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“Not eating enough fruit? Forgot to feed the fish again? Need a little help keeping your New Year’s resolutions?
Tell us what to hassle you about, and we’ll nag you via email at semi-unpredictable intervals.”

Yes Please HassleMe!

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“Ugh. Please don’t tell me I have diarrhoea!”
~Tristan David Swartz, age 4.

“One of my FAVORITE bloggers Chris Glass posted a great way to trap Mickey without hurting him. It involves a used toiler paper roll, a cracker and some peanut butter. The idea is so simple and rest assured will not harm Mickey.

When I was a kid, I saw a mouse trapped on one of those super sticky pads. With half its face and eye glued in and both legs immobile, I started to cry. I started to cry because with the one free eye, it looked as if it was staring at me, telepathically telling me to help it. When my mother came to collect it, I screamed and begged her to let it go. Out of the kindness of her heart, she tried to release it but the glue was just too strong. There was nothing we could do.

So next time you have a Mickey of your own causing havoc, just think twice about using one of those hideous glue or snap traps. There are other ways and I’m sure your Karma rating will go up if you try them out. :)” ~ electroplankton

Among the most dramatic and visible impacts of high-intensity sonar are mass whale strandings. The best documented cases occurred in the Bahamas in March 2000, when a naval exercise using sonar resulted in strandings of three different species across 150 miles of beach; one of those species, which local biologists had tracked for years, has subsequently all but disappeared from the area.

The exact mechanism by which these sonars result in the death of the whales has yet to be established, but post-mortem studies found evidence of damage rather similar to decompression sickness or the ‘bends’ suffered by human divers.

IFAW Sues US Navy to Protect Whales From Deadly Sonar

Deadly sonar used throughout the world’s oceans in routine testing and training by the United States Navy injures and kills marine mammals in violation of environmental laws. According to the lawsuit, this devastation could be avoided if the Navy used a number of proven methods to avoid harming whales when testing mid-frequency sonar.

The lawsuit, brought by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in conjunction with IFAW and other conservation groups, seeks to compel the Navy to prepare a plan to reduce the impact on whales and other marine mammals from sonar testing.

Learn all about how military sonars affect marine animals

Please consider donating to IFAW and help in their efforts to end this unnecessary torture.