MESSAGE FROM CETACEA DEFENCE
This web-site will no longer be in the public domain. That means no new news items will be posted here.
Cetacea Defence future policy is to work with committed members only. ‘Friends of Cetacea Defence’. (SEE BELOW ACHIEVEMENTS)
The reason is apparent, at the moment CD can’t seem to find people who are really interested in helping whales-dolphins survive and will not operate a web-pages for voyeurs or people who have nothing else to do than pass a few minutes.
For this the last message to appear, rather than write a public obituary , I felt it more appropriate to write a public celebration of Cetacea Defence’s achievements.
1990-1
Although not a Cetacea Defence campaign, my being part of the campaign to Free Rocky from Morecambe Marineland and the spokesperson for the Flamingo Land campaign ( which was instrumental in closing down Britain's last dolphinarium after a 2 year campaign ) led to the formation of Cetacea Defence.
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1993Cetacea Defence is formed. The motivation was to raise funds for direct action at sea against whalers .
March 8th . Flamingo Land closes. Slave dolphins moved to Kolmarden. Makes contact with Swedish campaigners and a campaign is started.
. July 4th Launches the first World Day for Captive Dolphins to try and unite campaigners in the battle against dolphinaria
1994 Cetacea Defence visits Sweden to help campaigners against Kolmarden dolphinarium. Big success highlighting the abuse of captive dolphins . Zoo attendance drops.
1995 July 4th;Cetacea Defence is invited to Belgium by 'Planet Verte' for press work against the country's two dolphinariums. Another success.
1997 Funds wildlife investigator to go to Faroe Isles for secret filming of Pilot whale killing. The first fim and photographs to come out of the Isles in 4 years. A few minutes film footage sold to German tv company for
documentary, film also lent to EIA to show at IWC 1998 meeting
1998 Responds to Belgian's Yvon Godefroid appeal for help in freeing Ivo and Iris from Antwerp
dolphinarium. Together lauunch campaign. Dolphinarium closes March 1999
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 CD demo in early 90s at factory in Grimsby
1997 and 8Cetacea Defence is Invited by Finns for Whales to help in their campaign against Tampere dolphinarium. Visits Finland, interviewed by Finnish television and gives public talk
-22 degrees January 1997 a few hundred people demonstrate; Now that's what I call ACTIVISM!
2000Cetacea Defence tries to free the 4 dolphins from West Edmonton Mall shopping centre. While most were prepared to let the dolphins rot in a mall CETACEA DEFENCE flies to Canada .
IN 2000 Also Expands World Day into World Week 1-7th July
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Resigns from the Cetacean Freedom Network after being told by the US influenced coalition of orgs and individuals that closing WEM " wasn't a priority"( Perhaps they thought closing Sea World was!). The dolphinarium at the Mall closes in 2004. Due to pressure from a very small number of orgs inc. Voice for Animals, Zoo Check ( Canada) and Cetacea Defence. It can no longer be acceptable for them to kill dolphins.
2003 The first Vegetarian and Vegan dolphin camp in Wales. Giving people the chance to see wild dolphins
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2005
Based on the Universal declaration of Rights, Cetacea Defence constucts a unique WORLD CHARTER FOR CETACEA
even getting people to endorse this is difficult
2007 June 30th;Launches World Whale and Dolphin Day to run with World week for captive Dolphins
The Campaign for the Abolition of Animal Slavery is launched , another historic move by Cetacea Defence
Also starts a campaign to outlaw dolphinaria in the UK
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Helps Animals Friends Croatia stop the construction of a dolphinarium;
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Between 1993-2005 CD conducted between 1000-1500 street information stalls in towns and cities ; in places such as Altincham in the north to Weymouth in the south of the country
So now its up to you; if after reading the above you still can't be bothered to support a SMALL VOLUNTARY RUN organisation that has made a difference, then what more can I say?... .except...goodbye
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