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... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Sat, Feb 09 2008
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| 30 Apr 08 |
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Bone Specimen of full body minke whale »
YouTube video In the coastal area of Kushiro,Hokkaido ,Japan the scientific research whaling is conducted in a very small scale.
This bone specimen of minke whale is now in exhibit at Kushiro City Museum.
I post this photo for the science purpose. |
| 07 Feb 08 |
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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 . . . |
| 07 Feb 08 |
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Australian gov't says whaling photos will strengthen legal case in int'l courts » Japan Today 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... |
| 08 Feb 08 |
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Killing calves makes Japan's whaling indefensible »
Japan Times ![]() KUROHIME, Nagano Pref. — When I turned on my TV to both BBC World and CNN this morning, I was shocked and saddened by the sight of a minke whale and calf being winched up the ramp of a Japanese factory ship in the Antarctic Ocean. Read the full story .... |
| 14 Jan 08 |
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Greenpeace claims win in battle against Japan whalers » Japan Times WELLINGTON (AP) Greenpeace claimed Monday it disrupted the Japanese whale hunt off Antarctica by chasing the fleet's whale processing factory ship out of the whaling zone, beginning this year's round... Read more . . . |
| 25 Jan 08 |
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N.Z. bristles as whalers near waters » Japan Times 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 . . . |