Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling program.
The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence. Read more »
We’ve had some polling done, and the results should really be a wake-up call for the Government on whaling.
Polling indicated that there is very strong public support for the Australian Government to take international legal action to try and stop the Japanese whaling program (87%), even if it means compromising our relationship with Japan (91%). Read more »
To follow on from Tim H’s post on Senate Estimates transcripts, I thought I’d also post a few links to some of the more interesting discussions coming out of estimates.
Rach asked some questions on Live Animal Exports, in particular around those Memorandum of Understandings that the Australian Government have with countries to which we export live animals. Read more »
The magnificent humpback whales have begun their northerly migration along the east Australian coast. Read more »
Australia celebrates National Whale Day on the 14th of June 2008.
Show your support this weekend for these magnificent creatures which inhabit Australian territorial waters. Read more »
Senate Estimates have shown the true lack of commitment from the Rudd Government on the fight against whaling in our Antarctic waters.
Under questioning, it was confirmed that the 2008 budget held no funding for a continuation of the customs ship Oceanic Viking (or any other ship) to monitor Japanese whaling fleets in our Southern and [...]
According to Asahi Shimbun yesterday.
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