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Seal Pup Rescue

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on January 19, 2012
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A seal rehabilitation center in the Netherlands has taken in more than a hundred seal pups that washed up along the coastline after recent storms. These weak and sick seals were likely stranded because of a lack of food, caused by overfishing. The more fishing we do, the less food there is for seals-and other animals-to eat.
Volunteers in the seal nursery--a large, temporary tent filled with bathtubs for the seals-are helping the pups recover by feeding them a “porridge” of ground herring and water and medication. Most of the seals will be healthy enough to be released into the Wadden Sea of North Sea in the next three months.
Photograph by Peter Dejong, AP
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Ocean Alert!

Posted by NG Kids in Green Scene on July 22, 2009
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It may seem as if the world’s oceans are so vast that nothing could hurt them. Unfortunately, that’s not true. The oceans suffer from people dumping stuff that they don’t want (pollution) and taking too much from the ocean that they do want (overfishing). You can help turn this problem around.

You probably already know how to help fight pollution: Participate in stream, river, and beach cleanups; don’t litter; and don’t dump things into storm drains. But you may not realize that too many fish–including the bluefin tuna (pictured)–are being taken from the sea. Some overfished species are disappearing–such as sharks.

People kill 100 million sharks every year. The desire for shark fin
soup is one big reason so many sharks die. These fish are caught, their
fins are cut off to be sold and the rest of their bodies are thrown
back into the sea.
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