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Activists block illegal whale hunt in Antarctica, Southern Ocean

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Greenpeace activists today used inflatable boats to interfere with a Japanese whaling fleet illegally hunting for Minke whales inside the internationally recognised whale sanctuary that surrounds Antarctica.

Activist jumps into freezing Antarctic waters to disrupt illegal whaling

Last night a Greenpeace activist jumped from an inflatable boat into the icy waters of the Antarctic today in a bid to stop the transfer of a harpooned Minke whale from a Japanese catcher ship to the fleets’ factory ship for butchering.

Activists dragged up stern ramp of Japanese whaling ship

Late last night (NZ time) two Greenpeace activists in an inflatable boat were dragged half way up the stern ramp of a Japanese whaling ship after they attached their boat to a tow-line being used to transfer a harpooned Minke whale from a catcher ship to the factory ship Nisshin-maru.

NZ demands end to illegal Japanese whaling

Greenpeace today welcomed New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke’s condemnation of illegal Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. The Prime Minister has ordered her Foreign Minister to make a high level diplomatic protest to his Japanese counterpart.

Greenpeace launch the Global Whale Sanctuary petition

Greenpeace is today launching the Global Whale Sanctuary petition at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland. The petition calls on the New Zealand government to take a leadership role in ending commercial whaling by sponsoring and pressing for approval of regional whale sanctuaries toward the goal of a global whale sanctuary.


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