Former minister joins anti-whaling crusade

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/11/2136226.htm

Australia increases pressure on Japan over whale hunt
Australia has stepped up pressure on Japan to end its controversial whale hunt in the southern ocean, dispatching a surveillance vessel that will gather evidence for a possible legal challenge to the cull.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,2237788,00.html

Things you can do NOW to defend the whales

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling


The Great Whale Trail

Print Send to a friend Whales must not be allowed to die in the thousands for needless, discredited "research," and we're satellite tracking whales in the Southern Ocean to prove it

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/ocean...ng/great-whale-trail

Save ALL whales: Petition

Following the success of our 'Save our Humpbacks' petition, The TODAY Show, Greenpeace and The Daily Telegraph are asking for support for a new petition to stop the hunting of all whales.

http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=339878

Cowardly Whalers Running Scared Out of the Whale Sanctuary

The Japanese whaling fleet is running scared with both the Greenpeace ship Esperanza and the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin on their tail.

http://yubanet.com:80/world/Cowardly_Whalers_Running_Sc..._Whale_Sanctuary.php

CRIKEY CROCS RULE!!

Meet the whales' human shield

IT'S -2C, but when you account for the biting wind the temperature plummets to -10C.

You are in a 2m-long rubber dinghy in the middle of the Southern Ocean, buffeted by an endless stream of icy sea water. It knocks you off your feet.

You've been out here braving the seas and bitter cold for four hours - oh, and there's a giant harpoon pointed at you.

It's not a job for the faint of heart.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23050807-5001021,00.html

Be sure to check out he Brave Heart Gallery

Thanks Shanon...Good to see what lengths they will go to, to try and help the whales...That water they spray must be freezing,....Is it me or does he look like Orlando Bloom?..

No...he does, and then some...There are some great videos from Greenpeace that show what they go thru to protect the Whales...

I was looking at the Greenpeace site earlier, some great info on there....

Greenpeace: Japan's whale kill halted

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Greenpeace said Monday it has disrupted the Japanese whale hunt off Antarctica by chasing the fleet's whale processing factory ship out of the whaling zone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080113/ap_on_re_au_an/anta...n4XyzYmh.8600oQPLBIF

Activists threaten to ram Japanese whalers

SYDNEY (AFP) - The militant environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday that it had located the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica and threatened to ram them if they resumed slaughtering the giant sea creatures.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080114/ts_afp/australiaja...lyFIyMLYQg9A5UoPLBIF

Paul Watson, Captain of the Sea Shephard...is one of my heros!

Speaking by satellite phone to The Australian yesterday, Paul Watson, the skipper of the Sea Shepherd pursuit ship Steve Irwin, vowed to put the Japanese whalers out of action.

While declining to reveal what tactics he would use against the Japanese, Mr Watson said he had "no problems causing damage to their equipment".

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Whaling Controversy

Picture Gallery of Vessels

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whaling-Controversy/ss/ev...otos_wl/r4360663.jpg

Picture Gallery

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whaling-Controversy/ss/ev...otos_wl/r4360663.jpg

Anti-whaling ships find Japanese fleet
NO whales have been killed by the Japanese whaling fleet for the past 48 hours, after its discovery in the Southern Ocean by conservation groups Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd, which each has a ship in pursuit.



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23054164-2,00.html

Activists chase whalers, split on tactics

ANTI-whaling activists say they have chased the flagship of Japan's whaling fleet from hunting grounds near Antarctica, but are divided over protest action if the Japanese return to resume the yearly slaughter.

The most important thing here is that they both agree that the Whalers must be stopped

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23050355-949,00.html

Back off, whaling protest warned

ANTI-WHALING activists chasing the Japanese fleet in the Southern Ocean have been warned against illegal and dangerous interference.

Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza is in pursuit of the main hunting vessel, Nisshin Maru, after locating the fleet of six ships on Saturday.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is not far behind aboard its vessel, the Steve Irwin.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23047402-5006301,00.html

Davie woman embarks on anti-whaling adventure
Davie woman joins mission to stop Japanese fleet from killing the animals

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbv...la-news-hurricane%2F

Court to rule whaling case legal order

THE Federal Government's attempt to intensify pressure on Japanese whaling faces a legal test as the whalers keep running from environmentalists in the Southern Ocean.

A decision is expected today in a long-running Federal Court case seeking an injunction against Japan's whaling inside the Australian Whale Sanctuary in Antarctica.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/court-to-ru...4/1200159362723.html

Ask Gorton's to Do More for Whales

Gorton's is a North American subsidiary of Nippon Suisan, one of Japan’s three largest seafood companies.

In 2006, a coalition of environmental and animal protection groups including Humane Society International demanded that Nippon Suisan and the other seafood companies shut down their whaling fleet, cease killing whales, and stop selling whale products.

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_whaling_gortons...ud95ACFUV0OAodT1XQ0Q