UPDATE FROM TAIJI JAPAN - 9 Dolphins Being Held Captive at Taiji - Dolphin Defenders Grow in Strength in the Town Without Pity‏

04 Sep 2010

No Comment  Sea Shepherd News

UPDATE FROM TAIJI JAPAN
 

SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2010
9 Dolphins Being Held Captive at Taiji
Dolphin Defenders Grow in Strength in the Town Without Pity
 

Report from Taiji
 

Sea Shepherd  Taiji Campaign Leader.
 

Dolphin lovers from around the world are now starting to converge on Taiji - Sea Shepherd crew here will not be the only dolphin defenders here for long.  This afternoon some twenty newly arrived people will be meeting in the town with blow up dolphins in tow.  More westeners, as the Japanese Coast Guard today refered to them, will be arriving over the coming days, weeks and months, including high profile celebrities.
As an unassuming silver Toyota sedan sits outside, with two Japanese Coast Guards aboard, it`s obvious they take the Sea Shepherd presence here very seriously. After being followed and stopped this morning by the Coast Guard and the Japanese Police - they have one concern on their minds; are the  Sea Shepherd crew going to cut the nets again as they did in 2003?  I was warned subtley that arrest would follow if I did.  They know who I am.
Last night we staked out the harbour where the dolphin pens are located, the fishermen are on red alert here and they are convinced that Sea Shepherd will once again launch a successful strike against the nets – the guards were positioned in four vehicles on two points overlooking the pens with headlights and spotlights on the pens constantly, guards changing every hour. 
Today we did a drive by to check the nets, the cove and the pens in the harbour - no nets up, all boats accounted for in the harbour including a small blue vessel with a harpoon which we have not seen before and no movement around the pens.
Their paranoia now is immense.
The fishermen did not go out and hunt yesterday and have not gone out today.
What Ric O’Barry is doing  in Tokyo with the media is good. We need a diversity of approaches here. The good cop, bad cop, strategy so to speak. Speaking to the media in Tokyo and presenting the petitions are all good moves and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society supports Ric O’Berry as we always have.
Our call to put boots on the sand here at Ground Zero in this campaign is meant for one purpose only – to get as many people who say they care about the dolphins, and are able to get here – to come here.
If a hundred people could be here throughout the ordeal faced by these dolphins, the killing could be reduced if not stopped altogether. These dolphins should not have to die out of sight, and out of mind. It does not have to be the same hundred people. People can come for two weeks or even a few days and then be replaced by others. Surely compassion for the dolphins can bring bodies to Ground Zero here in Taiji.   
 

 

Michael Dalton
Brisbane Coordinator
M: 0433 490 778
E: brisbane@seashepherd.org
w: www.seashepherd.org/australia/brisbane.htm
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Ten Dolphins captured at The Cove in Taiji!

02 Sep 2010

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Ten Dolphins captured at The Cove in Taiji!
Sea Shepherd Media Release
September 2nd, 2010.
Ten Dolphins captured at The Cove in Taiji!
 

Sea Shepherd Crew Calls for Assistance at the Cove to Save the Dolphins
The first dolphins to be caught in Taiji this season were herded into the notorious Cove at Taiji, Japan today. These dolphins will be killed unless people come to Taiji to defend them.
Sea Shepherd has a crew of Australians, New Zealanders, Americans and Japanese at Taiji but we are seriously out numbered. There are some 100 people in Tokyo who came to Japan to defend the dolphins.
Sea Shepherd is calling for these people to come to Taiji  immediately. The Dolphins will not be saved from Tokyo. The dolphins need defenders at the Cove today and tomorrow said Michael Dalton of Sea Shepherd Brisbane who is leading the Sea Shepherd team on the ground at Taiji.
Michael Dalton has issued a plea to all dolphin defenders in Japan; “If you came to Japan to save dolphins, the place to be is Taiji and the time to be here
is now.”
 

Michael Dalton
Brisbane Coordinator for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
M: 0433 490 778
E: brisbane@seashepherd.org
w: www.seashepherd.org/australia/brisbane.htm
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sscs.brisbane
MySpace: www.myspace.com/sscs_brisbane

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Dumping on tribal lands

28 Aug 2010

No Comment  Information to Circulate

http://www.cela.ca/newsevents/media-release/mohawks-municipality-and-residents-demand-ontario-reject-proposed-environme

More dumping on tribal lands.

(Sent to us via email)

Media Release

Mohawks, Municipality, and Residents Demand That

Ontario Reject Proposed Environmental Assessment of Mega-Dump Proposal

in

Jul 14 2010

The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Tyendinaga Township, and numerous concerned citizens have filed written submissions demanding that the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) reject the environmental assessment (EA) process that has been proposed by Waste Management in relation to its plan to establish a new mega-dump beside its Richmond Landfill near Napanee.

Waste Management is applying for environmental approvals to construct the Beechwood Road Environmental Centre (BREC), which will feature a new landfill to accept 8 million tonnes of municipal waste over 20 years.  As the first step under the EA Act, Waste Management recently proposed Terms of Reference (ToR) to guide the conduct and content of the EA process.

“In our opinion, the proposed ToR are fundamentally flawed, excessively narrow, exclude too many key questions, and will not result in an EA that is consistent with the public interest or the purpose of the EA Act,” stated Richard Lindgren, a CELA lawyer who represents local residents.

During the 30 day public comment period on the proposed ToR, approximately 1,700 people signed, delivered, faxed, or emailed written comments to the MOE to object to the proposed EA process and the BREC landfill.

“The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte are downstream of the proposed BREC landfill, and our environment is at risk of negative transboundary impacts from this facility if constructed,” stated Chief R. Donald Maracle. “Ontario’s Minister of the Environment must reject the proposed ToR for the BREC landfill, not only to protect our environment and people, but also to properly discharge the Crown’s fiduciary obligations to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. The Minister has a direct duty to consult our community and to accommodate our concerns, and he cannot delegate this duty to Waste Management.  The Minister must recognize that the honour of the Crown is at stake, and for this reason as well he must reject Waste Management’s new application.”

In 2006, in light of various environmental concerns, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment refused to approve Waste Management’s previous attempt to expand the Richmond Landfill.  In 2009, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario recommended the immediate closure of Richmond Landfill for environmental reasons.  In 2010, the MOE amended the site licence to require Waste Management to cover and close the Richmond Landfill, commencing with closing Phase 1 of the landfill by September 30, 2010.

For more information, please contact:

Chief R. Donald Maracle (613-396-3424)   
Reeve Margaret Walsh, Tyendinaga Township (613-396-6021)
Richard Lindgren (613-385-1686)       

Green Corn & Bean Ceremony Aug 21 @ 9:00 AM

19 Aug 2010

No Comment  Ceremonies, Events

Title: Green Corn & Bean Ceremony  
Contact: Mohawk Traditional Council (email: longhouse @ mohawktraditionalcouncil.org) 
Website: www.mohawktraditionalcouncil.org

Details: Wa’tkwanonhwerá:ton/My Mind Greets Your Mind: We will be holding the Green Corn and Bean Ceremony combined this Saturday August 19 at 9:00 am. Both the Green Corn and the Bean (Two separate ceremonies that are being combined on this occasion) are held when they are ripe enough to eat. The Green Corn is usually when the hairs appear on the corn and are just beginning to change color (although some elders may say different). We are still undecided about what meal we will make but it is generally asked by the women that you bring food enough for family/friends and some to share. (Please visit our events page on the website for more info on the grounds and what to bring) We will hold Council for the Ceremony at 9:00 am. After Council we will go right into Ceremony. We hope to see you there! Skennen’ko:wa/In Peace & Friendship, Wahe:shon Shiann Whitebean, Wolf Clan Mohawk Traditional Council Kahnawke Mohawk Territory www.mohawktraditionalcouncil.org longhouse@mohawktraditionalcouncil.org 

To the world:

17 Aug 2010

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*We received this post via email* 

August 16, 2010, 2:30 pm PST
 
To the world:
 
Today, at 12 noon pm, I arrived at Vancouver Co-op Radio with a pre-recorded
statement that I tried to have played over the air during my regular 1 pm program. I
did so because of the understanding, communicated in writing on August 14 by the
station’s lawyer, Mr. Fahey, that my program was not cancelled.
 
When I attempted to have my statement played over the air, I was told by staff
through Lisa Argue that program director Leela Chinniah had ordered that no tape or
statement by me was allowed to be aired today. That is, not only I was physically
banned from the station but I was censored from speaking on my own program as well.
 
When I attempted to call in to my program at 1 pm, my calls were not answered. My
program from last week was aired at 1 pm, but no call ins were allowed during the
program.
 
Two journalists who were present to interview me observed that, by re-airing last
week’s show while censoring me from speaking today, the station staff were
deliberately creating an impression that any problem had been resolved, since I was
making no reference to my banning on the air.
 
This latest act of deceit and censorship by the staff and their censor me entirely
from Co-op radio’s airwaves, using my physical barring as a thin edge of the wedge
that manifested today.
 
I will not allow myself to be muzzled. I will be broadcasting my pre-recorded
statement, and more, over other media venues this coming week, including my blog
talk show on : blogtalkradio.com/hiddenfromhistory .
 
Stay tuned!
 
Kevin Annett

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