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First Photos of Whale being Harpooned 2008-02-06 23:55:19 The Australian Government's chartered ship the Ocean Viking took these photographs of Japan's whaling operations in the Antarctic. The Images were released today (February 7, 2008) by Australian Customs. Australia is gathering evidence for a possible legal case to try to stop Japan whaling.These are the first photographs of whaling in the Antarctic this season. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza stopped Japan's fleet from whaling for more than two weeks. The Esperanza, low on fuel, had to return to port.
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Djinda, a Star in 50 2008-02-05 00:25:24 Albany's whale DJINDA with its distinctive tail markings. Humpback whales have unique tail fluke patterns like fingerprints on a finger. Photo from IFAWFight for Fifty Day (l-r) former whaling ship master Kas Van Der Gaag, anti-whaling activisit Jonny Lewis, former whaling ship master Paddy Hart. Photo by Ken Matts.Albany, Western Australia, the site of Australia's last whaling station, has adopted a humpback whale called Djinda, an indigenous word meaning Star.The name was selected by holding a competition organised by the City of Albany to mark Fight for Fifty day in November 2007, a national protest backed by IFAW against plans by Japan to harpoon 50 humpback whales.At the Albany event on November 3, former whaling ship master Kase van der Gaag and Jonny Lewis, a Greenpeace Australia c
Philosopher Dissects Whaling 2008-01-30 18:11:23 Thirty years ago, Australian philosopher Peter Singer argued that whaling should stop in Australia because it was cruel. His submission to Australia's Inquiry into Whales and Whaling
carried weight and the judicial commissioner, Sir Sydney Frost, agreed with Singer.Australians harpooned their last whale, a sperm whale, on November 20, 1978.Singer says: "Whales cannot be humanely killed — they are too large, and even with an explosive harpoon, it is difficult to hit the whale in the right spot. Moreover, whalers do not want to use a large amount of explosive, because that would blow the whale to pieces, while the whole point is to recover valuable oil or flesh. So harpooned whales typically die slowly and painfully."Peter Singer, now a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, hasn' Read more:Philosopher
Low on Fuel, Greenpeace departs Antarctic 2008-01-26 18:33:03 The Greenpeace
ship Esperanza, running low on fuel, has departed the Anatarctic where it has led nonviolent direct action against Japan's whaling fleet and successfuly halted whaling operations for more than two weeks.Greenpeace said the Esperanza had been on a 4,300 nautical mile chase of the fleet's factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, since spotting the vessel in the early hours of January 12."Without the factory ship, the remaining hunter vessels have been unable to operate -- bringing the entire whaling programme to a halt," it said."It is estimated that the fleet needed to catch approximately nine minke whales each day and an endangered fin whale every other day in order to reach their self-imposed quota of nearly 1,000 whales. However, the Japanese government said they would not whale wh Read more:Antarctic
Japan Whalers Head to NZ Territory 2008-01-24 21:54:41 A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K Orion has sighted the Japan
ese whaling fleet travelling towards the Ross Sea and territory for which NZ has responsibility.Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick said : "The Orion was undertaking routine surveillance against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Southern Ocean in support of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources’ inspection system."The Government is concerned that the Japanese whaling fleet is now sailing in the direction of New Zealand’s search and rescue area of responsibility."The extremely cold and hazardous conditions of the Antarctic make it one of the most dangerous and difficult regions in the world for search and rescue operations. In addition, the distance which needs to be covere Read more:Territory
The Last Whale BOOK out in 2008 2008-01-20 22:00:47 The Last Whale
, a creative nonfiction book about passion and dangerous ideas in the 1970s, will be published by Fremantle Press in October/November 2008.The book gets inside the heads of Australia's last whalers and anti-whaling activisits as they battle for the lives of sperm whales in the Southern Ocean off Western Australia.The true story chronicles the events and people behind Greenpeace's first direct action in Australia.- Chris Pash -
Great White Shark at Middleton Beach 2008-05-11 18:54:56 In 1977, anti-whaling proetsters launched Zodiacs from MiddletonBeach
, Albany, Western Australia. The locals told them they were crazy. The area was known for white pointer sharks who came close to shore attracted by dead sperm whales in the water waiting to be processeed.The great whites disappeared when whaling closed in 1978 and shark sighting have been rare.A 37-year-old man was attacked at Middleton Beach on Saturday by a white pointer shark.-attack.html
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