Sea Shepherd in the Galapagos
Since 2000, Sea Shepherd has maintained a strong, positive presence in the Galapagos Islands. From patroling the Marine Reserve stopping illegal fishing activities, to busting shark finners, to educating the local youth, Sea Shepherd carries out its mission of promoting ocean conservation using a wide range of methods and actions.The Galapagos is our line in the sand. If humanity cannot protect such a unique and diverse ecosystem, we will not be able to protect any ecosystem. The Galapagos is a challenge and battlefield for the effort to halt human greed and destruction. These Enchanted Isles are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and this means all of us have a responsibility to help protect them from illegal exploitation.
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Currently we have already depleted 90 per cent of apex predators that inhabit the oceans worldwide. Oceans have become floating slaughters of wild marine fauna much more cruel than abattoirs of domestic animals on land. What we would never tolerate in these places of horror is actually taking place in the oceans on wild species: socially complex and intelligent species such as whales can last up 45 minutes to die after being shot by an explosive harpoon on their backs, baby harp seals are skinned most of them alive, sharks, millions of years of earlier existence than human, are mutilated for their fins and thrown still alive at sea every day, dolphin, orcas, small cetaceans, and many others are captured in violent hunts, splitting up strong family links to satisfy the increasing demand from marine parks and human entertainment. Preserve and conserve diversity of all marine wildlife, from large marine mammals to tiny plankton, is crucial for our own survival. This is not an attitude for the animal right but a vital stand for life in this planet and future generations, oceanic and terrestrial. The following countries are collaborating in the slaughter of wild marine species and in the depletion and unbalance of marine ecosystems, putting at risk the fragile ecosystem that support us:
Aboriginal subsistence whaling Canada grants whaling to various Inuit groups around the country. The United States permits to Alaskan natives Inupiat the hunting of Bowhead and Gray whales in Alaskan waters and grants to Makah tribe to resume whaling. Russia grants to Chukotka Autonomous Okrug tribe under IWC regulation to take up to 140 Gray Whales per year from the North-East Pacific Indonesia is permitted to hunt some Cachalots and dophins and several species of sharks. Other slaughters Hunters for their disgrace hobby of killing any wild animal.
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