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Sydney -
Operation Zero Tolerance becomes the most successful whale protection campaign to date, reports the international anti-whaling organization Sea Shepherd.
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A total of four Japanese whaling vessels left Japanese ports on Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of minke whales and other large cetaceans in the seas around Antarctica.
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Hobart -
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) unveiled their new ship the SSS Sam Simon in Hobart, Tasmania yesterday. The story behind how it was acquired appeared to throw down the gauntlet to Japanese whalers.
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Washington -
The Environmental Investigation Agency is confirming Amazon.com has now officially banned the sale of all whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website.
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From successful court cases in Japan and the US, to threatened boycotts of Hong Kong Airlines and Amazon.com, cetacean activists are on a roll.
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Oslo -
When it comes to whaling, Japan grabs the news more than any other nation, but Norway has its own love affair with whaling.
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Wakayama -
The judge in the trial of Sea Shepherd activist Erwin Vermeulen arrested in Taiji, Japan, last December for an alleged pushing incident, has ordered him released. But prosecutors continue to push their case, demanding a hearing in a higher court.
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Wakayama -
Dutch stage, television and film actor Rutger Hauer, famous for movies such as Blade Runner and The Hitcher, has stepped up in support of Sea Shepherd activist Erwin Vermeulen, recently jailed in Japan for an alleged pushing incident.
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Wakayama -
The trial of Sea Shepherd cove guardian, Edwin Vermeulen, arrested last December in Taiji, Japan, for allegedly pushing a dolphin trainer, began on Jan. 26, with the Dutch national making his first appearance in court.
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Tokyo -
A refreshing editorial from one Japanese media entity says the argument for whale meat consumption, based upon tradition in Japan, is "hardly compelling."
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Stefan Powell
Whale meat at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.
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