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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:42 PM
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Sea Shepherd Activists Force Japan to Suspend Whaling
Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 01:46 PM by sixmile
That's how you do it! A good day for nature. Thanks to all involved.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/sea-shepherd-activists-pr_n_823884.html

'Japan has temporarily suspended its annual Antarctic whaling after repeated harassment by a conservationist group, a government official said Wednesday.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships have been chasing the Japanese whaling fleet for weeks in the icy seas off Antarctica, trying to block Japan's annual whale hunt, planned for up to 945 whales.

Japan has halted the hunt since Feb. 10 after persistent "violent" disruptions by the anti-whaling protesters, said fisheries agency official Tatsuya Nakaoku.'

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