Stranded marine mammals rescued from the shores of Chile and Formosa (Taiwan). Upon finding 15 pilot whales stranded on Playa Brava beach in the northern Chilean city of Iquique, some 300 volunteers, police and navy personnel worked for more than 9 hours to return them to the sea.
While three sadly did not survive, the rescuers were successful in releasing 12 into the open waters.
Meanwhile, in Formosa the previous week, a pod of 21 pygmy orcas was found on the beach near Hsinta Port in Kaohsiung County. Approximately 80 Coast Guard Administration personnel initially used boats to lead them back to the sea, with 15 later found washed back on shore and four who had tragically perished.
The surviving 11 whales were then transported directly by boat and released successfully in open waters. Although the exact cause of these events is unknown, experts have cited both seismic activity and climate change effects.
Some of the perished marine mammals have also been found to contain vast amounts of human-made debris in their stomachs. Our gratefulness all rescuers for your efforts in saving our stranded marine mammal friends.
Let us strive to protect the oceanic homes of the gentle whales and other marine species so that they may thrive in their natural habitats once more.
Supreme Master Ching Hai has often emphasized the importance of being good stewards of the ecosphere to safeguard the welfare of our fellow co-inhabitants, as during an international gathering in August 2008.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: So many whales and dolphins, they wash up ashore and die. There are so many dead zones in the ocean.It’s suffocating them, so they have to swim out of the water where it’s full of the poisonous gas that has been released! They cannot bear it, they cannot breathe. So they have to get out of it.
For them, life is in the water, but if water is full of poison, of course they come out. But when they come out, they die, too. Because they have no water. They stay in the ocean, they die; they came out, they die. There is no choice for them. This is the worst of all cruelty, that the people don’t take care of the environment.
And let all beings keep dying like this.
Just to be vegan, how difficult can it be? Even the dolphins have to swim out of the ocean; because they think like that they can survive, even risking their lives. So why not we can just can change to vegan diet?
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=356071&CategoryId=14094http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/27042010/38/n-technology-rescatados-quince-cetaceos-varados-playa.htmlhttp://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/27042010/38/n-technology-rescatados-quince-cetaceos-varados-playa.htmlhttp://www.latercera.com/contenido/680_254765_9.shtmlhttp://www.cooperativa.cl/delfines-que-vararon-en-costa-iquiquena-fueron-salvados-por-la-comunidad/prontus_nots/2010-04-26/141937.htmlhttp://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201004190026 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/04/20/2003471007http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/04/20/1394365/dead-whale-had-plastic-sweatpants.htmlEPA releases climate change report. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published “Climate Change Indicators in the United States” to help foster better understanding of the effects of global warming.
Available from the agency’s website at www.epa.gov/climatechange, the report presents 24 key indicators that include escalating greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities as well as others such as winter habitats of bird species, which have shifted northward by an average of 35 degrees.
Additional areas include changes in plant species’ leaf and bloom dates; US and global temperatures; heat waves, droughts, heavy precipitation, and tropical cyclone intensity.
The report is being praised by both the media and environmental groups for its clear and comprehensive presentation of global warming effects. United States Environmental Protection Agency, we sincerely appreciate your efforts in creating this valued report.
May we all grasp the urgency of climate change and act together in preserving our shared planetary home.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/epa-climate-report-shows-evidence-of-global-warming-all-around-us http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/e-p-a-makes-its-case-on-climate-change/?src=mv http://planetsave.com/blog/2010/04/28/epas-climate-change-indicators-in-the-us-report-whats-up-with-weather-and-climate/ http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/indicators.htmlExtra NewsUS-based Paper Mate releases an environmentally-friendly pencil, pen and correction film, each of which is made from recycled and biodegradable plant-based materials.
http://papermate.com/pages/products/biodegradable-pens.aspx http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paper-mater-new-biodegradable-products-offer-consumers-a-green-choice-from-the-ground-up-91688644.htmlhttp://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2010/04/0388paper-mate-introduces.htmlArgentine top model Dolores Barreiro lends her support to the efforts of the Only One Planet Foundation, whose campaign seeks to raise awareness and halt Amazonian deforestation.
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_sa/2010-04-20/799027743004.htmlAustralian and Japanese scientists discover a vast, fast-moving ocean current deep beneath the Antarctic, filled with dense, oxygen-rich water, which they say is a key pathway in a global network of such currents that influence climate patterns.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10471334 http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=8826His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales, UK releases the “Green Guide to Historic Buildings,” highlighting eco-friendly refurbishment methods, as he also prepares to release the documentary climate change film, “Harmony,” scheduled to air in the US in November.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7625908/Prince-of-Wales-calls-for-environmentally-friendly-stately-homes.html http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1550989.php/Prince-Charles-fights-climate-change http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10492699 http://www.recycle.co.uk/news/2129000.html
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