JAPAN, under fire overseas for whaling it justifies as research, has released its findings – whales are losing blubber because ocean resources are growing scarce.
But critics said the recent study, which involved the slaughter of thousands of whales, is little more than window-dressing for Japan’s pursuit of commercial whaling.
Japan is frequently criticised by the [...]
Captain Paul Watson founded his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977 because he believed his new organization had to go even further to eradicate whaling, poaching, shark finning, habitat destruction and purported ocean law violations than the Greenpeace group he had co-founded. For three decades, Watson’s group of staff [...]
A hard-hitting public awareness campaign to help protect seals, whales and elephants is being run by The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Animals on the Underground.
The campaign will feature ads on 224 sites across the London Underground network from April 21 for two weeks. Members of the public are being asked to send [...]
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France noted with satisfaction the announcement by the Japanese government to suspend the capture of humpback whales in the Antarctic. This is a positive signal in the current context of accommodation within the International Whaling Commission, whose 78 members are contemplating the institution’s future and the means to end the deadlock.
France strongly encourages Japan [...]
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