Stranded whales returned to sea. After 105 pilot whales were found stranded and perished on southern New Zealand’s Colville Beach, another 64 were found and 43 saved on Coromandel Beach, thanks to the help of about 300 volunteers, rescuers and visitors who kept the mammals wet until the tide came in and they could safely swim back to the ocean.
The 21 who perished were buried on the sacred Maori land.
Although the reason for these strandings is unknown, such events have been observed to be increasing along with the human-caused effects of global warming.
Our appreciation all volunteers and rescuers whose tireless efforts helped keep the whales alive during this heart-wrenching incident. May God continue to bless the loving whales as we work to protect all marine species and their beautiful ocean homes. During an international gathering in August 2008, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke with sorrow about stranded ocean mammals, and how humans both cause and can help with their predicament.
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.3news.co.nz/60-whales-stranded-on-northern-Coromandel-beach/tabid/423/articleID/135482/Default.aspx#tophttp://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/3196490/Hundreds-in-whale-rescue http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/stranded-pilot-whales-buried-in-coromandel-3319223http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/new_zealand_125_pilot_whales_die_on_beaches.phpClimate change put flora and fauna “on the run” for survival. According to a collaborative study by a team of US scientists from the Carnegie Institution, Stanford University, the California Academy of Sciences, and University of California, Berkely, global warming is causing climate belts to move towards the poles as well as to higher altitudes, which means ecosystems will be forced to shift if species are to survive.
Those that can tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures will need to migrate more quickly than the average rate of quarter of a mile a year researchers forecast as being necessary to keep up with global warming.
Due to the general immobility of plants, those residing in one-third of the habitats studied are expected to perish. In addition, human development has blocked many migration paths, leaving species with nowhere to go.
US scientists, we are grateful for your cooperative work highlighting how our fellow species are already running for their lives due to climate change. Let us all come together in meaningful action to reclaim our responsibility as good stewards of Mother Earth and all her inhabitants. Through her frequent efforts to raise awareness of our planet’s urgency, Supreme Master Ching Hai described how to explain global warming to young people,
who are key in ensuring the wholesome future of our planet.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:You can show how the migrating birds have to fly farther and farther to find a place to nest, and the polar bears swim longer and longer now because there is no more ice until sometimes they drown of exhaustion, or why the neighboring country has so many floods in recent years, so many disasters, etc. Tell them how climate change is affecting real lives, real animals, real people, and their own lives as well.
But it’s also important to show the young people that there is still hope; we can still save the planet. It’s a chance to be true heroes, by being vegan and spread the news of this solution.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/24/content_12697931.htm http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Move-fast-or-die-is.5936720.jp http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6874398/Animals-on-the-run-from-climate-change.html http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1803094/scientists_chart_velocity_of_climate_change/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-yearExtra NewsHis Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco inaugurates a park in the city of Benguerir, announcing the launch of several projects at the same time intended to boost environmental protection and sustainable development.
http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/main1/hm_the_king_inaugura2552/viewNine European nations partner to create a “super grid” dedicated to connecting sustainable energies generated by each country for a shared and continuous supply to all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/03/european-unites-renewable-energy-supergrid
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