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NEWS ABOUT: Japanese whale hunt

Japanese whale hunt stories: 8 news summaries

Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

Pro-whaling Japan pounces on neighbor's seeming hypocrisy

Mar 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(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 "... More »

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

Japanese 'Frankenwhale' Experiments Slammed

Scientists say whale research is bizarre, useless

Mar 8, 08 11:14 AM CST
(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... More »

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Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

Action draws condemnation from Japan, Australia

Mar 3, 08 8:46 AM CST
(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,... More »

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

Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

With Greenpeace gone to refuel, fleet harpoons 5 more

Feb 1, 08 9:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Aussies Demand Whalers Release Eco-Warriors

Australian goverment moves to free men from belly of whaling ship

Jan 17, 08 5:37 AM CST
(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... More »

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Greenpeace Ship Scatters Japanese Whalers

Hunt for 1,000 whales disrupted in sea chase

Jan 14, 08 4:04 AM CST
(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 "... More »

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

Risky Showdown Looms as Eco-Ships Near Whalers

High noon on high seas as rival vessels battle to save mammoth creatures

Jan 13, 08 6:00 AM CST
(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. "... More »

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Japan Sends Mixed Signals
on Whale Hunt

It cites tradition but denies tribe's bid
to fish for salmon

Nov 24, 07 3:25 PM CST
(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... More »

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