Aussie and Kiwi scientists to show "lethal research" is not required to study whales.

I still think they should take some shoulder fired missiles with them and stick a few into the sides of the Japanese whaling fleet.

clipped from www.stuff.co.nz The decision by the New Zealand and Australian governments to send scientists to Antarctic waters next month is a positive new step in the fight to end Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. The scientists will depart next month on the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research vessel Tangaroa. They will collect data on whales by photographing their tail markings, listening to their calls and firing small darts to obtain genetic material. They will also use satellite tags to enable the whales to be tracked. the work should prove that "lethal research" is not required to study whales. This is the device which, despite the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling, will allow Japan to kill its quota of about 1000 whales this summer. Unlike the Japanese research, the Australasian scientists' work will be published in peer-reviewed journals, which would make the case against the "scientific" whaling charade even stronger.

Japan declares war in the Antarctic, sink whale-killing protest ship

The Japanese have been hunting whales in a protected wild-life sanctuary for years, and every year the opposition gets bigger. Both sides play tough, but the sides are not evenly matched.

What's annoying is that the Japanese pretend that the hunting and killing of whales is for "scientific" purposes.

clipped from www.theage.com.au The new Sea Sheperd Conservation Society's boat the Ady Gil in November. Photo: Peter Mathew Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's stealth boat Ady Gil has been cut in half by a Japanese security vessel in the Antarctic today The $1.5 million high-tech vessel's remains were sinking, but its six-man crew had been rescued and was uninjured Captain Watson said the Ady Gil was idling in waters near Commonwealth Bay when it was suddenly approached and rammed by the Japanese ship Shonan Maru, which has been detailed to provide security to the fleet. Earlier today, the fleet was contacted for the first time by the Ady Gil and Sea Shepherd's surprise third vessel, the Bob Barker. "According to the Institute of Cetacean Research, the Ady Gil's crew were launching projectiles at the Nisshin Maru and attempted to entangle its propellers with rope." ICR video footage shows the vessel stalking the Japanese ship, towing ropes from its stern.