The Sea Shepherd Ship, The Steve Irwin, has located the Japanese Whaling fleet in the Antartica 360 miles south of Heard Island and has their factory ship,the Nisshin Maru, on the run. This is great news because as long as they have the japanese engaged they will not be able to kill whales. For daily [...]
Entries from January 14th, 2008
California Limits Navy’s Use Of Sonar
January 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Dolphin Encounters
A federal court in California has imposed the strongest ever protections for whales against an onslaught of military sonar. The new controls are the result of an NRDC lawsuit that demanded the navy rein in its deadly sonar before beginning two years of manuevers near the channel islands- home to five endangered species of whales. [...]
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Britain Steps Up Japan Whaling Protest
January 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Dolphin News
The British government is considering a “high level” diplomatic protest to their Japanese counterparts over their plans to kill endangered whales in Antartica. The UK last month joined 29 other countries and the EU to issue a formal diplomatic written statement urging the Japanese to stop all whaling.
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