Japan calls off whaling!
Category: Amazing facts | Date: Jan 23 2008 | By: admin
Hello everyone, it’s Paula here again
I have great news - after ten days of harassment, the Japanese are finally so frustrated that they have apparently given up the hunt! I’m struggling to believe that Green peace, Sea Shepherd and others who have been so bold as to board one ship ‘to deliver a letter’, throw stink bombs on to the deck to prevent work for days, gone to court and tried to prevent ships from refueling and just trailing and interfering with the hunting. Richard Leakey spoke about the ethics of whale hunting in his blog earlier.
“Greenpeace said its vessel Esperanza had driven the Japanese processing ship Nisshin Maru out of the hunting grounds after a high-speed chase over hundreds of miles.
Without the factory boat, Japanese harpoon boats have ceased activities, as they have no way of processing their catch”.
Sea Shepherd claim that no whales have died to date. There are some amazing photographs and more stories about this great news here and here
I’m so excited I’m going to break my new years diet and have a burger for lunch!
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5 Responses to “Japan calls off whaling!”
Claim Blog » Blog Archive » Japan calls off whaling!, on 23 Jan 2008
[…] Quillblog wrote an interesting post today on Japan calls off whaling!Here’s a quick excerpt…the hunting. Richard Leakey spoke about the ethics of whale hunting in his blog earlier. … Sea Shepherd claim that no whales have died to… […]
Sheryl, Washington, DC, on 23 Jan 2008
That’s a veggie burger, right? Seems a little odd to get excited about one species being saved from slaughter and celebrate by eating another.
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Sheryl, Washington, DC, on 23 Jan 2008
According to this report, the Japanese have only called off the humpback hunt. They’re still hunting for at least 1,000 whales, including some that are endangered. “December 21, 2007 — Washington, DC — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) said they were encouraged by Japan’s decision to suspend its hunt of humpback whales at the request of the United States.
“I am pleased that Japan has responded to international pressure and suspended part of what its Fisheries Agency calls its largest whale hunt ever,” Boxer said. “While I am glad that the Japanese have called off their hunt of humpback whales, I remain concerned that they are still hunting over 1,000 whales, including the endangered fin whale.”
Spare the cow.
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paula, on 23 Jan 2008
Hi Sheryl, you’re right that was offensive, … and truth be told I didn’t get to have that burger afterall…was waiting to meet the Director of the Kenya Wildlife Service almost all day to get permission to work on more primate conservation and to rescue a lioness that has been holed up in a container (!) in Sudan for the past 2 years. I’ll be bringing more news on this unhappy girl later.
Sheryl, Washington, DC, on 23 Jan 2008
Holed up in a container for two years? Yes, please keep us posted on her. I really don’t understand humans …
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