Author Archives: Cara Sands
07Feb
Go Cruelty-Free This Spring Break
Imagine you were a kid in the 1960’s and someone told you that an astronaut, no, make that twelve astronauts would successfully walk
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26Jan
Learning Equals Empowerment
The remote island of Lembata, Flores, in Indonesia has traditionally been a whaling community. Despite dolphins being a protected species, one village, Lamalera, is allowed to
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24Jan
BREAKING: 99 Hours of Hell
TAIJI, 1-24-17: At 1:54 p.m., it was over. After five days of horror, 150+ dolphins were finally freed, driven out to sea
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23Jan
BREAKING: Taiji’s Vile Abuse of Dolphins – Day 4
Taiji, 1-23-17: With a bitter chill in the air and dread in our hearts, we began the day in search of dead
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22Jan
BREAKING: Terror, Injuries During Day 3 of Captive Selection
Taiji, 1-22-17: It’s been 63 hours since a 250+ strong pod of bottlenose dolphins were driven into the cove. They have been
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21Jan
BREAKING: Real-Time Brutality in Cove as Dolphins Held Another Night
Taiji, 1-21-17: For seven full hours, a pod of approximately 250+ dolphins were pushed, pulled, grabbed, run over, netted and brutalized. Babies were
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20Jan
BREAKING: Massive Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins Captured in Taiji
Taiji, 1-20-17: Rain beat down in the early hours of the morning, and we were hopeful the dolphin hunters would be kept
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17Jan
Anatomy of a Slaughter: In Photos
Taiji, Japan: When the dreaded black smoke from hunting boats appears on the horizon, and the chilling sounds of fishermen banging on poles echo
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06Jan
Breaking: Tilikum, the Blackfish Whale is Dead
04Jan
SeaWorld Says: No to Show, Yes to Captivity
SeaWorld Entertainment, in an announcement on their website, has listed January 8, 2017 as the last date of their “One Ocean Shamu
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