Thursday, June 10, 2010

George Car Hire

George is a great little coastal town on the garden route. Arrange George car hire, South Africa and enjoy this little buzzing coastal town. Our car hire George branch offers a wide selection of car rental. We also offer car rental at George airport.

East London Car Hire

East london is a city that with lots of character. East London is a popular beach destination and is popular with bathers and surfers. Our East London car hire branch offers a wide selection of car rental.

Durban Car Hire

Come to Durban in South Africa and hire your car and experience a great city. Car hire in Durban is made easy and Durban car rental is what we do best. Durban is the kingdom of the Zulu and it has a warm sub-tropical climate with soaring heat in summer and warm conditions in winter.

Port Elizabeth Car Hire

Port Elizabeth Car rentals is convenient and easy with Around About Cars. For your convenience, you are able to pick-up and drop-off your hired vehicle at Port Elizabeth Airport. Visit the friendly city of Port Elizabeth.

Johannesburg Car Hire

Come to Johannesburg car hire and choose from one of our many branches throughout Joburg. This is the city that never sleeps! Johannesburg is a funky spunky city with lots of character.

Cheap Car Hire in Cape Town

Around About Cars offers quality cheap car hire in Cape Town, South Africa and a wide selection of quality rental cars. Around About Cars has a 99% availability rate year round for its cheap car hire in Cape Town and guarantees person local service.
Come and get cheap car hire in Cape Town and see Table Mountain, enjoy the scenic wine farms, jump into the Atlantic Ocean so that it can take your breath away! You can hire one of our cheap car rentals in Cape Town from our car hire Cape Town Branch. Select one of our of cheap Cape Town car rentals below by entering your rental dates.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Over 100 countries agree to protect endangered shark species

NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – Endangered shark species will be protected after more than 100 countries agreed to a United Nations-supported wildlife treaty, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

The 113 countries that are party to the UNEP-administered Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) agreed to prohibit the hunting, fishing and deliberate of killing sharks species covered in an appendix to the CMS – the great white, basking, whale, porbeagle, spiny dogfish, shortfin and longfin mako sharks.

Illegal fishing and trade are not the only factors that have affected the population of migratory sharks. UNEP indicated that habitat destruction, depletion of prey species, pollution with a high risk of mercury intoxication, boat strikes and climate change on the marine environment all seriously threaten sharks.

There are also obstacles like gestation periods of up to 22 months, a life expectancy of up to 100 years, relatively low reproductive rates, migratory patterns, and low natural mortality that make the protections of sharks even more difficult, considering the abundant over-fishing.

Studies show that shark populations decreased significantly in both the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea by 90 per cent, and by 75 per cent in the north-western Atlantic Ocean within 15 years, said UNEP.

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