Tag Archives: De Volkskrant

Meeting the »Seashepherds« on Tasmania.

By Julius Schrank | Published: Wednesday, 23. March 2011

End of last year, I travelled to Australia for a story about the »Seashepherd conservation society«. Every year the group of marine and wildlife activists launches a huge campain to the Antarctica to chase the Japanese Whaling-fleet. This year the campain contained 3 vessels: The »Steve Irwin«, the »Bob Barker« and their new top gun, [...] read more »

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On search for Orka-whales in northern Norway

By Julius Schrank | Published: Thursday, 20. January 2011

A few weeks ago, I’ve been on assignment in northern Norway. Together with a writing college, we flew from Amsterdam via Oslo and Bodø to Narvik. Narvik is a small town, which can be seen as the getaway to the islands of the Lofoten. From here we boarded an old Fishing boat, and started our [...] read more »

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How to kill a horse

By Julius Schrank | Published: Friday, 10. December 2010

A while ago I got the assignment to photograph at a slaughterhouse for horses. In fact there are too many private held horses in the Netherlands, so people are trying to sell them on the Internet. This, in many cases doesn’t work because there is just no need for these high number of animals. Especially [...] read more »

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