The War of the Whales

BBC Radio, November 26, 2007: Roz Kidman Cox looks at the conflict over the pursuit of whales since the International Whaling Commission voted for a moratorium on commercial hunting in 1982. She interviews IWC Commissioners and scientists from Norway, Japan, Brazil and Australia, finding the whaling stance of most countries to be a matter of principle, not economics or science. BBC Radio: 28 mins

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Japanese Hunting Protected Humpback Whales

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan November 19 2007: Amid controversy and complaint, four Japanese ships left the southern port on Sunday heading for the Antarctic, and the largest whale hunt yet. They intend to kill up to 1,000 whales including 50 vulnerable, and protected, humpback whales. Humpbacks have not been hunted for more than 40 years since they were protected in 1963. LiveScience/AP


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Dolphin export from Taiji, Japan, to the Dominican Republic is cancelled

SAN FRANCISCO, California November 13, 2007: The Dominican Republic, in keeping with its strong cetacean conservation policies, has decided not to import twelve dolphins from the recent round-up of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. The dolphins, cornered in a cove after being driven to shore from open water, are both slaughtered for their meat and destined for export to dolphinariums. SaveJapanDolphins.org

Labels: dolphins, Dominican Republic, Japan

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