Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 From AAQ This week the Japanese whaling fleet have resumed killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary, despite monkeywrenching by Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherd Conservaton Society. Today's new reports that the Japanese ships are using wter cannon against the protestors who are in inflatable zodiacs, and that a harpoon was fired at protestors, barely missing them. Greens Senator was accussed of war mongering when he suggested that the Australian navy might go to Antartica to protect the protestors from the whalers. The Japanese whalers and the US government have labelled the protest activities as 'piracy'. The International Fund for Animal Welfare is calling for people to write to the Environment Minsiter Ian Campbell email: senator.ian.campbell (senator.ian.campbell (at sign) aph.gov.au) They are currently conducting and investigation into whaling practices following footage shot by Greenpeace showing the inhumane death of a whale killed this week in Antartica. If you want more detail and picture check out these websites http://melbourne.indymedia.org/ http://weblog.greenpeace.org/oceandefenders/ http://www.seashepherd.org/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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