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     ;m Hunter on his way Out of 
     
     me Auditorium 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you weren't one of the 
     
     ;wroximately 150 people in 
     
     aaendance to hear Bob Hunter 
     
     ad the Greenpeace Whale Show 
     
     ymlreally missed out on a 
     
     warding-and exciting expe- 
     
     ience.’ ' ~ ' 7 
     
    

    
     Bob began his lecture by 
     
     rwmrking that Greenpeace was 
     
     "M a group of "ConservatiOe 
     
     .sts" but rather they were 
     
     ‘heservationists." 
     
    

    
     He went on to explain the 
     
     .mgin of Greenpeace from 
     
     m "Don't Make a Wave Comm— 
     
     inee." This group planned 
     
     osail into the Nuclear test 
     
     ama arouhd the Aleutian Is- 
     
     Imds.. "Greenpeace" was wh- 
     
     etthe boat "Phyllis Cormack' 
     
     w renamed to take the Com- 
     
     ‘ttee on their_protest voy— 
     
     fleo .’ 
     
     In the spring of 1972 the 
     
     {wt site was closed L . 
     
    

    
     Imm and the Amchitka'has be- 
     
     'nturned into a bird sanct- 
     
     Imy. That same year they 
     
     :mled to France to protest 
     
     etesting of nuclear expl— 
     
     Iuons on the atmosphere. 
     
     1Hng the protest the crew 
     
     of the Greenpeace ship 
     
     Teharrassed unbelievably. 
     
     ‘ey were rammed, arrested 
     
     mdfinally the Captain and 
     
     'Wigatpr was beaten with rue 
     
     »Mr truncheons. ‘ ' ’ 
     
     itain McTaggart lost part— 
     
     'lsight in his left eye. 
     
     Bob then went on to expl- 
     
     ntheir involvement in the 
     
     rwervation of whales. Sl- 
     
     d% were shown with a taped 
     
     (Ration which held for the 
     
     ffience a combination of,? 
     
     'finiful mhsic andflbreatht— 
     
    

    
     8 photography. Towards 
     
     "eend of the slides and 
     
     ‘Efirst of two films the 
     
     lance.witnessed the 
     
     '“Seless slaughter of one. 
     
     'the most developed'mammé 
     
     isto have gained existance 
     
     "FhiS'world(and to be losing 
     
     “I existence). ‘ ' 
     
    

    
     don'tthink words alone 
     
     'ndepict the useless feel- 
     
     'gthat comes over you while 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
          
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     nnfi slaughtered. 
     
    
   
   
    
     aFChing these-..,g.re,at" beas  .  ,x 
     
    
   
   
    
     plain their plans for the 
     
     future. They will be going 
     
     out once again this year to 
     
     protest the slaughtering of 
     
     whales but in addition to 
     
     this they hope to bring an 
     
     acute awareness to’another 
     
     related problem, the slaug— 
     
     htering of the harp seal 
     
     pups. 
     
    

    
     ' It was only two’or three 
     
     decades ago that the harp 
     
     seals numbered nearly 30 mi- 
     
     llion. Now, they are down 
     
    
   
   
    
     to less than a million and“ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..the canadian Government is 
     
    
   
   
    
     allowing the slaughter of 
     
     over 120,000 this year 
     
     b)? Norwegian and Canad— 
     
     ian vessels. , 
     
     A film was shown narrated 
     
     by Jack Lord_5309kehim DanrO 
     
     Murder One) which Showed the 
     
     seals in their natural habi- 
     
     tat before showing the slau— 
     
     ghter of these pups. 
     
     Greenpeace is taking a 
     
     fourteen man expedition td‘ 
     
     save the seals. They plan 
     
     to take a green indelible 
     
     dye which is harmless to the 
     
     seals. The hope is that with 
     
     green markings on the pelts 
     
     they will be wprthless hence 
     
     they won't kill those pups. 
     
     In this one article I 
     
     can't even attempt to expl- 
     
     ain the ordeal and plans of 
     
     the Greenpeace. 
     
    
   
   
    
     who heard the lecture. Any- 
     
     one who was there can proba—. 
     
     bly give you an insight to 
     
     the plight of the Seals and 
     
     the whales. 
     
    

    
     If you would like more in— 
     
     formation on Greenpeace or _ 
     
     would care to make donations 
     
     contact myself ( if necessary 
     
     through the Student Union " 
     
     i0ffice) or Barry Peters, Pr- 
     
     esident of the Biology Club 
     
     and we will be glad to help- 
     
     in any way.‘ ' - , 
     
    

    
     The Biology Club will be 
     
     selling poSters and tee shi- 
     
     rts from the Greenpeace Fou- 
     
     dation so watch for them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Richardeuyck 
     
     Communications 
     
     ’. Officer 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     .The,Caare, February 10, 1976, page 3" 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     All I Can do 
     
     is ask you to talk to someOne‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     AND HYAK 
     
     by Gay Lefroy 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOR SKANA 
     
    
   
   
    
     They're kings of the Sea! 
     
    
   
   
    
     .gNo other animal do they fear; 
     
     Save Man. ‘ 
     
     Travelling in pods. Wild‘ 
     
     and Free I 
     
    
   
   
    
     These black and white beaut— 
     
     ies strike an awe in me and 
     
     yet as invulnerable as they 
     
     seem to be; These creatures 
     
     so much larger than we have 
     
     fallen prey to mans insatia— 
     
     ble greed. Some go to aqua— 
     
     riums where they're put on 
     
     display. They put shows on 
     
    
   
   
    
     "on: Success _ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'ex Wyler Photo 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     for us day after day — after 
     
    
   
   
    
     :day.f - - ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     .They're well fed and clean, 
     
     ‘ healthy and strong; 
     
    
   
   
    
     But I can't help thinking we 
     
    
   
   
    
     -are terribly wrong, 
     
    
   
   
    
     For Hyak and Skana were meant 
     
     to be free! 
     
    

    
     Living their lives in the 
     
     open sea! ‘ 
     
    

    
     So please let's free them~ 
     
     from their sentence in jaiL- 
     
     There should be no boundar— 
     
     ies for the Killer Whale. 
     
    
   
   
    
     {Unemployment Riots Threaten 
     
    
   
   
    
     / WASHINGTON (ENS-CUP) -—— The 
     
    
   
   
    
     much-heralded "patience" of 
     
     the growing legions of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     tunemployed may not last thro— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ugh\1976. The Christian Sc- . 
     
     ience Monitor reports that 
     
     economists and social scien— 
     
     tists are beginning to fear 
     
     that the huge unemployed wo- 
     
     rk force in the US may res— 
     
     ort to concerted action and 
     
     social disruption as their 
     
     numbers continue to increase, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Plants Suicidal? 
     
    
   
   
    
     MICHIGAN (ZNS—CUP)——— A Uniel 
     
     versity of Michigan scient- 
     
     ist who last year discovered 
     
     that plants commit suicide, 
     
     now says he knows how the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘plants.kill_themseIVes - al- 
     
     Vthough he doesn't know why. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Professor Larry Nooden, 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘studying under a department 
     
    
   
   
    
     of agriculture research gr- 
     
     ant, says he fou'ndl'plantsq ; 
     
     that want to end it all re— 
     
     lease what he calls a "kil-‘ 
     
     ler hormone.P 
     
    
   
   
    
     , He.$aY$‘thef'f"‘ 
     
     killer hormone spreads thr4.j-v 
     
    
   
   
    
     oughout the plant, causing, "; 
     
     a color change and eventual-‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     death. , 
     
     Nooden says the killer 
     
    
   
   
    
     hormone appears usually at V<. _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     the time the plants begin to 
     
     flower or develop pods. Why. 
     
     36%?.Réents“é¢w®dgessitséde: 
     
    
   
   
    
     tery." 
     
    
   
   
    
       k 1 I.  if 
     
    
   
   
    
     N65 en says, "remains a mys— ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     The reason for the concern 
     
     is that the rate at which 
     
     the unemployed are exhausting 
     
     their unemployment benefits 
     
     is about to soar. This year, 
     
     Lathe-tota1~number.of,workers 
     
     who will eXhaust the 65 week 
     
     of benefits is-expected to 
     
     be slightly over 400,000, 
     
     But during 1976, that figure 
     
     is expected to top 750,000, 
     
     .according to government st- 
     
     *atistiCS. ' ' 
     
     ' Furthermore, most econo- 
     
     mists are predicting that 
     
     the unemployment figures wi— 
     
     ll not improve next year, but 
     
     hang right around 7.5 to 8.5 
     
     perCent. And neither the ma— 
     
     jor labor unions nor the le— 
     
     gislature currently have any 
     
     plans pending for extending 
     
     benefits or otherwise coping 
     
     with the mounting crisis. 
     
     The result, say many ex- 
     
     perts, may be organized ri— 
     
     ots in the bicentennial year. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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