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The Australian Federal Court has ordered the Japanese Whalers to stop killing Whales in Australian Arctic waters. The Humane Society launched legal action against Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd in 2004 claiming the company had illegally slaughtered minke and fin whales since the sanctuary was declared in 2000. The Humane Society has called on the Rudd [...]

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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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A Sydney company will offer free whale watching trips to visiting Japanese as part of a campaign to end their countries whale hunting. Whale Watching Sydney says it hopes to raise Japanese people’s awareness of the importance of protecting whales through close encounters with the giant mammals. The company’s manager, Will Ford, said they would educate [...]

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12/05/07 Terri Irwin has granted the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society permission to rename its ship in honor of her late husband, Steve Irwin. Terri says that Steve would have been extremely honored to be acknowleded in this way as he shared Sea Shepherd’s passion for saving whales. “Whales have always been in Steve’s heart and in [...]

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