PETITION: We want the French and United States Governments to stop anyone using puppies and kittens as shark and alligator bait. Together we WILL put an end to this!

ORIGINAL:  Causes

August 31

To: The French, Mexican and United States Governments

We have to stop this PLEASE help! 

French Islanders using live puppies and kittens as shark bait?? 

Please stop this senseless abuse to innocent puppies and kittens. French Islander, Mexican and yes American fishermen and hunters are using LIVE puppies and kittens as shark and alligator bait!! No living being should have to undergo this torture and insurmountable fear! This is inhumane and must stop NOW. Together we can make a difference and let our voice be heard as ONE. Please sign this petition and please pass this along. Thank you for caring. Blessed be ^;^ 

Currently the penalty is only 2 years and a little over $5,000 USD that is far too little for such a heinous crime. We urge that you raise the penalty to 10 years in prison with NO parole and a fine of $100,000. As well as offering a reward of $10,000 for turning in the offenders, which will come from the fines collected.This will hopefully act as a deterrent and will stop these horrendous acts against innocent animals FOREVER. Please do the right thing and help us stop these people. 

Islanders on the French controlled Reunion Island have been using live dogs as shark bait. 

The Sun claims that “a six-month-old labrador pup was recently found alive with a huge double hook through its snout – like the dog above – and another through a leg.” 

It is also claimed that local fisherman have also been using kittens! 

Reunion Island is an overseas départements of France and an official region of France, giving it the same status as a province or state in other countries.

Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French Island 

by Patrizio • 

On feb 12, 2012 

Stephanie Roche of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, another animal-welfare group in Paris, confirmed that live animals are used as bait on Réunion. But, she said, it is not a common practice. 

The Bardot organization has been fighting the practice for a decade. But this is the first time Réunion politicians have reacted strongly and swiftly to stop it, Roche said. 

The French Embassy in Washington, D.C., issued a written statement condemning the use of dogs as shark bait, emphasizing that such acts are illegal and will not be tolerated in the French territory. 

The embassy maintains these are very isolated cases and authorities on the island are closely monitoring the situation. 

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Friday Harbor, Washington State, is offering a U.S. $1,000 reward to any Réunion police officer who arrests anyone using live dogs or cats as bait for sharks.

 

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SIGN THE PETITION

This puppy was found with this horrible hook pierced through his face. Please help stop this!

Because this is horrendous and hideous. Can you imagine the fear these animals must be in the last minutes of their lives? No living being deserves to be treated and used this way. These are private fishermen and the penalty is ONLY 2 years and a monetary fine of a little over $5,000 USD, we want the penalty to be stiffened to deter this horrific crime to 10 years in prison (no parole) and $100,000 fine. 

Here is a video (it is in French) that shows the dog pictured is REAL, that this crime is real and it must be stopped worldwide. Please join this cause together we WILL put an end to using live animals as bait WORLDWIDE! 

http://www.30millionsdamis.fr/acces-special/web-tv/agir/jugement-a-la-reunion.html

Sacrificado cocodrilo aparecido en las playas de San Andrés

Por: RCN La Radio

Una imagen publicada en Twitter en la que aparece un policía de San Andrés, al parecer disparando contra un cocodrilo en playas de la isla, generó el rechazo de varias Ong y entidades defensoras de los animales, que lo consideran como un crimen ambiental.

Imagen difundida en Twitter de crimen ambiental.

Una imagen publicada en Twitter en la que aparece un policía de San Andrés, al parecer disparando contra un cocodrilo en playas de la isla, generó el rechazo de varias Ong y entidades defensoras de los animales, que lo consideran como un crimen ambiental.

Nathalie Ramírez, habitante de San Andrés e integrante de la Comunidad Raizal, aseguró que las fotografías fueron tomadas en la mañana de este domingo en las playas de Sound Bay de San Luis. "Yo quedé aterrada con las imágenes, me parece el colmo que esto pase en San Andrés, en una reserva de biosfera. Las fotos están publicadas en redes sociales".

"Lo que dicen es que lo encontraron, lo amarraron y luego llegó la policía y lo cogió a tiros. No entiendo para qué lo matan cuando el cocodrilo ya estaba amarrado. Si es tan peligroso ¿por qué había tanta gente alrededor del animal?. Hace unos meses mataron un tiburón y unas ballenas que se han quedado encalladas en playas de la isla", afirmó Nathalie Ramírez.

Asimismo la Corporación FunGaia y otras organizaciones ambientalistas y defensores de los derechos de los animales repudiaron el hecho y le exigen al Ministerio de Ambiente y a la Coralina de San Andrés, entidad ambiental de la isla, que investiguen y castiguen drásticamente el hecho divulgado en diferentes redes sociales.

Fran Duque, representante de la Corporación FunGaia, calificó el hecho como "un crimen aberrante porque el animal estaba capturado e inmovilizado, como aparece en las imágenes. La Coralina, además autorizó e hizo pública la autorización del crimen de una especie en estado crítico de extinción".

"Si la Corporación Coralina debe tener una sanción por el crimen que autorizaron. No es justificación que un animal sea un riesgo para los humanos, porque si allá vamos a llegar, esa entidad va a autorizar la muerte de tiburones porque a la gente le da miedo. No tiene presentación que una corporación ambiental autorice la muerte de un animal", afirmó Duque.

Sin embargo, la Coralina de San Andrés aseguró a través de un comunicado que el sacrificio de la especie fue autorizado por el riesgo y amenaza del cocodrilo para los habitantes y turistas de la isla.

En su perfil de Facebook, Coralina publicó lo siguiente: “el sacrificio de esta especie ‘Cocodrilo Marino’ obedece a la alta peligrosidad que representaba para la comunidad, teniendo en cuenta que es una especie diferentes a las introducidas al Archipiélago y en este momento ninguna institución en el Departamento cuenta con la logística necesaria que le permita manejarlo sin que represente peligro para las personas”.

“En este sentido la Corporación autorizó el sacrificio del animal por la amenaza que representa para la comunidad” argumentó la Corporación Autónoma del Archipiélago.

"Cocodrilo naranja" descubierto por mujer de 70 años

ORIGINAL: Discovery
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sylvia Mythen, a 70-year-old grandmother from Venice, Fl, has discovered what appears to be the world's first orange alligator. Now, whether the alligator is orange or not due to genetics is rather questionable. All I know is that I don't want to get close enough to find out!

Another case of orange crocodile with a possible reason:

I've been tangoed! Crocodile turns orange after chewing through pipe filled with tannins

ORIGINAL: Daily Mail

Snappy the bad-tempered salt water crocodile got a little more than he'd bargained for when he decided a pipe in his tank would make a tasty meal.

Nice tan mate: According to owner Tracey Sandstrom, who runs Roaming Reptiles in Melbourne, Australia Snappy ate part of a filter in his pool which allowed red algae to flourish turning him orange.

Crocked: Bad-tempered Snappy now has a bright orange tan to match his fiery temperament 

The salt-water croc has no one to blame for his colour transformation but himself

The pampered croc from Melbourne, Australia, turned a bright shade of orange after it turned out to contain tannins produced by a type of red algae. 

Owner Tracey Sandstrom from Roaming Reptiles believes Snappy had chewed through a filter a few weeks earlier which caused the algae to flourish.

She said: 'I think it caused the pH levels in his water to soar which has led to the change in colour.'

Cranky Snappy, who sleeps in his own heated pool at night and is 2.6m long, became infamous after biting Tracey during a reptile show last year.

She is now looking to sell him as he has become too dangerous for her to handle.

She added: 'He's the prettiest croc I've got, and he's such a lovely animal ... apart from that time, he's been quite predictable.'