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NRDC Online Video "Lethal Sounds" |
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Articles of Interest on Other Websites
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Written by Kris Katsuko Oster
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Please watch this video when you have a moment. And then post it to your groups.
http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sonarvideo/video.asp
The main page for the NRDC's page on the dangers of sonar testing and industrial noise from oil rigs is here:
http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sonar.asp
Finally here's the link to send an email from the NRDC site to Secretary Donald Winter:
http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_092506_a
Greetings,
In 2004, 200 whales got trapped in Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai, one of my
favorite islands. It was always such a place of healing for me, but after that I felt
angry and violated.
Luckily, the people helped the whales find their way back to the sea.
My mother-goddess, Iemanja, is the queen of the oceans and I've always felt very
connected to marine life. Whales have been hunted, abused and brought to the
borders of extinction many times and they have overcome. It is unfair that humans have
created an environment where they have to struggle so hard to survive.
Thank you all for contributing to a great cause, helping our mother Earth.
With love,
Kris
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I just received this tribe alert from Jeannie of Women's Healing Circle.
Please sign the petition to stop this from happening. Many thanks and blessings,
Kris
Tribe Alert: Womens' Healing Circle
From: Jeannie
Title: Stop Navy Sonar in our Oceans now-Protect Marine Life
I just saw this on the news, and some environmental groups are talking about a
lawsuit to stop sonar testing by the Navy. This is urgent...please act now to protect
whales and dolphins who are seriously threatened by these abnormal assaults on their
environment.
The website below is trying to gather 30,000 signatures, mine was signature
27,629.
The U.S. Navy is still planning on undertaking a scaled back version of their
testing of Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar in the oceans. LFA is proven to injure and destroy
whales and dolphins. LFA noise is millions of times more intense than the Navy considers
safe for human divers and billions of times more intense than levels known to disturb
large whales.
In November, following a ruling by a Federal magistrate, the Navy scaled back
its testing plans. But it hasn't scaled back sufficiently, as the sonar can seriously harm
marine life.
Sign now, and support a ban on such testing.
In March, 2000, during a Mid- range frequency (rather
than the Low Frequency bandwidth of LFAS) test in the Bahamas, four different
species of whales and dolphins beached themselves suffering from hemorrhaging/bleeding in
the ears. A National Marine Fisheries Service and Navy investigation determined the
deaths were almost certainly caused by the LFA test. A follow-on study in February
2001, determined that at least one of those whale species no longer existed in the
area.
Mid-range frequencies are already in use world-wide, and are now proven to be
very dangerous in certain circumstances. The LFAS system is even more dangerous, as
the sounds will propagate farther and be disabling at a greater distance.
Whales rely on their sensitive hearing for survival. A whale cannot survive
without its hearing. The Navy's attempts to deploy LFA could result in the extermination of
whales and dolphins world wide. SIGN NOW!
Please help by signing this petition. It takes 30 seconds and will really help.
Please follow this link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/129527570?ltl=1174660663 |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 March 2007 )
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