INNOCENT!!!! The judge has ruled that Kikagawa, Erwin’s accuser was lying!
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Hi all,
Today my mom and I spoke at a Seattle school, talking to a class of 5th graders about Sea Shepherd and Dolphin Captivity. It was so fun! These kids were very smart and loved Whales! The class had even made a life-size blow up Whale the day before our talk!
We arrived at the private school, and let me just say, it was absolutely adorable! The school is made up of several houses all clumped together, creating one giant middle ground (or yard), this was the playground. The whole place was very cheerful and welcoming. They even had chicken coops! It seems like an awesome place to go to school.
The fifth grade classroom was on the bottom floor of one of the houses. They had all kinds of books, charts etc. about Whales scattered throughout the classroom. They even had a giant pile of black and white plastic that blew up into a life-size Whale. It just so happens that (yesterday), the day before our coming to meet with them, the class had made this life-size Whale together. Their story even landed on the local news! They are raising money in their community to adopt a Whale they named puddles.
If you want to watch the newscast about it, click here. Totally cool!
My mom talked about Sea Shepherd for a little while and then I talked about Dolphin Captivity and why it is important to not give your money to Dolphinariums.
The kids were so fun to talk to! They were really into the conversation and kept bringing up questions and points that reminded me of everything I had planned to cover. It made it so much more fun hearing their thoughts and then elaborating on them, because I knew they totally grasped why Dolphin Captivity is wrong!
One of the boys even said that while he was on vacation with his family, at a resort, that the dolphins they were holding there seemed really sad and that the water was very shallow. I thought it was amazing that these kids could see how unhappy dolphins and whales are in captivity, because they are our future!
It was a great morning and I’m so happy I had the oppertunity to meet such an amazing group of kids! Keep on caring for the oceans guys 
Swim Far, Swim Fast, Swim Deep,
Elora Malama
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We are coming up on the holiday season… and it’s time to start thinking about letters to Santa and gifts for friends! So, why not get your kid a toy Shark finning ship? Every kid loves to play “lets fin the shark!”. Shooting the plastic harpoon at the giant plastic shark and pretending blood is spitting out everywhere… then dragging it up unto the plastic ship and cutting off its plastic fins. Dumping the body back into the imaginary ocean to die a slow and painful death. Priceless.
It has been brought to my attention that the Mattel Toy company is selling a toy that promotes the killing of sharks… for kids? So let me get this straight… we are now trying to teach our world’s kids that it OK to kill one of the most amazing animals on earth (not to mention the most important to the ecosystem?). I am beyond confused. What parent in their right mind would buy a toy like this for their kids?
As someone who is trying to educate kids about protecting marine life, I am horrified! What has our world come to that someone thought it was okay to, well kill sharks, but to create a toy that promotes this sick and ignorant thinking for kids?
I feel like I’m ending all these paragraphs with a question mark… I’m having a really hard time wrapping my head around this. What ignorant, dumb ass, is being paid to promote this? I want to meet the guy, or gal, who came up with idea… then I want to have a little chat with the board of directors who approved it. I have a few choice words for them.
Hey Mattel! If you’re interested in getting kids motivated to kill the planet… I have a few more ideas for you.
1. How about a The Cove bath set?? You know, for bath time?? I can see the tag line now “Mattel’s The Cove Play Set, turns your bedtime routine into a blood bath”.
2. You seem to like killing innocent animals on ships… so how about Long Lining? “Long lining ship, where you can hang dogs and cats off a line and fish for deep sea animals.” See how many animals you can string on the line!
Check out these links! Tell Mattel what you think… I have and will continue too!
Shop Mattel (I posted a review, but it doesn’t upload for 48 hours if they will even let me post it)
Swim Far, Fast, Deep… Free
Elora Malama West
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