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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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New TV Show Whale Wars: Anti-Whaling Warriors

By beatriz on 10/24/08 11:37am
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Finally, the whales are getting the attention they deserve in the form of a TV series on Animal Planet called Whale Wars, and no it's not about whales fighting with each other.  Whale Wars follows the efforts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as it battles to end illegal whaling in the icy waters of the Antarctic.



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