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Whaling: From 'bloody' to 'boring'?

Posted by EarthDude on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

by Richard Black The Australian minister for sustainability, environment, water, population and communities is due in Panama City for a couple of days to bang the drum for what has been his country's favourite environmental cause - whaling. But it might be a visit that no-one notices. When I cove...

U.S. Resolves to Take the Lead in Whale Conservation

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 30 June 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

By International Fund for Animal Welfare With President Barack Obama declaring June "National Oceans Month," the sanctity of the marine ecosystem resonates around the globe. Reaffirming their commitment to the oceans and those that inhabit them, Representatives Bill Keating and Howard Berman have i...

Antarctic Again to Be Whaling Battleground

Posted by grant on Saturday, 16 July 2011 in Wildlife Conservation

ST. HELIER, Jersey, UK, July 12, 2011 (ENS) - The seas around Antarctica will be the scene of confrontations over whaling again this year. Japan will send its whaling fleet to the Antarctic again, a senior Japanese official has told BBC News, and the Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling vessels will be ther...

IWC faces total collapse

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 19 June 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

On the eve of an international meeting to decide the fate of thousands of whales, New Zealand's foreign minister is warning that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is facing total collapse. Murray McCully told TVNZ's Q and A programme that could result in anarchy on the high seas and ...