Whaling

New Weapon Used by Whalers?

By sparklyscotty on 2/27/09 10:55pm
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In 1986 an international moratorium was placed on commercial whaling, ordering whalers to cease and desist hunting of whales. Unfortunately, Japan has never felt that the moratorium applied to their commercial whalers.


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Activists Prepare for Whaling Season

By diosmio on 11/21/08 10:22am
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It's killing season in Japan, the factory ship has headed out sea, unceremoniously this year, though.  Wonder if that has anything to do with the anti-whaling activists whose attention they are probably trying to avoid?  And why wouldn't they?  According to this article, the Sea Shepherd activists plan to disrupt the 2008-09 whaling season, like they did the last.  Last season Japan was only able to slaughter 551 whales, almost half of their 1,000 whale quota.  That is pretty bad-ass!

Meanwhile, in Australia, the Environment Minister, Mr.

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Japanese Whaling Fleet Kills Mother Whale and Her Calf

By diosmio on 11/14/08 1:07am
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This video is graphic, but it's a reminder of why whaling needs to be stopped.

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Bad Science: Whale "research" another name for commercial whaling

By beatriz on 9/12/08 5:44pm
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The butchers scientists at the Institute of Cetacean Research in Tokyo have revealed the findings of their more than twenty years study of minke whales. The study was published by mainstream publication Polar Biology, after being rejected by two other scientific journals.

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Whale-meat, need I say more

By beatriz on 9/2/08 9:24pm
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Whale meat is making a come-back in Icelandic kitchens. Whale-meat was once a popular staple of the Icelandic poor-man's diet because of how inexpensive it was, but when commercial whaling was banned for twenty years, people adapted and began eating normal food.

But now that the ban has been lifted for a couple of years some daring restaurateurs are taking a gamble by incorporating whale-meat into their menus.

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