Annimal Ann's Eco News–Independent Thinker

Photo courtesy: Killer Whales Tysfjord, Norway , George McCallum( http://www.whalephoto.com/)
 
One of the arguments in the whaling issue has been that whales are more intelligent than other animals.
However new research reveals that insects as well have complex brains and are capable of complex ” thinking”.
An article in Current Biology states:
” While some increases in brain size [...]

Photo Courtesy : George McCallum ( http://www.whalephoto.com/) White beaked Dolphin
Wrote this piece for an Australian Environmental and Politics blog:
http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/2008/03/whales-dolphins-and-sonar-a-note-from-ann-novek/
Whales, Dolphins and Sonar – A Note from Ann Novek

Mid-frequency sonar signals linked to new pathologic entity in cetaceans.
An ongoing battle has been fought between environmental NGOs , mainly NRDC , and the US Navy for more [...]

Wrote this piece for an Australian Environmental and Politics blog.
http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/2008/03/whales-dolphins-and-sonar-a-note-from-ann-novek/
Controversial Dolphin Assisted Therapy (DAT): A Note from Ann Novek
 
”One week ago I was captured by a headline in a Swedish tabloid paper, “Dolphins saved my life.” This statement was made by a farmer’s partner, who suffered from depression and had participated in a swim with [...]

Nordkapare means in Norwegian Bowhead or Greenland whale.
Many coastal communities worldwide blame seals, whales and sea birds for depleting fish populations.
The whales and seals do eat much fish , but do they have an impact on the whole fish stocks?
Dr. Peter Corkeron has published an article in Biology Letters, and disputes that seals and [...]

Photo Courtesy: High North Alliance
Laila Jusnes, Secretary of the High North Alliance states the Norwegian whalers view on whaling. They say that in the north it is impossible to be a vegetarian since it’s very difficult to cultivate vegetables in the Arctic.
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Let me go a little bit more into details here. I have taken the [...]

 
Photo courtesy: George McCallum ( Killer whales, Tysfjorden, Norway)
http://www.whalephoto.com/
I have debated whales on the Internet for almost a decade now. Well, my position has changed a little. From a hardcore anti whaling Greenpeace activist, with proposals to sail with Greenpeace ships to Antarctica etc , I have lately become neutral. Of course I don’t want [...]