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Book Review Dorothy Cowlin Greenland Seas

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Sep 19

1967 - E J Arnold Press An obscure and largely forgotten true story, but one that is very special to me as it was the earliest book I remember reading (after basic reading guides). It i the true story of a 19th century whaling...

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Whale meat

Tornknee @Tornknee (72) • Australia 6 Jan 13

I recently went to Japan and wandering around shibuya my friend and I stumbled onto a whale meat restaurant so we went in for a meal. Now I'll start by saying I am against whaling. I have done plenty of research on the topic, I...

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Breaking News: Tokyo Two Verdict announced today!

veganbliss @veganbliss (3895) • Adelaide, Australia 9 Sep 10

On Monday the "Tokyo Two" received their verdict after an arduous two year trial. Junichi & Toru were sentenced to a one year jail term suspended for three years. Their crime? Uncovering corruption in the whaling industry. The two...

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Japen bribing other countries to try to end Whaling ban

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 13 Jun 10

It is being reported that Japan is trying to "buy" votes to overturn the ban on whaling. They are offering aid, money, and women to 6 countries in return for their vote on the International Whaling Commission (IWC)....

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Now Obama is going after Creatures of the Ocean!!

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 29 Mar 10

Not content with attempting to destroy our life in America now he wants to destroy life in the Oceans. Is there no end to this man's broken promises? At least the whales will not have tea parties. Any thoughts on how they could...

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japan starts the dolphin slaughter

jb78000 @jb78000 (15139) 15 Sep 09

the hunting season for whales and dolphins has now begun. it's pretty brutal and worth a lot of money (whale and dolphin meat fetches good prices, and some live dolphins are sold to aquariums that pay even more). now do you think,...

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Iceland whales campaign alert

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 6 Jun 09

Dear Friends, The people of Iceland have chosen a new Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir. A well known opponent Iceland's whaling whaling, before the election, Ms Sigurdardottir's interim government made clear its opposition...

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Tell the Caribbean: Watch Whales, Don't Hunt Them!

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 28 Jun 08

The Caribbean is a tourism destination, where people go to snorkel, dive, and increasingly, enjoy whale watching excursions. Ironically, though they do not hunt whales commercially and whale watching is a profitable and growing...

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Does Canon support shooting whales?

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 24 Jan 08

Dear Friends Today is the 13th day in a row without whaling in the Southern Ocean due to the presence of the Greenpeace Ship Esperanza. It looks like the whalers are still intent on hunting though, so we're calling on prominant...

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Japanese whaling suspended

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 5 Jan 08

Japan has suspended it's plans to kill up to 50 humpbacked whales in the Antarctic following an international petition protesting at the planned hunt for so called "scientific" reasons....

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Whales Revenge

nadinetannous @nadinetannous (138) • Australia 29 Nov 07

Hi, www.whalesrevenge.com is trying to get one milion people to sign a petition to stop whaling. If you could tell as many people as you can about this site it would be a massive help. Please sign the petition and thanks to all...

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Japan is starting on a huge whale hunt

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 18 Nov 07

I thought hunting whales was prohibited by international law, nowadays. They are claiming they need to hunt and kill for scientific research. The whalers plan to kill up to 50 humpbacks and as many as 935 minke whales and up to 50...

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Is Whaling Justified?

mrrtomatoe @mrrtomatoe (800) • Canada 16 Nov 07

During a trip to Japan last month, Hayden (star from Heroes) put her life on the line trying to prevent fisherman from slaughtering a group of dolphins. Hayden and five others paddled out on surfboards into the ocean on a...

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Call on Iceland's Government to give up whaling

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 6 Sep 07

Iceland is on the brink of ending whaling forever. The scientific hunt which began 5 years ago came to a close last Saturday, and the commercial hunt has just been suspended for lack of sales. This is in part due to the pressure...

Should the Makah Indians be hunting Grey Whales?

Schnorrawaggle @Schnorrawaggle (688) • Austria 20 Jun 07

For centuries the Makah Indians hunted grey whales off the coast of Whashington. They stopped in 1926 when the grey whale came close to extinction. Now that the grey whale population is up again, should the Makah be hunting...

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Stop Whaling!

thatcrazyqbanita @thatcrazyqbanita (3312) • United States 23 May 07

Received this e-mail from pro-animal group, opposed to animal injustice. With only a few days until this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, it is critical that we take steps now to end the cruelty of all...

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Greenpeace

yendor1 @yendor1 (14) • South Africa 18 May 07

I recently watch a documentry featuring Greenpeace attempting to stop Japanese whalers with not very much success. I want to know what peoples general impression of Greenpeace is... Would you get involved? Or, are you already...

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Commercial Whaling-should it be banned completely fron?

Nic @academic2 (7000) • Uganda 17 Apr 07

I note that countries such as Japan have resumed commercal Whaling inspite of the international concerns of the conservationist. Their arguments are that the whale poulation has sunstantially increased. Should commercial be...

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Save The Whales

kukkad @kukkad (511) • India 5 Apr 07

I came across that article about the Dutch flagged Greenpeace ship, "Esperanza" not being allowed to be docked in Tokyo...... just coz the ship was carrying a crew of 23 "Greenpeace Anti-whaling Activists". Japan, which argues...

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Keep the pressure on Denmark!

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 8 Mar 07

n February, the Japanese government held a meeting in Tokyo to “normalise” the IWC. As we reported, it seemed that “normalise” means “business as usual” – in this case, keep catching whales. Denmark was one of the countries...

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