SOMALIA CALLING
Category: Community work | Date: Apr 09 2008 | By: admin
Sorry for the silence everyone, we have been away! It’s good to be home although we are still en route and will get back to the coast on Friday 
We have been working with SIFO Fish Organisation in Somalia for some time now because one of the 3 tags from last year came off up there. Mohamed, our kind contact, has been working tirelessly in an attempt to find that tag for us and he recently sent me these photos of his work. He is using this poster as a way of raising awareness about the plight of whale sharks in Somalia and we are really grateful for his help. We are hoping he will come to watch the acoustic tagging programme, set to start next week.
It’s a gruesome picture but it sends a strong message which is important.
It shows how if we work together, we can make a difference.
A big thank you to Mohamed and his team in Somalia
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East African Whale Shark Trust
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Donations Received
- Feb 10th Dr U. USD550.00
- Sep 14th John G. USD44.00
- Sep 8th Kit C. USD20.00
- Apr 18th Theresa S. USD25.00
- Mar 6th Theresa S. USD25.00
- Oct 26th Andrew F. USD50.00
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4 Responses to “SOMALIA CALLING”
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL, on 09 Apr 2008
Yes, the plight of sharks in general is very sad, as well as whales, dolphins, manatees, seals, well my list of worries goes on and on. That is why your work is so important. Bad enough all these creatures contend with polluted oceans and rising water temperatures, why must man hunt them as well.
Dipesh Pabari, on 09 Apr 2008
Hi Nimu,
You might want to contact SOMARCO, a very dedicated Animal Welfare group in Somalia. I met them a few years ago in Dar es Salaam. They are also a member society of WSPA. They might be a useful group to know who is involved in what and perhaps they could also be of assistance in raising awareness. Contact details:
Somali Animal Rights Community (SOMARCO)
2nd Street of Bokara Market
Mogadishu
Somalia
Phone: +252 5 920001
E-mail: somarco@globalsom.com
Web: http://www.somarco.org
whalesharks, on 13 Apr 2008
Thanks Dipesh, I have emailed them. Are any of you coming down for the acoustic tagging next weekend? Theresa, I know what you mean…we keep plugging away though right! Don’t give up, if we work together we will make it
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