Tubbataha Poaching update

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Saddleback:
And it never ends:

ANOTHER poaching vessel was caught with 200 slaughtered animals (sharks and rays). This time the culprits were Vietnamese.

Is it time to really get mad? Or is it time to finally act?
it was time to get really mad decades ago...

anyone ever wonder why we're asia's prison b**ch? because we constantly take it up the arse all in consideration of "other things"

next thing we know we're everyone's getting a piece of us and all we have to show for it is a torn sphincter...

what we need is leadership with balls...

Jag
 
pakman:
stop electing female presidents...


:joke:!!!
dude it was her or fpj... talk about slim pickin's

now it's loser (erm... election) season again and it gives all 75 million of us another chance to elect more morons into office...

Jag
 
update:

It seems the number of 200 dead animals was way too conservative. Now with all the dried fins examined in the ship's hold, it may be more , way more than that. It seems the vietnamese followed the famous practice of "live finning" --- simply cutting off the fins of sharks and throwing them off to die.

Also, more depressing news. It still has to be determined whether the ray meat on board (which was already cut and diced) was manta ray meat. But given the naked greed and utter stupidity of most commercial fishers, that is not beyond the realm of possibility.

Guys beyond empty jibes at political leaders i think the key is to ***** as loud and as often as we can. The more divers and eco activists voice out (and keep the voice up) the better. THAT is something constructive we can do. Talk to media, our connections, our families about what is happening.

This Eduardo Cuunjieng is also the co-author of the famous book Anilao, I believe? I'm sure he's being charitable and diplomatic about what otherwise was a gigantic clusterfcuk in releasing the napoleon wrasses. Well, what else could you call losing 100 fish in a supposed "rescue and restoration" project?

If he's a member of this forum it would be great to get his story. The real one, that is.
 
The coverage and story about the first batch of mameng release will be shown on GMA 7 tomorrow (tuesday night) on Reporter's Notebook which comes right after "SAKSI"

What Mr Cu unjieng wrote was the real story, the BFAR put the fish in oxygenated bags. They had jurisdiction over the fishes, not the WWF, but when it was obvious that it was not working they switched back to the tanks. It was too late. But at least the next batch was delivered and released safely in Tubbataha. Watch it. And thanks to the people on this board who gave their time, money and connections to make this happen.
 
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