Logical end to ‘scientific’ whaling
Tsuyoshi Fukuda
Tokyo
Regarding Rowan Hooper’s Aug. 11 Natural Selections article, “In science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales“ ( awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/news… ): I favor the discontinuation of such whaling — not because it’s unlikely that Japan’s claim will be upheld in the International Court of Justice or that Japan’s “commercial” whaling will be construed as the “scientific” type allowed by the International Whaling Commission …
The Japan Times – Aug 31, 2013
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(UK) Badger protest song by Brian May reaches charts
www.theguardian.com/environmen…
Save the Badger, Badger, Badger is inspired by cull of animals and features vocals of Brian Blessed
The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com/theguardia… ), Friday 30 August 2013 18.15 BST
The Queen guitarist Brian May is heading for an unlikely hit after his protest ( www.theguardian.com/world/prot… ) song inspired by the badger cull reached the charts. The song, Save the Badger, Badger, Badger, was recorded by May and the internet entertainer Weebl and features the vocals of Brian Blessed.
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United States Navy Explosives Training Will Cause Hundreds of Whales and Dolphins to Die, Thousands to be Injured
By Julia Lynn Rubin
Over the next five years, hundreds of dolphins and whales will be killed in the east, west and Gulf coasts as the United States Navy enacts underwater training and testing using underwater explosives, the Daily Mail ( www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic… ) reports …
Headlines & Global News – Aug 31, 2013 11:23 AM EDT
www.hngn.com/articles/11371/20…
More information:
Navy Expects To Kill Hundreds Of Dolphins And Whales
www.kpbs.org/news/2013/aug/30/…
Hundred of Whales and Dolphins will Die from US Navy’s Open-sea Tests [VIDEO]
www.natureworldnews.com/articl…
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US reviews humpback whale endangered list
AP
HONOLULU Aug 30 Ap – The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is launching a review of whether it should take North Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list …
Ninemsn – 8:38 am August 31, 2013
news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013…
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‘Vikings’ star urges end to ritual whale slaughter (Video)
In a new PSA for Sea Shepherd, actor Clive Standen declares ‘Real men don’t whale.
Clive Standen, best known for leading roles in the television dramas “Camelot” and “Vikings,” is front and center for a new Sea Shepherd ( www.seashepherd.org/ ) PSA spotlighting the horrors of the annual whale hunt in the Danish Faroe Islands …
Mother Nature Network (blog) – Aug 30 2013 at 3:38 PM
www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-cul…
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