Showing posts with label whales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whales. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Greenpeace verses Japense whaling :(
Dear Patricia
Thank you once again for taking time to sign the Daily Telegraph whales petition.
Good news...the Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, has found the Japanese whalers hunting in the Southern Ocean. Now our work really begins. As you read this, our activists are in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet. While the fleet is on the run, the whalers are unable to hunt. If they try to start whaling, the Esperanza’s crew of activists will take non-violent direct action to defend the whales. We will be sure to keep you posted as events unfold.
Read crew updates from the Esperanza
The Japanese fleet aims to slaughter 1000 whales in the name of ‘scientific research’, including 50 endangered fin whales.
To save the whales, we need to stay in the water for as long as possible, positioned between whales and the harpoons. We have raised $50,000 for our action fund but we need to raise more so that we can keep our boats operating. During the last whaling season, we were able to disrupt the hunt and save 82 whales this way. We hope to save many more this season.
Help save the whales now
The whalers’ quota is significantly increased this year and we aim to defend many more whales. The ship and crew will work as long as they are able to. Your donation will go directly to making this Southern Ocean expedition our most successful ever.
Thank you for your generous support. Together we can save the whales!
The Greenpeace whales team
Thank you once again for taking time to sign the Daily Telegraph whales petition.
Good news...the Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, has found the Japanese whalers hunting in the Southern Ocean. Now our work really begins. As you read this, our activists are in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet. While the fleet is on the run, the whalers are unable to hunt. If they try to start whaling, the Esperanza’s crew of activists will take non-violent direct action to defend the whales. We will be sure to keep you posted as events unfold.
Read crew updates from the Esperanza
The Japanese fleet aims to slaughter 1000 whales in the name of ‘scientific research’, including 50 endangered fin whales.
To save the whales, we need to stay in the water for as long as possible, positioned between whales and the harpoons. We have raised $50,000 for our action fund but we need to raise more so that we can keep our boats operating. During the last whaling season, we were able to disrupt the hunt and save 82 whales this way. We hope to save many more this season.
Help save the whales now
The whalers’ quota is significantly increased this year and we aim to defend many more whales. The ship and crew will work as long as they are able to. Your donation will go directly to making this Southern Ocean expedition our most successful ever.
Thank you for your generous support. Together we can save the whales!
The Greenpeace whales team
Monday, November 19, 2007
Japanese arrest warrant for Isabel Lucas
Japanese police have issued an arrest warrant for Logie award-winning Australian actor Isabel Lucas, after her part in an anti-whaling protest last month.
Lucas took part in the high-profile protest in Japan at the site where thousands of pilot whales are slaughtered every year.
The former Home & Away star joined other celebrities and professional surfers to form a floating circle on surf boards offshore near the coastal village of Taiji in late October.
Heroes TV star Hayden Panettiere, have now been charged with "interfering with international commerce", News Ltd newspapers have reported.
But Lucas played down the arrest warrants, saying they would only "embolden those risking their lives to halt the killings".
"I'm not scared in the least about going back there (to Japan)," she said.
"In fact, now I think it would draw even more attention to the barbaric act."
Who do they think they are? What they are doing is illegal, the whales are in OUR WATERS, and it's illegal to slaughter them. What a cheek the Japanse have. If I could do something in my life, I would joing the Sea Shepard and help protect them.
Lucas took part in the high-profile protest in Japan at the site where thousands of pilot whales are slaughtered every year.
The former Home & Away star joined other celebrities and professional surfers to form a floating circle on surf boards offshore near the coastal village of Taiji in late October.
Heroes TV star Hayden Panettiere, have now been charged with "interfering with international commerce", News Ltd newspapers have reported.
But Lucas played down the arrest warrants, saying they would only "embolden those risking their lives to halt the killings".
"I'm not scared in the least about going back there (to Japan)," she said.
"In fact, now I think it would draw even more attention to the barbaric act."
Who do they think they are? What they are doing is illegal, the whales are in OUR WATERS, and it's illegal to slaughter them. What a cheek the Japanse have. If I could do something in my life, I would joing the Sea Shepard and help protect them.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Anti-whaling activists threaten showdown
Hardline anti-whaling activists are threatening to sacrifice their ship in Antarctic waters by ramming a Japanese whaler.
Captain Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said his vessel, the Farley Mowat, was almost out of fuel and he was considering giving the Japanese whaler, the Nisshin Maru, a "steel enema" by ramming its slipway.
Watson said his boat, currently north of the Balleny Islands, west of the Ross Sea, was now seen as a pirate vessel, and he would rather lose it in defence of whales than to bureaucrats.
"I have spent 30 years of my life trying to protect whales. I am getting sick and tired of politicians doing nothing," he said.
He intends to take drastic action, probably in the next 24 hours, to slam his vessel into the Nisshin Maru's slipway, preventing it from hunting more whales.
"We would probably be stuck into them. They would have to go back to Tokyo with us sticking out of their rear end," he said.
"Perhaps it's time to give these cruel whalers a steel enema they will never forget."
Watson said the move could be avoided only by a pledge from the New Zealand or the Australian government to stop the "criminal operations" by the Japanese.
"Perhaps it is time for a dramatic showdown after 20 years of illegal whaling activity in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary," a statement from Sea Shepherd said.
The Farley Mowat was rated a pirate vessel after leaving Melbourne on December 29, while the other Sea Shepherd ship, the Robert Hunter, will lose its British registration on February 19.
Meanwhile, Greenpeace anti-whaling protesters have still to find the whaling vessels.
Sara Holden, aboard their vessel the Esperanza, said they were enroute to try to locate the Japanese fleet.
About 4pm (1400 AEDT), Watson told AAP he was in a confrontation with Japanese whaler the Keiko Maru.
He said the Japanese boat appeared to have headed into an icefield in an attempt to lose the protesters.
"We will be coming up behind. Our objective is to stop them in the ice," he said.
"I think they will find that we are the more manoeuvrable ship in the ice."
Watson said the confrontation was not part of his "drastic showdown" he had planned with the main Japanese whaler, the Nisshin Maru.
Captain Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said his vessel, the Farley Mowat, was almost out of fuel and he was considering giving the Japanese whaler, the Nisshin Maru, a "steel enema" by ramming its slipway.
Watson said his boat, currently north of the Balleny Islands, west of the Ross Sea, was now seen as a pirate vessel, and he would rather lose it in defence of whales than to bureaucrats.
"I have spent 30 years of my life trying to protect whales. I am getting sick and tired of politicians doing nothing," he said.
He intends to take drastic action, probably in the next 24 hours, to slam his vessel into the Nisshin Maru's slipway, preventing it from hunting more whales.
"We would probably be stuck into them. They would have to go back to Tokyo with us sticking out of their rear end," he said.
"Perhaps it's time to give these cruel whalers a steel enema they will never forget."
Watson said the move could be avoided only by a pledge from the New Zealand or the Australian government to stop the "criminal operations" by the Japanese.
"Perhaps it is time for a dramatic showdown after 20 years of illegal whaling activity in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary," a statement from Sea Shepherd said.
The Farley Mowat was rated a pirate vessel after leaving Melbourne on December 29, while the other Sea Shepherd ship, the Robert Hunter, will lose its British registration on February 19.
Meanwhile, Greenpeace anti-whaling protesters have still to find the whaling vessels.
Sara Holden, aboard their vessel the Esperanza, said they were enroute to try to locate the Japanese fleet.
About 4pm (1400 AEDT), Watson told AAP he was in a confrontation with Japanese whaler the Keiko Maru.
He said the Japanese boat appeared to have headed into an icefield in an attempt to lose the protesters.
"We will be coming up behind. Our objective is to stop them in the ice," he said.
"I think they will find that we are the more manoeuvrable ship in the ice."
Watson said the confrontation was not part of his "drastic showdown" he had planned with the main Japanese whaler, the Nisshin Maru.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Search for activists after whaling clash
Two anti-whaling activists, one an Australian, were feared missing in Antarctic waters after a clash with a Japanese whaling fleet.
A search for the two men was under way after the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd confronted Japanese whaling vessels in the Ross Sea.
International director of Sea Shepherd, Jonny Vasic, said anti-whaling activists from two ships had used high speed inflatables to try to disrupt the operations of the whaling fleet.
But a mayday message was issued after radio contact was lost with two activists in an inflatable.
One of the men was an Australian from Perth and the other an American from New York, said Captain Paul Watson, aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Farley Mowat.
"I am confident we should be able to find them. They are dressed for the conditions," he said.
The activists would have been wearing survival suits.
A search for the two men was under way after the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd confronted Japanese whaling vessels in the Ross Sea.
International director of Sea Shepherd, Jonny Vasic, said anti-whaling activists from two ships had used high speed inflatables to try to disrupt the operations of the whaling fleet.
But a mayday message was issued after radio contact was lost with two activists in an inflatable.
One of the men was an Australian from Perth and the other an American from New York, said Captain Paul Watson, aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Farley Mowat.
"I am confident we should be able to find them. They are dressed for the conditions," he said.
The activists would have been wearing survival suits.
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