Much Needed GOOD NEWS * YEA VERILY!

I do have to confess 2 'U' ... I have been tearing in cycles since I heard of the WHALES WIN!
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WE DID IT FRIENDS {AMONGST MANY OF US WORLDWIDE WARRIORS}! Thanks for POSTING Sea Shepherd Pirate!

KEWL! :) It is nice to have great news besides that Gulf of Mexico Oil CONTINUAL OIL HORROR TRAGEDY & other BATTLES, WE BATTLE!
Stunning Victory for Whales
Stunning Victory for Whales

AGAIN & THEN AGAIN:

Breaking News: The International Whaling Commission’s controversial proposal to legalize commercial whaling has failed.

This stunning news comes after IFAW supporters around the world voiced their opposition to the plan through hundreds-of-thousands of phone calls, emails, letters, postcards, and petition signatures.

Thanks to everyone who acted and helped win this victory for whales!

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Ni Neart Go Cur Le Cheile --- In Unity There Is Strength

{Irish-American translation of a wee bit of The Book Of Kells}

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SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – Barring a last-minute policy reversal, Jewish leaders in New Zealand appear certain to launch legal action against the government over its controversial new law banning kosher slaughter.
Six Jewish leaders were granted a 30-minute meeting a week ago with Prime Minister John Key, the son of a Jewish refugee, to discuss the fallout from the May 27 decision to outlaw kosher slaughter, or shechitah. The meeting in Auckland concluded with the delegation informing Key, who does not practice Judaism, that the small Jewish community would be left with “no option” but to take legal action “if there was no solution forthcoming.”
The prime minister “acknowledged that this may be the only course open to us,” New Zealand Jewish Council chair Geoff Levy said in a statement.
It now appears likely that Key will face a potentially embarrassing legal showdown that has been described as a test case for shechitah.

The controversy erupted in late May when Agriculture Minister David Carter overruled advice from the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to exempt shechitah from a new animal welfare commercial slaughter code. Whereas shechitah previously had been listed as exempt, just as it is under the Humane Slaughter Act in America, Carter decided last month to annul all exemptions.
Under the new code, which was made effective immediately, all commercially killed animals must be stunned before slaughter to “ensure that the animals are treated humanely.”
The move shocked the New Zealand Jewish community, which numbers fewer than 7,000. Although kosher meat can be imported from Australia, no chicken is allowed in. Fewer than 100 beef cattle and lambs and several thousand chickens were slaughtered by shechitah annually.

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – Barring a last-minute policy reversal, Jewish leaders in New Zealand appear certain to launch legal action against the government over its controversial new law banning kosher slaughter.
Six Jewish leaders were granted a 30-minute meeting a week ago with Prime Minister John Key, the son of a Jewish refugee, to discuss the fallout from the May 27 decision to outlaw kosher slaughter, or shechitah. The meeting in Auckland concluded with the delegation informing Key, who does not practice Judaism, that the small Jewish community would be left with “no option” but to take legal action “if there was no solution forthcoming.”
The prime minister “acknowledged that this may be the only course open to us,” New Zealand Jewish Council chair Geoff Levy said in a statement.
It now appears likely that Key will face a potentially embarrassing legal showdown that has been described as a test case for shechitah.

The controversy erupted in late May when Agriculture Minister David Carter overruled advice from the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to exempt shechitah from a new animal welfare commercial slaughter code. Whereas shechitah previously had been listed as exempt, just as it is under the Humane Slaughter Act in America, Carter decided last month to annul all exemptions.
Under the new code, which was made effective immediately, all commercially killed animals must be stunned before slaughter to “ensure that the animals are treated humanely.”
The move shocked the New Zealand Jewish community, which numbers fewer than 7,000. Although kosher meat can be imported from Australia, no chicken is allowed in. Fewer than 100 beef cattle and lambs and several thousand chickens were slaughtered by shechitah annually.