NUS PEACE

Hey all!

I just watched the preview of The Cove last night, and it really grieved me to see people exploiting and slaughtering such peaceful and intelligent animals as dolphins! These animals belong in the wild, and we shouldn’t continue to bring these animals into captivity, and exploit them purely for entertainment purposes and profit.

The movie will be screened in selected GV theatres for the next 3 weeks. Do catch it if you can, and as soon as possible! The dolphin hunting season in Taiji, Japan, starts in september!

Movie Synopsis:

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The Cove follows a team of activists and filmmakers as they infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

The majority of the world is not aware this is happening. The Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. Cameras are not allowed inside and the media does not cover the story. It’s critical that we get the word out in Japan.  It’s critical that we get the word out-everywhere.  We believe that once the Japanese people know, they will demand change.
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Find out more:

• Watch the movie, “The Cove” showing at GV cinemas (PS and VIVO) for the next 3 weeks
• Visit:
  • http://www.takepart.com/thecove
  • http://www.savejapandolphins.com

Take action:

• Bring someone to watch the movie
• Sign the petition found on http://www.takepart.com/thecove (the website also has more information about actions you can take!)
• Find out what you can do @ http://www.savejapandolphins.com
• Spread the word!

Stop the killing, promote the PEACE!

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2009/09/03

I just checked the savejapandolphins blog today, and i’m really happy to take this quote off the blog!

“Today is September 1st, the first day of the dolphin slaughter season in Japan. But when I arrived today by bus from Kansai Airport with media representatives from all over the world, the notorious Cove from the movie was empty. There were no dolphin killers in sight.” (Ric O’Barry)

read more

The (wild) dolphins are safe, at least for now! :D And I’m incredibly psyched because to me, this really shows how the mere awareness about a single issue, can be so powerful in driving change!

But the hunting and trading of dolphins in Taiji, Japan is only one part of the issue. Even if dolphin hunting and trading stops, there’s also the question: what are we going to do about the dolphins who are currently in captivity, and especially the dolphins in sunny island Singapore, and the others that may be brought in  to the Sentosa IR,  which opens next year?

Find out more about the issue of captive dolphins in Singapore, from: ACRES–Suffering not Smiling!

Please help support petition for Captivity is cruel – don’t go to a show!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/stop-dolphin-captivity

Peace!

Hey all!

Check out this debate, happening this Friday evening (28 August ‘09)!

Are sharks killed mainly for their fins, their meat or both? Some believe that it is western propaganda that sharks are killed mainly for their fins, saying instead that they are slaughtered chiefly for their meat. However, the majority viewpoint is that the demand for sharks’ fin is the key factor driving sharks towards extinction. Hear both sides of the story and watch the exciting debate between proponents of the two camps. The debaters include Dr Giam Choo Hoo, Regional Representative for Asia (Alternate) for CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Animals Committee, and Louis Ng, Executive Director of ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society). This debate and public forum will be chaired by Dr Shawn Lum, President of Nature Society (Singapore), and is open to the public and the media.

When: 28th August 2009, Friday, Time: 7.30pm-10pm

Where: Training Room P303, Spring Singapore, 2 Bukit Merah Central, Singapore 159835

Admission: Free

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=259644850650

(This event is organised by the Nature Society of Singapore)

The debate is about the reasons causing sharks to become extinct, but the more important take home point: sharks are highly endangered, and the reasons for this are largely anthropogenic (caused by humans actively hunting them)! Whatever the outcome of the debate, the bottom line is, take action! (:

See you at the debate!

Hello all!

Before the floodgates of school work was unleashed, NUS PEACE managed to pull off our AGM and a wildly amazing vegetarian BBQ last saturday, on 22 Aug.

As far as official business is concerned, we’re proud to introduce the new committee for 2009/10:

• President: Janani Srinivasan
• Vice President: Asuka Fuji
• Secretary / Treasurer: Lydia Lim
• Website Administrator: Zi Wei Yap
• NUS Cat Café Project Director: Sze Ying
• Project Directors: Venkatesh Naidu, Satveer Kaur
• Student Advisor and Cat Cafe Asst Project Director: Liling Tan
• Publicity team: Asuka, Lydia and Ziwei

For all of you who couldn’t make it for the AGM, but want to help out nonetheless, your talents will be greatly appreciated. Recruitment for unfilled positions remain open, and volunteers are more than welcome to suggest and head upcoming PEACE projects, or work in the various subcommittees. (Please refer to volunteer opportunities). Upcoming events and projects include:

• Singapore Animal Welfare Symposium 2010
• Library Exhibition
• Meatless Thursdays (collaboration with NUS SAVE)
• NUS Cat Café

A huge highlight of last saturday, was the welcome BBQ, where we launched our homemade vegan burger patties!!  Kudos to Andrew, Liling and Professor Brown, who worked long and hard on making these scrumptious patties, and thanks for putting together a wonderful BBQ and filling our happy bellies. (:

watch this space for more updates!

PEACE out!

Dear all,

You might want to check out the documentary “The Cove” that will be showing in Vivo City at GV, this coming wednesday, 26 Aug from 7:15pm . The documentary exposes the cruel and abusive practices engaged by fishermen, who conduct dolphin hunts off a cove in Taijii, Japan. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with guest speaker Ms. Anbarasi Boopal, Director of the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre. It’ll be a great opportunity to find out what you can do to help!

Details are available at this website: http://www.gv.com.sg/moviedetails/gv_moviedetails_0346.jsp

PEACE out!

Dear Friends of PEACE!

We’d like to invite you to an upcoming event taking place on Saturday, August 22nd. We’ll begin with our AGM at 5pm, where we’ll be discussing our projects for AY 09/10 and electing new committee members. This will be followed by a Welcome BBQ Party by the pool, starting at 6pm. There’ll be some great food, including our very own homemade veg burgers!  The venue will be 50 Westcoast Crescent, #02-10 Westbay Condominiums (about a 10 min walk from campus). Be there or be square, seriously!

PEACE (People Ending Animal Cruelty and Exploitation) is an NUS interest group, soon to be a full-fledged (CCA conferring) Society, committed to doing what we can to foster education, advocacy, and action to promote the interests of animals.  Check out our volunteer opportunities on the Volunteer page of this website!

Please be sure to RSVP for the Aug 22nd event, by emailing us at nusanimalwelfare@gmail.com.  And those of you who’d like to be considered for committee positions, please let us know by Friday, Aug 14th and we will get back to you.  Also, please feel free to email us with any questions.

Looking forward!

NUS PEACE