://livestream.seashepherd.org/
Sea shepherd is a great organization to give money to.
I give to them monthly. They are out there trying to stop these senseless slaughters.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2014 - 09:59am PT
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Another day, another senseless dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.
The waters of the village’s notorious inlet, spotlighted in 2009 by the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, ran red with blood yesterday as local fishermen killed 24 bottlenose dolphins.
“Many of these dolphins suffered terribly for a great length of time before actually dying,” says Melissa Sehgal, senior leader for Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardian campaign, from the ground in Taiji. She leads a team of 12 volunteers that monitor the six-month drive hunt, which involves everything from counting the dead to helming cameras that live-stream the killings.
The 24 dolphin deaths represent the largest one-day kill since Nov. 23, 2013, when 54 striped dolphins were slaughtered, she says. A total of 459 dolphins have been killed this season.
Want to try to do something about this?
Airlines Might Just Hold the Secret to Ending Dolphin Captures at the Cove
If a dolphin were captured by Japanese fishermen and sold at great profit to a faraway amusement park, but no one was willing to fly the animal there, would the fishermen want to capture more dolphins? Probably not.
That thinking has fueled a growing international effort to convince the world’s airlines and airfreight companies not to fly marine mammals captured from the wild to theme parks and aquariums. Citing the severe stress placed on whales and dolphins from hours in the restricted confinement of air transport, many air-cargo carriers are joining a “green list” of airlines vowing not to fly wild-caught cetaceans (unless an animal is being moved for health, safety or conservation reasons).
Many international activists believe that air transportation is the weakest link in a chain that sustains not only the infamous dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan, but also the international trafficking of all whales and dolphins for public display and profit. The most recent effort is a petition at Change.org by the anti-captivity group Freedom Blue. It calls on all carriers to, “Make the skies ‘dolphin-safe’—stop the carriage of cetaceans to marine parks.”
http://www.change.org/petitions/hong-kong-airlines-stop-profiting-from-the-misery-of-the-taiji-dolphins
http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/operation-blue-skies-make-the-skies-dolphin-safe-stop-the-carriage-of-cetaceans-to-marine-parks
http://www.change.org/petitions/dolphins-don-t-belong-in-traveling-circus
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/07/establishing-dolphin-no-fly-zone-would-it-end-captures-cove
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/838/738/517/tell-winter-olympic-city-not-to-display-wild-orcas/?TAP=1007#next_action
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2014 - 02:31pm PT
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so true...
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2014 - 05:12pm PT
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Kayakers' encounter with orcas videotaped via drone - Pete Thomas Outdoors
http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com
The use of mountable cameras has, for the past few years, altered the way we look at personal achievements and our surroundings.
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Jan 25, 2014 - 10:40pm PT
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never saw a dolphin in the wilds. i've spent a lot of hours over the last half century sitting in the lineup on a hunk of foam and fiberglass waiting for the next set to appear on the horizon. i have watched countless porpoise pods, over the years, making their way down the coast headed for warmer waters i suppose. you can spot them away off bobbing up and down in a steady rhythmic manner, one after the other. it is always a thrill when one occasionally breaks from the pack, beelines it for our 'pod', rides a wave or two, then darts back to his fellow travelers. wild and care free. a very special moment that you'll remember for a lifetime.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 25, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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Going to visit some dolphins my father captured in the late 80's. They are at the Roatan Marine Studies Institute.
I can't wait to see them!
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2014 - 07:02pm PT
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“You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one.”
 John Lennon
Something to remember when you wonder why none of the people you know seem to care about saving whales and wolves, protecting rainforests, or stopping Big Oil from drilling in the Arctic.
http://www.john-lennon-music-lyrics.com For Lyrics.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2014 - 10:12am PT
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Kennedy Tweet Sparks Global Outrage Over 'Cove' Slaughter
Last Tuesday, fishermen in Taiji, Japan, killed 40 dolphins and captured 52 for sale to aquariums.
A State Department spokesperson today issued a statement in support of Ambassador Kennedy's tweet. "The U.S. does remain committed to the global moratorium on commercial whaling, and we are concerned with both the sustainability and the humaneness of the Japanese dolphin hunts," said Marie Harf. "We have been very clear that this is our position, and we remain concerned about it. And the ambassador was expressing our view that we’ve made public for a long time."
If dolphins could tweet, many would surely be writing some version of “Thanks @CarolineKennedy for trying to save our lives” over the weekend. On Jan. 17, Kennedy, just two months into her job as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, sent shockwaves around the world by tweeting against the slaughter of dolphins in the cove at Taiji, Japan. “Deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing,” Kennedy tweeted. “USG (U.S. Government) opposes drive hunt fisheries.”
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cuvvy
Sport climber
arkansas
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Jan 28, 2014 - 03:22pm PT
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Its Good to have causes for sure. I didn't have too many when I was in my teens. Now in my twenties I have stronger opinions.
I'm sure when I get over the hill old I'll have even stronger opinions( mom says this is around 40 as she laughs)
We could look at the bright side and say at least they didn't kill ALL the dolphins. As far as oil companies drilling I think we could lay part of the blame on car companies for producing vehicles many of which still barely get 20 miles to the gallon. I still have a hard time figuring out why all these people are driving around alone in large SUV type tanks.
The end is near though. I probably won't hit 40 and the dolphins will survive in the radioactive post apocalyptic seas...
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