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Ships collide in Antarctic whaling clash

Research? Bull!

They chop the animals up and package the flesh for shipment on the whaling vessel, that’s not research to me! The international community should be outraged by the slaughter of these majestic mammals. Research is studying their language, and family units and how they take care of each other as a family.

Ships collide in Antarctic whaling clash
A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber after their boat collided Friday with a Japanese whaling vessel in a dramatic Antarctic Ocean clash Japan condemned as “unforgivable.”

It was the second battle this week between the whalers and their foes. No one was injured, but the skirmishes mark the resumption of potentially life-threatening run-ins in a contentious fight that has become an annual fixture in the remote, icy and dangerous waters at the bottom of the world.

“The situation down here is getting very, very chaotic and very aggressive,” activist Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s vessel, told The Associated Press on Friday by satellite phone.

The clashes come as diplomatic efforts to resolve the controversy surrounding Japan’s scientific whaling program appear to have stalled.

Japan – which has described the protesters as terrorists – plans to harvest up to 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales this season. Under International Whaling Commission rules, the mammals may be killed for research. Opponents say the Japanese research expeditions are simply a cover for commercial whaling, which was banned in 1986. [read on]

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Gandhi Cruelty is a the precursor to more evil deeds, so if a country treats its animals inhumanly, its evidence of other serious issues.

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." - Gandhi Cruelty is a the precursor to more evil deeds, so if a country treats it's animals inhumanly, it's evidence of other serious issues.

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February 6, 2009 - Posted by okawa | Animal Rights, Clothing, Rant | , , , , , | 2 Comments

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  1. Only then, when it nearly was too late, the nations started to think about how to protect the whales. Program Language

    Comment by Program Language | February 6, 2009 | Reply

  2. This was my first time at the Perth Writer’s Festival and I just loved it! Chris Pash’s workshop and his book The Last Whale have made a great impact on me, both from learning about how to write non fiction and an objective view of why and how whaling can and should be stopped.

    I think this should be a standard history / sociology text book in our schools.

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    Cheers
    Lesley

    Comment by Lesley Dewar | March 4, 2009 | Reply


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