WELLINGTON (AP) Japan's whaling fleet was heading toward New Zealand-controlled waters in Antarctica in breach of an agreement that it would remain in Australian waters during this year's whale hunt, a minister said Friday. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Fri, Jan 25 2008
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Whale photos incite moral outrage » Japan Times On Thursday morning I woke to see photographs taken by an Australian customs vessel in the whale sanctuary in the waters of Antarctica. A dead female minke whale, with its dead calf by its side, was being hauled into a Japanese whaling ship. Read the... |
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National › Sea Shepherd intercepts Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters » Japan Today Militant environmental activists said Saturday they had intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and attempted to attack one of the boats with stink… |