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Whale Wars: Why This Season Might Be The Most Dangerous Yet
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 2 hours ago
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Paul Watson and his crew have taken this week to finalize strategy, do a bit of fundraising, and prepare to embark to the Antarctic Ocean to intercept the whalers already en route . It’s been an extremely busy off-season for the anti-whaling organization.
Tags: Steve Irwin, Sea Shepherd, whale wars, Paul Watson, Ady Gil, animal planet, Japan, Tōkyō, Environmentalism, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Animal rights movement, Whale, Cetaceans, Economy of Japan, Whaling
Gray whale shows up off Bremerton, Wash.
Bremerton :: WA :: USA | about 17 hours ago
Credibility A gray whale has appeared in waters near Bremerton, Wash., and a resident says she thinks it may be the same whale she's seen about this time for years. Wash. — A gray whale has appeared in waters near Bremerton, Wash., and a resident says she thinks...
Tags: Bremerton, gray whale, Wash, Balaenidae, Whale watching, Megafauna, Bremerton Washington, Killer Whale, Kitsap County Washington, Whaling
Crew plans to cut rope to free entangled humpback whale in Hawaii waters
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred meters (yards) of heavy plastic rope. The rope runs through the animal's mouth, around...
Tags: humpback whale, Hawaii, hawaii waters, Honolulu, Whale watching, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Whale, Cetaceans, United States National Marine Sanctuary, Rope, Baleen whales, Whaling, Blowhole
FOCUS: Sea Shepherd adds world's fastest powerboat to anti-whaling arsenal
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 day ago
Credibility An inky black, ''Batmanesque'' vessel that boasts the record of being the fastest powerboat to circumnavigate the globe, is this year's secret weapon for anti-whaling campaigners Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Paul Watson, who heads up the U.S.-based...
Tags: Japan, Steve Irwin, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Pete Bethune, Ady Gil, Southern Ocean, southern oceans, fastest powerboat, Tōkyō, Environmentalism, Animal rights movement, Whale, Cetaceans, Whaling in Japan, Economy of Japan, Whaling
Author predicts the end of whaling is unlikely
Hobart :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility He has been swimming with whales, and makes their company a priority in life. Mr Hoare has been examined by a sperm whale's sonar, looked into the eyes of others, and is so familiar with the behaviour of some well-watched humpbacks that he wonders whether...
Tags: Mr Hoare, Australia, Hobart, Moby-Dick, Animal intelligence, Economy of Iceland, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Whale, Cetaceans, Economy of Japan, Whaling
Sea Shepherd blasts Rudd's whaling stance
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility Captain Paul Watson and his vessel Steve Irwin are in Fremantle and due to depart for the Southern Ocean this weekend. The group has added a new high speed boat to its fleet and hopes it will be able to reduce the number of whales caught by Japanese vessels...
Tags: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, rudd government, Australia, Sydney, Environment, Economy of Iceland, Politics, Animal rights movement, Whale, Cetaceans, International Whaling Commission, Economy of Japan, Whaling
Anti-whalers get $1.5m stealth ship
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility Formerly known as Earthrace , the Ady Gil will bear down on whalers at 40 knots, blaring Maori-inspired war cries through a 9000W speaker system. "It's effectively a stealth boat. Made of carbon, with carbon flecks in the paint you can have a big boat...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Eco-terrorism, Animal rights movement, Cetaceans, Whaling in Japan, Mￄﾁori, Economy of Japan, Whaling, Entertainment Culture, Tangaroa, Earthrace
Whale of a time follows after reading tragic story
Nantucket :: MA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility While sailing the Sea of Cortez, waiting for sperm whales to appear, I read "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex." This book by Nathaniel Philbrick gives a contemporary version of what happened when a male sperm whale, judged by...
Tags: sperm whale, Whaleship Essex, whale ship, feet long, Nathaniel Philbrick, Sea of Cortez, Nantucket, Moby-Dick, Whale, Megafauna, Essex, Cetaceans, Whaling, Sperm whales
Wail for whales: stealth boat to blast Japanese
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility rotten butter in bottles, smoke bombs, propeller entanglements, even the odd bare bottom...Nor heard anything like a hair-raising Maori haka this outrageous black speedboat plans to blow in their direction when it finds them. Looking more like Batman's...
Tags: Los Angeles, Eco-terrorism, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Animal rights movement, Whaling, Radical environmentalism, MV Steve Irwin, Paul Watson, Cetaceans, Whaling in Japan, Economy of Japan, Tangaroa, Earthrace
New Bedford Whaling Museum gets $1.5M for facelift
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The New Bedford Whaling Museum is getting $1.5M in federal funds to help upgrade its historic Bourne Building. The building is a key part of the museum and is home to the largest ship model in existence. The Lagoda, a model of a whaling bark, was built...
Tags: bedford whaling, whaling museum, New Bedford, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford Massachusetts, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Bedford, Whaling, Lagoda
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