Put an End to the Cruelty of Whaling
Our planet’s great whales are battling for their lives.

Whales face more threats today than at any other time in history. Commercial whaling has been banned for more than two decades – yet Japan, Iceland and Norway continue firing harpoons into these gentle creatures for products that nobody needs. More than 30,000 whales have been killed for commercial purposes since the ban on whaling in 1986. And now the magnificent humpback whale is being targeted for whaling by the government of Japan.

http://www.stopwhaling.org/site/c.foJNIZOyEnH/b.4134481...r_Animal_Welfare.htm

Whales make surprise early visit to Coast waters

The magnificent spectacle of a 36,000kg humpback whale breaching and slapping the ocean as it frolics its way up the eastern seaboard is one of the unrivalled joys of a Sunshine Coast winter.

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jun/15/whales-make...-visit-coast-waters/

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CRIKEY CROCS RULE!!

Whales Worth More Alive Than Dead
A REPORT showing whales are worth more to the world alive than dead will be used to bolster the case for conservation at the upcoming meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the Federal Government says.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett used the inaugural National Whale Day today to launch a progress report on the government-commissioned Global Cetaceans Snapshot.
http://blog.stopwhaling.org/2008/06/whales-worth-mo.html

End Commercial Whaling
http://blog.stopwhaling.org/end_commercial_whaling/index.html

June 23rd International Whaling Convention
Troubled waters ahead
JUST when Kevin Rudd has smoothed the waters with Japan, another stoush over whales looms.

The International Whaling Commission meeting in Santiago, Chile this week will be a test of strength, highlighting the stark differences between the two countries. Australia will argue that the commission should become an organisation dedicated to conservation. Japan's view is that whales are a resource, and whaling should be a legitimate commercial industry; it classes the current moratorium, imposed in the 1980s, as an interregnum. Japan wants the commission - to be a manager of a resource rather than of a ban.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/whale-watch/michelle-grattan...1/1214009160151.html