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Who are these people, anyway?
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We’re all in this together
“In my community, the Anishinaabe recognize that we are all related. Not just you and I, but you and I and all life forms of creation. As living things, we are connected to each other. We depend upon one another. Everything we do has an effect on other life forms and on our world. That is why we use the term “nii-konasiitook – all of my relations” when addressing each other. From Senator Murray Sinclair’s address to his colleagues in the Canadian Senate, on behalf of S-203 – the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. As people around the world begin to learn...
A Strategy – How we will end captivity for good (Part 3)
Photo: Morgan, Loro Parque in the Canary Islands
A Strategy – How we will end captivity for good (Part 2)
Photo: Tokitae (Lolita), a prisoner for 49 years at The Miami Seaquarium
A Strategy – How we will end captivity for good (Part 1)
Photo: Kiska, the world's loneliest killer whale, Marineland Canada (Niagara Falls)
Surviving Your Activism
You’re about to undertake a significant emotional investment. With some perseverance, huge wins lay ahead, in terms of your personal satisfaction and fulfillment. But it won’t be without cost – that part I can guarantee up front. Soon after I became active in promoting the welfare of cetaceans, I became aware that in this ‘business’, it’s quite normal to feel significant emotional distress from much of the content your attention is drawn to every day. The phrase ‘having the shit kicked out of you’ certainly came to mind early on. The scale of the problem seems much too big for one person (it is,...