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NEWS ABOUT: whaler

whaler stories: 10 news summaries

 Dark, Whimsical Ledger 
 Music Vid Debuts 

Takes a stand against illegal whale hunts

Aug 5, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Modest Mouse has debuted Heath Ledger’s whimsical-yet-dark video for the song “King Rat," the AP reports. In the video, which takes aim at illegal whale hunts, Dr Seuss-like animated whales and dolphins go on a bloody hunt for humans, notes Vanity Fair. Watching it might require a... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Heath Ledger • music videos • whaler • whales • celebrity death • Modest Mouse

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

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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Australia • Japan • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • whaler

Judge Bans Japanese Whalers in Aussie Waters

Eco-warriors 'kidnapped,' tied to ship's mast

Jan 15, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - An Australian judge has banned hunting by Japanese whalers in a large section of their traditional grounds in Australian-claimed waters off Antarctica. The ruling came today just hours after crew members of a militant eco-ship boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean to deliver a protest note—then... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • Japan • Antarctica • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • whaling • whaler

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

New Zealand to Japanese Whalers:
Go Home!

'Deception' blasted as fleet sails for 'research'

Nov 19, 07 3:42 AM CST
(Newser) - As a Japanese whaling fleet churned to Antarctic waters, a furious New Zealand prime minister today blasted the "deception" of Japan's claim that the killing ships will conduct research rather than commercial whaling. It would be better "if the Japanese stayed home," said Helen Clark. The fleet... More »

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Japan • whale • humpback whale • New Zealand • Antarctica • whaling • whaler

This Seafarer Hunts Whalers, Not Whales

‘Sea Shepherd’ enforces own marine rules, ignores others

Oct 30, 07 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Watson is far too radical for Greenpeace, the group he co-founded. His vigilante group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a roving pack of eco-saboteurs, trolling international waters for whalers—and ramming the offending ships. Watson usually operates illegally, and his theatrical and violent defense of aquatic life is credited... More »

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Greenpeace • Dalai Lama • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • Paul Watson • whaling • Mick Jagger • whaler

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