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YOUR REPORT ON ENDANGERED WILDLIFE trade mentioned the illegal selling of whale meat in Japan. The DNA testing used on samples of products sold in Japanese fish markets has technical problems. I have rebutted the DNA findings of the scientist who did the tests and asked him to send us his DNA samples and other relevant information for further investigation of illegalities, but so far he has not sent the samples or any other information. I was disappointed that you publicized the DNA testing as much as you did. It is not the only crusade against illegal trade in whale...
Thanks, Tripp Just because the Crimson can't always get out of Brown with an overtime win, can't always break out of the Yale Whale Jinx with a 12-1 drubbing, doesn't mean Harvard has forgotten...
...Francisco -- based Endangered Species Project, he goes after the illicit trade in wildlife. And there is no shortage of work. Unsanctioned traffic in animals and animal parts -- birds of prey, tiger skins, tiger bones and bear gallbladders out of Russia; rhino horns and elephant ivory from Africa; whale meat into Japan; rare birds and snakes from South America -- has more than doubled in value since 1989, generating an estimated $6 billion in annual revenues. According to Interpol, the international police agency, wildlife trafficking is now the second largest form of black-market commerce, behind drug smuggling and ahead of arms...
...Japan, for example, the 300 or so minke whales killed legally each year can't begin to satisfy the demand for whale meat, a delicacy that commands about $100 a plate. Customs officials frequently seize illegal shipments on the way into the country. But plenty slips through, and a recent study published in Science suggests that some of it comes from whales that can't be hunted legally. Investigators bought whale meat in retail markets all over ! Japan. Using DNA tests, researchers found that some of it came from fin whales, humpbacks and other protected species. "We were stunned...
...Whale's 1931 doctor is a likeable young man, carried away by the future glory of his efforts. He attempts, like Branagh, to be hostile to his family's overtures during the creation process; both relent in the face of the beloved's tender words. The earlier doctor seeks glory in a way that Branagh's does not, permitting an audience for the actual reanimation process to prove his sanity and prowess. None of the creators can summon the demented courage of Shelley's doctor to choose science over their human life. This is a reflection of the horror...