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JANUARY 5, 2010

New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Eighteen scientists will set sail for Antarctica next month to study minke, humpback and blue whale populations.

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MARCH 1, 2010

We just need to end this useless practice of whaling. Tags: australia whales new zealand whaling. I hope they do it.

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MARCH 13, 2010

Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban. Interesting to see Japan and Australia united on some issues, in contrast to their conflict over whaling. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Japan's new center left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama continues to support Japan's whaling operations. Japan's new government urged Australia on Tuesday to help prevent violent attacks by activists on Japanese whalers as it stood by the country's traditional support for whaling, an official said.

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MAY 14, 2010

Tags: australia whales. This finding was one of the survey results announced by the World Society for the Protection of Animals. That sucks. Young people are the future of conservation. And they are going to be stuck with a lot of shit that we're leaving for them.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

The Federal Immigration Department has cracked down on Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson, demanding to know the anti-whaling group leader's police and court records as it reviews his visa. Tags: sea shepherd. Earlier this year they seized records and videos from the Steve Irwin, and are now holding up Paul Watson's visa requests.

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DECEMBER 27, 2008

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Steve Irwin closed in on one of the vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet at 0730 Hours GMT (1930 Hours Sydney Time) on December 26th off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory north of the Mawson Peninsula. Tags: sea shepherd. The message was delivered in Japanese.

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