Good news and Happy New Year!
Two joyful major events simultaneously occurred and must be celebrated.
1 – For the first time in 27 years, Japan has been banned from harpoon fishing whales in Antarctica. Hundreds of sea mammals thus avoid suffering from pain and death, thanks to a brittle but tangible truce allowing southern hemisphere whales to finally be given a blow-er.
2 –Tamil Nadu’s (India) 98 domestic elephants are on vacation from December 11, 2014, to January 27, 2015. They’ve all been trucked and gathered into two camps – one for religious-use elephants, one for forest landscaping-use elephants – to undergo rejuvenation and physical and mental health monitoring. Meanwhile, mahouts are taught how to better take care of their pachyderms.
Good news and Happy New Year!
Two joyful major events simultaneously occurred and must be celebrated.
1 – For the first time in 27 years, Japan has been banned from harpoon fishing whales in Antarctica. Hundreds of sea mammals thus avoid suffering from pain and death, thanks to a brittle but tangible truce allowing southern hemisphere whales to finally be given a blow-er.
2 –Tamil Nadu’s (India) 98 domestic elephants are on vacation from December 11, 2014, to January 27, 2015. They’ve all been trucked and gathered into two camps – one for religious-use elephants, one for forest landscaping-use elephants – to undergo rejuvenation and physical and mental health monitoring. Meanwhile, mahouts are taught how to better take care of their pachyderms.
SHIPBREAKING – Bulletin of information and analysis on end-of-life ships
2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006
Ships sent to demolition in 2024
Shipbreaking #72– from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024, pdf 97 pages, 16.8 Mo
Ships sent to demolition in 2023
Shipbreaking #71– from October 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024, pdf 97 pages, 16.2 MB
Shipbreaking #70– from April 1 to September 30, 2023, pdf 92 pages, 16.2 Mo
Shipbreaking #69– from January 1 to March 31, 2023, pdf 68 pages, 12.3 Mo
The Borodine in Riga, August 1982. © Yan Tikhonov
Ships sent to demolition in 2022
Shipbreaking #68– from July 1 to December 31, 2022, pdf 101 pages, 19Mo
Shipbreaking #67– from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, pdf 63 pages, 12.3 Mo
India Burns Smuggled Ivory. And France?
Today, the state of Maharashtra will burn precious animal materials that have been seized by anti-poaching organizations. The leopard and tiger fur that was priced at about €12,000 a piece, along with the tusks of ivory that are sold on the black market from €1,500/kg for up to €5,500/kg, will be completely destroyed.
The state of Kerala is getting ready to do the same with their stock of 3 tons of ivory that has been seized over the past 20 years.
The Indian authorities will be taking advantage of the widespread presence of spectators to raise awareness, thereby doubling their efforts in the fight against environmental crime by enforcing both International regulations and Indian law for the protection of animals.
