Whaling+Hotlist

Aaron, don't forget the comma after the author's last name. Lots of sources, good summaries.

Anti-whaling side. This site tells about the sea shepherds. 1.(NA). (ND). Sea shepherd conservation society. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from [] This site says that Iceland, Norway, and Japan have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and for commercial purposes. A group of environmentalists, the sea shepherds, have been risking their lives to stop whaling for good. So far they have stopped 9 illegal whaling vessels, saving thousands of whales. The sea shepherd's mission is to end the destruction of habitat and the slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. The sea shepherds use innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas.

2.(NA). (ND). Australians unite against whaling in the southern ocean. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from []

3.(NA). (ND). Ending Japan's southern ocean whaling. [] This is the site that the sea shepherds, are technically kinda associated with. In May 2008, Greenpeace found out that prime cuts of whale meat were being smuggled ashore by the crew of the Japanese whaling factory ship, Nisshin Maru. A month a later, however Japanese police arrested two Greenpeace activists who had exposed the smuggling. This prompted protests outside Japanese embassies worldwide, and 250,000 people sent emails to the Japanese government demanding for the activists be released. They were held for 23 days before being charged, but were freed on bail in mid-July 2008.

4. Sekiguchi, T. (November 20, 2007). Why Japan's whale hunt continues. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from [|http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686486,00.ht] One fleet of four Japanese whaling vessels left Shimonoseki harbor in Western Japan to begin its five-month whale hunt in the Antarctic Ocean. They are planning to harpoon about 850 minke and 50 finback whales, the fleet says it plans to harpoon as many as 50 humpback whales for the first time since hunting the endangered species was banned in 1963. Under a loophole in the 1986 International Whaling Commission ban against commercial whaling, Japan has continued to kill hundreds of whales every year for scientific research because once a whale is killed, scientists collect data from the animal's remains on its age, birthing rate and diet. Then the meat is packaged and sold. Japan has cited its long history as a whaling nation and its historic reliance on whale meat for protein as reasons why it should be continued to allow to hunt despite the IWC ban.

This site tells you a lot of news concerning the Japanese whalers. 5.(N.A.). (January 7, 2009). Japanese Whalers all at sea in hunt for legal credibility. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from [] This is Migaloo, the only albino whale known. Don't let the whalers harpoon him.

Whaling side. 6. Egg, R. (October 6, 2009). Whaling in Japan. Retrieved December 9 2009 from []

7.(NA). (ND). Japan whaling association. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from []

8. Zeller, F. (November 19, 2009). Japan whale fleet leave for Antarctic: Greenpeace. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from []

9. Holland, M. (June 24, 2009). Full horror of Japanese whaling revealed. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from [|http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/full-horror-of-japanese-whaling-exposed/story-e6freuy9-122573959765]

The Japanese Nisshin Maru factory vessel where the whales are transferred from the harpoon vessels, where the whales are cut up and where the whales are shipped to Japan.