URGENT - PLEASE SHARE - PLEASE STOP USING PINTEREST : I have just read this article in the Mail & Guardian - March 20-27 2014, on page 27, entitled : E-FIRM PROFITS FROM SLAUGHTER OF RARE SPECIES Essentially, a company called Rakuten, and e-commerce company that owns Play and Kobo (yes , the Pick n Pay answer to Kindle) is a major shareholder in Pinterest. Rakutens own website carries more than 28 000 adverts for elephant ivory and 1 200 for whale products. Many of the whale products originated from species that have been protected since 1986 under the moratorium on commercial whaling established by the International Commission. Rakuten which has expended its online presence overseas, has so far resisted pressure to drop the sale of products made from whale. Eight out of nine whale products ordered through the site last year exceeded the Japanese national limit for total mercury concentration of 0.4 parts per mission. About 22 000 African elephants were killed in 2012. Rakutens ads are effectively as deadly as giving bullets to elephant poachers and harpoons to whalers.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:46:08 +0000
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