Cameron Blewett

This article was written by the founder of VeganPolice.com.au, Cameron Blewett. Cameron is a long term vegan (30+yrs), and is passionate about veganism, and helping people to understand more about it and giving other animals equal consideration. You can find Cameron's other rants on his website, CameronBlewett.blog

Can you spell hypocrite?

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There is an interesting article by James Rose from the Sydney Morning Herald talking about how hypocritical most of Australians are when it comes to their views on whaling and what they eat. The article is here I find it amusing that the author talks about lamb, especially since the MLA has gone to great … Read more

Who were they really running from?

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The latest media reports say that the Japanese have resumed whaling operations, even with the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking watching what the fleet does.

As far I as I am concerned, this goes to prove a couple of things.

Firstly, that regardless of what legal action Australia may take against the Japanese whalers, they have no intention of stopping their supposed research. All Japan has to do if threaten a long legal battle or to stop trading with Australia, and the government will fall to it’s knees apologising, and begging to be forgiven.
Proof of this can be shown by how quiet the Minister for the Environment, Peter Garret has been throughout all of this. There has not been one ministerial press release about the issue of whaling since he took office. He has released statements about the phase out of plastic bags, the unfortunate death of Heath Ledger, and even taken a flight down to Antarctica for the inaugural flight of Airlink.
The only time that whaling has been mentioned was in a joint press release on 18 December 2008 with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He even has a whale pictured on the header of his personal web page. I suppose only time will tell if the Rudd government will follow through with the promises they made when they were in opposition.

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Japanese show their contempt for Australian law

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There are reports in todays media that the Japanese are going to commission another “factory ship” to replace the Nisshin Maru.

Reports are that the new ship would be 3 times the size of the Nisshin Maru, and capable of carrying 6000 tonnes of whale meat. This would mean that regardless of what happens at the next IWC conference, that the Japanese will still be going ahead with their lethal loophole “research”. Does this also mean that Japan has already bought the votes of the countries that it can exert economic influence over. The next meeting is supposed to be held in March of this year, and strangely enough, to discuss the future of the IWC itself.

What will happen next year in the Southern Oceans?

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8 glasses a day proven to be a myth

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It has finally happened, the whole myth of drinking 8 glasses of water per day has been proven to be just that. A myth. Research published in the British Medical Journal move to debunk other medical myths along the way. Who knows where the whole 8 glasses per day myth came from, though I have … Read more

Global warming is a good thing.

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The government is now telling us that global warming is a good thing for us because it will help the farmers. According to the site: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/education/factsheets/farming_future.html The increase in carbon dioxide will help the farmers grow the crops that they have. Carbon dioxide is an essential part of the growth of young seedlings. The more … Read more

Time for some propaganda from the MLA

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The MLA is giving itself and the cruel live export industry a pat on the back.

According to its figures, for 2007, 99.9% of cattle and 99.2% of sheep exported arrived alive at their destination after “being well looked after”.

I would like to see what they define as being well looked after, considering the animals have spent weeks at sea. I would also think it would be safe to say that they were probably kept confined to their cage, and give no exercise during the trip.

Then there are the appalling conditions that the sheep and cattle are forced into when they get to the importing country. These animals are slaughtered in ways and means that are illegal in this country. Below is video footage of an Animals Australia investigation in September of this year (2007) of the way that Australian sheep are treated when they reach the middle east.

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Can we really trust the C$IRO?

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Once again the C$IRO has shown that it can no longer be relied on for impartial research.

One would have thought that after the controversy create by the release of its “Total Wellbeing Diet”, which is basically Atkins by another name, and partially funded by the Meat & Livestock Association (MLA), that they would have learnt their lesson.

Once again the C$IRO has got into bed with the MLA.

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