Japan resumes whaling in Antarctic waters

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AP

TOKYO - Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.

Japan temporarily halted its hunt in mid-January after confrontations with both Greenpeace and the militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to Kyodo News agency.

Late last month, the vessels each group had sent to pursue the whalers returned to port to refuel.

The Japanese fleet decided to resume whaling because the threat of being interfered with had faded, Kyodo quoted unidentified Fisheries Agency officials as saying.

Phones rang unanswered Tuesday evening at the Fisheries Agency and the Institute of Cetacean Research, the government-affiliated organization that oversees the hunt. Calls also went unanswered at Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, the company that operates Japan's hunting ships.

Japan has staunchly defended its annual killing of more than 1,000 whales, conducted under a clause in International Whaling Commission rules that allows whales to be killed for scientific purposes.

Critics dismiss the Japanese program as a disguise for commercial whaling, which has been banned by the IWC since 1986.

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Go Japan!

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AP

TOKYO - Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.

Japan temporarily halted its hunt in mid-January after confrontations with both Greenpeace and the militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to Kyodo News agency.

Late last month, the vessels each group had sent to pursue the whalers returned to port to refuel.

The Japanese fleet decided to resume whaling because the threat of being interfered with had faded, Kyodo quoted unidentified Fisheries Agency officials as saying.

Phones rang unanswered Tuesday evening at the Fisheries Agency and the Institute of Cetacean Research, the government-affiliated organization that oversees the hunt. Calls also went unanswered at Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, the company that operates Japan's hunting ships.

Japan has staunchly defended its annual killing of more than 1,000 whales, conducted under a clause in International Whaling Commission rules that allows whales to be killed for scientific purposes.

Critics dismiss the Japanese program as a disguise for commercial whaling, which has been banned by the IWC since 1986.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/articl...hales05-on.html

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Bahstids.

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Go Japan! Kill many early and often!

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Go Japan! Kill many early and often!

Do whales eat Trolls?

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what do the japanese have against fat chicks anyways?

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Go Japan! Kill many early and often!

Do whales eat Trolls?

No but it's just a matter of time before they do.

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what do the japanese have against fat chicks anyways?

I thought Whales were rich white male gamblers!

Edited February 5, 2008 by Jomo's girl

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what do the japanese have against fat chicks anyways?

I thought Whales were rich white male gamblers!

zomg they are killing off pink men!

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Japanese Whaling...

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Yeah, that looks like a 'scientific purpose' to me.

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Japan suxs...the whales rule.,....if they need to kill whales then kill off the orcas

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Japan suxs...the whales rule.,....if they need to kill whales then kill off the orcas