7/7/10 Update on Peter Bethune Trial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/asia/08whaling.html?_r=1 UPDATE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062300810.html?hpid=moreheadlines By Charmaine Coimbra Part 3 of 3 Part 1 begins at https://neptune911.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/whales-and-us-or-whats-all-the-fuss/ Genesis: 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,… Read More ›
Internatioanl Whaling Commission
Whale Hunt History And Today’s Whaler Death Ships
Whales and whale hunters follow humankind’s voyage thru the ages. Whale meat and the byproducts of its blubber, bones and baleen made the great cetacean an optimum kill. Whale hunts grew from primitive beaching techniques to today’s factory ships, or death ships as named by conservationists.
Whales and Us or What’s All the Fuss?
en whale watchers sight a nearby whale they either scream in excitement and capture the beast with cameras, or fire off a harpoon cannon and land an exploding harpoon into the surfacing cetacean then tow it in for harvesting.
Two camps. Two points of view. One whale of a controversy.
Whaling Ban Holds. Hunter vs Conservationist Rift Widens
IWC makes little progress during recent gathering in Portugal
IWC Report: Humpback Whale Kill Request
Denmark requests right to hunt humpback whales at IWC
Stop Whale & Dolphin Slaughter–Meat is Contaminated
Japan continues whale and dolphin slaughter for meat. BlueVoice.org says the meat is unfit for consumption.
Japan’s “Scientific” Whale Kill At Question
The International Whaling Committee begins its annual conference May 31, 2009 in Madiera, Portugal. Japan killed over 600 whales this year. Recently, 200 were killed in the name of scientific study. This will be a hot topic in Madiera this… Read More ›