The IWC recently met and the Japanese are pressuring the IWC delegates to approve of their Antartic Whale hunt in 2009 or they will kill Humpback Whales as well as the Fin and Minke whales. Go to www.seashepherd.org for more details.
Entries Tagged as 'Whale Slaughter'
International Whaling Commission Meeting
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: International Whaling Commission · Japanese Whaling · Whale Slaughter · Whale Suffering
Iceland Resumes Whaling
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Last year Iceland announced that they were going to stop whaling and now their government has authorized the Icelandic whalers to begin their killing of 40 Minke whales.
This is an about face and a defiant in your face act towards the global moratoriium on commercial whaling. Captain Paul Watson says, ” The Icelandic whaling industry is […]
Tags: Whale News · Whale Slaughter · Whale Suffering
Norway Kills First Whale Of Season
May 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Norway killed their first Minke Whale of the season…. a baby at that. No wonder I have felt terrible today….
Tags: Whale Slaughter
Teens Against Whaling
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
In a recent commentary, Captain Paul Watson, mentions that one of his favorite people, Skye Bortoli, is heading to the June 18th International Whaling Commission meeting in Santiago, Chile. Skye is 15 years old and has founded the organization Teens Against Whaling.
For more about what her organization is doing go to www.teensagainstwhaling.com
This is very heartening to see teenagers […]
Tags: Japanese Whaling · Whale Conference · Whale News · Whale Slaughter · Whale Suffering
Japanese Whaling Fleet Returns Home
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
The Japanese whaling fleet has returned to port in Tokyo with the remains of 551 whales that they illegally slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. They only got 53% of their alloted quota of 1035 whales and not a single fin or humpback whale.
They blame the failure of the whaling fleet on Sea Shepherd and […]
Tags: Japanese Whaling · Whale News · Whale Slaughter
