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June, 2008

  • 26 June

    Japanese Kids Get First-Hand Look At Whale Slaughter

    From AFP

    Wadamachi, Japan (AFP) As pro-whaling and pro-conservation countries square off on the other side of the globe, curious Japanese schoolgirl Yuna Suzuki, 10, got a vivid first-hand look at the issue. Yuna and a few dozen classmates from local elementary schools visited the whale slaughterhouse in Wadamachi, one of Japan”s …

  • 26 June

    Interview: Sea Captain Aims To Sink Japan Whaling Industry

    Captain Watson. Credits: Wikipedia

    Santigao (Reuters) – After three decades at the helm chasing whaling ships, Canadian-born renegade sea captain Paul Watson has set his sights on sinking Japan”s whaling industry, the largest in the world — and reckons he is halfway there. Spraying stinking rancid butter and non-toxic chemicals onto whaling ship decks …

  • 26 June

    Sea Shepherd Activists Blame Rudd Government

    (From smh) Mounting costs are forcing the anti-whaling activists of Sea Shepherd to shift their ship Steve Irwin from its Australian base in Melbourne, and leader Paul Watson claims the Federal Government is to blame. “I think they”re trying to ease us out of the country,” Captain Watson said outside …

  • 25 June

    Govt Fails On Whaling, Garrett Waters Down Position

    (From Scopical) The Rudd Government has failed in it”s pledge to stop whaling, with the Environment Minister appearing to reduce his criticism of Japan and bid to stop the annual cull. A meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Chile has seen Australia push for a new style of …

  • 25 June

    Plan To Kill 86,000 Seals Draws Ire In Namibia

    From Flickr

    WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Seal hunters plan to club 86,000 seals in an annual hunt set to begin next week, as animal rights activists brace for a showdown with the government over a practice they regard as inhumane. During this year”s season — from July 1 to Nov. 15 — …

  • 25 June

    Whaling Commission Buys Time To Resolve Thorny Issues

    From AFP

    SANTIAGO (AFP) The International Whaling Commission agreed Tuesday to put off votes on a Japanese bid to resume commercial whaling and an environmentalist initiative to create a whale reserve in the South Atlantic. The divided, 80-nation IWC bought some time at its week-long annual meeting to see if it can …

  • 25 June

    Several OECS Nations Keep on Championing Sustainable Whaling For Food

    (From caribbeanworldnews) Dominica may no longer be championing the cause of whaling for food but Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia and St. Kitts-Nevis are maintaining their support for the issue. `We see no need to change our policy,` said Vaughn Charles, St. Lucia’s Chief Fisheries Officer, …

  • 24 June

    Harpooned Whale Found Washed Up On Mallorca Beach

    From thinkSPAIN

    (From thinkspain) Experts from the Marineland aquatic zoo are conducting a thorough examination of the body of a ten-metre long sperm whale found yesterday in Font de sa Cala (Capdepera, Mallorca) in an attempt to establish cause of death. The badly-rotting corpse was found ensnarled in fishing nets and pierced …

  • 24 June

    Supreme Court Weighs Whales vs War Preparation

    Washington(AP) The Supreme Court will have the final say on whether war preparation trumps whale protection. Acting at the Bush administration”s urging, the court agreed Monday to review a federal appeals court ruling that limited the use of sonar in naval training exercises off Southern California”s coast because of its …

  • 24 June

    Australia, Japan Clash at International Whale Summit

    (From voanews) Australia and Japan have traded barbs ahead of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile. Japan accuses Australia of lacking the conviction to save crucial talks from “a state of collapse”. Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett has fired back, insisting he will not compromise on …

  • 24 June

    Whaling Commission Maintains Deadlock On Hunting

    (from ndtv) The members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Monday informally agreed to maintain the moratorium on whale hunting without pressing forward with any new measures to protect cetaceans. “”Nobody wants to vote on anything,”” official delegates and representatives of environmental organizations said at the meeting in Santiago. …

  • 24 June

    Rudd ‘Over-Promised’ On Whaling Ban

    (From AAP) The Rudd Government has “over-promised” on its plan to stop Japanese whaling operations, a former environment minister says. But diplomacy was still the way to resolve the issue, Ian Campbell said. Mr Campbell, who quit politics last May and is now working for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, …