Aussie hunk Chris Hemsworth ("The Avengers," "Snow White and the Huntsman") is attached to star in the Moby Dick-inspired disaster tale "In the Heart of the Sea" says Deadline. An adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's novel, the story follows the Nantucket whaling ship Essex, which was stalked and ultimately destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. … [Read more...]
Personhood rights for whales?
February 16, 2012 by
Whales and dolphins are intelligent and cultural creatures and should be granted basic personhood rights, scientists will argue this weekend in Vancouver. Lori Marino, a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and Thomas White of Loyola Marymount University in California plan to present the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans at the American … [Read more...]
