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- Stranded Risso?s Dolphin Rescued Successfully At Gansbaai
GANSBAAI, SOUTH AFRICA - A Juvenile Risso's dolphin was recently helped off the rocks at Franskraal, Gansbaai after invention from the rescue team of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. (view the video below)
The injured animal (pictured here courtesy of the Dyer Island Trust) was assisted after local residents notified the ...
- Dramatic pictures: Whale lands on boat off Cape Town, South Africa
CAPE TOWN - A yacht was dismasted by a whale breaching right next to it. See the dramatic pictures of the whale about to land on the boat, as well as the ensuing damage:
Whale crashes onto boat - click here for pictures
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- Slow Death Reported For Marine Life After Gulf Oil Spill
LOUISIANA - Nearly two months after the oil well ruptured 5,000ft below in the Gulf of Mexico, the tragic effect on marine wildlife is only now becoming visible.
Suzanne Goldenberg of CommonDreams.org, in the company of a marine biologist, recently visited wildlife haven Grand Isle, Louisiana to see for herself.
With "the ...
- Local Cuisine Hosted In Paarl By Dutch World Cup Visitors
Oranjecamping tour in support of
the Dutch World Cup team
KONTREI.CO.ZA, PAARL - A group of 750 Dutch World Cup visitors will host a local cuisine event at the Berg River Resort near Paarl, as part of the countrywide "Oranjecamping" tour in support of the Dutch World Cup team.
These Dutch fans will ...
- Grootbos Lodge: Private Nature Reserve Fynbos Now At 757 Species
GROOTBOS NATURE RESERVE, GANSBAAI - With their new book on the Cape Floral Kingdom at Grootbos Lodge nearing publication, the Grootbos Foundation recently revealed that the Grootbos fynbos plant list has grown to an astonishing 757 species, including six that are completely new to science.
To showcase this spectacular variety the ...
- Wild De Zeekoe Meerkats Now Accepting New Guide, Visitors
KONTREI.CO.ZA - DE ZEEKOE'S wild meerkats can now once again be visited in their natural habitat, thanks to a guide with more than 20 years' experience.
The meerkats of De Zeekoe have now adapted to Devey, the new guide, and allow him to quietly bring groups of tourists to allow these ...
- Vision 2050 Project - Urgent Changes Needed To Live Within Earth?s Limits
Experience the Richtersveld and Ai Ais Transfrontier Park Tour! More on this tour...
KONTREI.CO.ZA - WITH the earth's inhabitants now consuming increasingly more resources than the planet is able to offer, urgent changes are needed to make more effective use of the earth's resources.
A number of business leaders recently launched the ...
- Household Cleaner Toxicity - Zomerlust Does Eco Friendly Cleaning
KONTREI, PAARL - While household cleaning giants are taken to court in New York over lack of toxicity transparency, locally Zomerlust Gastehuis have had enough and are now only using non-toxic leaning products in the guest house.
Some of the biggest and most well-known names in household cleaning products in the ...
- World Economic Crisis - Bhutan?s Answer Is ?Gross National Happiness?
The Taktshang Monastery In Bhutan
BHUTAN, HIMALAYAS - If the world is suffering under a massive economic crisis it is due to "...greed, insatiable human greed," according to Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan.
The leader of the Bhutan Government was recently quoted by the New York Times after the first democratic ...
- Joubertsdam, South Africa Shark Viewing Trip of January 2010, 7 Shark Sightings!
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On Joubertsdam during hot and calm conditions, with under water visibility of 2 metres, 7 sharks were spotted, including the return of Ilze - a 2.8m female - along with 6 other sharks. It was a beautiful day at sea with very satisfied ...
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