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Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

With Greenpeace gone to refuel, fleet harpoons 5 more

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(Newser) – Japanese whalers have resumed their hunt in Antarctic waters, killing at least five whales when protest ships pulled back to refuel, the Australian News Network reports. Witnesses reported seeing the whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean after ships from Greenpeace and another protest group withdrew. In Tokyo, the Australian foreign minister protested the resumed hunt.

Australia is "extremely disappointed" about the expedition, which defies the "wishes of the Australian people," said a spokesman. Anti-whaling groups "want you to think that whales are endangered, but nothing could be further from the truth," the whalers argue. The hunt has been classified as a scientific expedition by Japan, which has a yearly quota to cull 1,000 whales.

The Greenpeace protest vessel Esperanza leaves the New Zealand port of Auckland for Antarctic waters, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, determined to find the Japanese whaling fleet. (AP Photo/NZPA,Wayne Drought)
The Greenpeace protest vessel Esperanza leaves the New Zealand port of Auckland for Antarctic waters, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, determined to find the Japanese whaling fleet. (AP Photo/NZPA,Wayne Drought)   (Associated Press)
Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Smith urged Japan to halt its ongoing whaling in Antarctic seas and expressed hope that the dispute would not strain relations between the two countries. (AP...
Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Smith urged Japan to halt its ongoing whaling in...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), the Kaiko Maru, a vessel in the Japanese whaling fleet is pictured from an Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion airplane, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, off Antarctica. (AP Photo/New Zealand Defense Force, HO)
In this photo released by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), the Kaiko Maru, a vessel in the Japanese whaling fleet is pictured from an Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion airplane, Thursday, Jan. 24,...   (Associated Press)
A humpback whale jumps out of the waters off Hawaii in this photo. Japan hunts mostly minke whales in Antarctic waters. (AP Photo/NOAA Fisheries)
A humpback whale jumps out of the waters off Hawaii in this photo. Japan hunts mostly minke whales in Antarctic waters. (AP Photo/NOAA Fisheries)   (Associated Press)
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