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Australian gov't says whaling photos will strengthen legal case in int'l courts

The Australian government released photos Thursday showing a Japanese whaling ship dragging on board a slain mother whale and her calf, and Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the photos will strengthen any legal case that could be brought against the... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Feb 07 2008

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10 Oct 07 visit 豪州の偽善者 The hypocrisy of an Australian politician on YouTube  »  YouTube videoI introduce an ignorant and hypocritical politician. Australia's environment minister Malcolm Turnbull said about Japanese whaling "I think their huge dummy spit at the end will not reflect well on Tokyo." "dummy" is an Australian term for a toddler's...
09 Feb 08 visit 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...
18 Nov 08 visit Politics › Australian gov't defends non-lethal whale research program  »  Japan Today Australia's Environment Minister Peter Garrett defended his government's new A$6 million (U.S.$3.85 million) anti-whaling package Tuesday, following sharp criticism from the opposition. The package will…
07 Feb 08 visit Aussies show whalers' cow, calf catch  »  Japan Times CANBERRA (AP) Australia's government stepped up its campaign against Japanese whaling Thursday by releasing grisly surveillance pictures of the slain carcasses of a minke whale and her calf being hauled aboard a ship. Read the full story . . .
25 Jan 08 visit Australian anti-whaling activists call for boycott of Japanese firms  »  Japan Today Australian conservation groups have joined a global grassroots campaign to boycott Japanese products Friday in the latest bid to pressure Japan to stop whaling. Anti-whaling activists from Australia's east coast, the Bryon Whale Action Group and Surfers...
01 Mar 08 visit Australia hopes to close whaling loophole  »  Japan Today Australia said Saturday it hoped to close a loophole in International Whaling Commission (IWC) rules that allows Japan to conduct whaling as long as it is carried out for scientific research. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said Australia would...

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