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  • March 2008

    • Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Mar 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

      (Newser) - Australia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "an agreement between many states, and it goes to whether what is occurring is scientific whaling or not," said Kevin Rudd. More »

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      Kevin Rudd  • whale  • protesters  • whaling  • Japanese whale hunt  • hypocrisy  • cull  • kangaroo  • Canberra

    • Japanese 'Frankenwhale' Experiments Slammed

      Australia's News Network  |  Mar 8, 08 11:14 AM CST

      Japanese 'Frankenwhale' Experiments Slammed

      (Newser) - Scientists have reviewed the research Japan uses to justify hunting whales, and they've concluded that it is mostly useless—and very weird, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports.   Researchers tried to fertilize cow and pig eggs with whale sperm, and to create test-tube whales from frozen sperm.  "It's totally esoteric, very strange research," an Australian scientist said. More »

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      Japan  • environment  • whale  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt  • science experiment  • minke

    • Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

      Reuters  |  Mar 3, 08 8:46 AM CST

      Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

      (Newser) - In the latest clash between Japanese whalers and activists in Antarctic waters, members of a militant anti-whaling group threw bottles of a slick, foul-smelling rancid butter concoction onto the whaling fleet's flagship. Japanese officials said three sailors were injured when butyric acid, found in spoiled butter, splashed into their eyes, Reuters reports. "It's an unforgivable act and we protest strongly," said a Japanese government spokesman. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • Antarctica  • whaling  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society  • anti-whaling activists

  • February 2008

    • Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

      Australia's News Network  |  Feb 1, 08 9:45 AM CST

      Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

      (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. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • whale  • whaling  • Greenpeace  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society  • cull

  • January 2008

    • Aussies Demand Whalers Release Eco-Warriors

      CNN  |  Jan 17, 08 5:37 AM CST

      Aussies Demand Whalers Release Eco-Warriors

      (Newser) - An Australian customs ship is steaming on it way to pick up two protesters being held on board a Japanese whaling ship, where they were lashed to a railing, CNN reports. The activists were seized by the ship's crew Tuesday after they boarded to deliver a protest letter saying that the Yushin Maru was violating the law by killing whales. A video has been released showing the protesters bound on the ship. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • whaling  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt

    • Greenpeace Ship Scatters Japanese Whalers

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jan 14, 08 4:04 AM CST

      Greenpeace Ship Scatters Japanese Whalers

      (Newser) - The Greenpeace pursuit of Japanese whaling ships continued yesterday after a ship operated by the environmental group earlier chased down and scattered a fleet of six Japanese whaling vessels in the waters off Antarctica. The Japanese fleet plans to hunt down 1,000 whales in what operators call a "scientific" expedition, but Greenpeace officials consider a thin cover for commercial whaling. More »

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      Japan  • environmentalism  • conservation  • Antarctica  • whale  • whaling  • Greenpeace  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt

    • Risky Showdown Looms as Eco-Ships Near Whalers

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 13, 08 6:00 AM CST

      Risky Showdown Looms as Eco-Ships Near Whalers

      (Newser) - Fears of a deadly battle increased yesterday as a Greenpeace ship began to close in on a Japanese whaling fleet intending to kill 1,000 whales. Also steaming through the Southern Ocean off Antarctica was a far more militant "eco ship," planning to ram the whaling vessels. "We are not down here to protest—we're here to stop them," ominously warned a spokesman for Sea Shepherd International. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • Antarctica  • whaling  • Greenpeace  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt

  • November 2007

    • Japan Sends Mixed Signals on Whale Hunt

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 24, 07 3:25 PM CST

      Japan Sends Mixed Signals on Whale Hunt

      (Newser) - Japan has a ready defense for its internationally maligned whale hunt: Whaling is integral to Japanese culture, embedded in the country's traditional diet, literature, and religion. Yet this argument looks questionable in light of the Japanese government's refusal to allow indigenous people to continue their traditional salmon fishing, writes Bruce Wallace in an analysis for the LA Times . More »

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      Japan  • environment  • fishing  • whale  • whaling  • salmon  • Japanese whale hunt

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