Wikileaks on whaling
It seems that Australia was quite prepared to do a deal with Japan on whaling: US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks reveal Australia was willing to compromise with Japan as late as February last year…A compromise under which Japan would [...]
Sea Shepherd and the ICR play chicken over whaling
You’ve all undoubtedly seen the news reports about the Sea Shepherd’s ship, the Ady Gil, colliding with the Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru No. 2. Andrew Bartlett has a post on the issue. His opening paragraph contains the following claim: [...]
Why does Japan keep whaling?
It’s summer, and the annual battle between the Japanese whaling ships, and Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace, is on again. Meanwhile, another group, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, is trying a more subtle approach, charging that Japan’s whaling activities violate [...]
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