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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Whale Wars 2011: Sea Shepherd shuts down Japanese whaling activity


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Harassment of whaling ships pays off, hunt suspended

Japan has temporarily suspended its annual Antarctic whaling after repeated harassment by a conservationist group,said fisheries agency official Tatsuya Nakaoku.

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.

"We have temporarily suspended our research whaling to ensure safety," Nakaoku said. The fleet plans to resume hunting when conditions are deemed safe, he added, but declined to say how long the suspension is planned for.

The whale hunts, which Japan says are for scientific purposes, are allowed by the International Whaling Commission as an exception to the 1986 ban, but opponents say they are a cover for commercial whaling because whale meat not used for study is sold for consumption in Japan.

The Sea Shepherd group has been shadowing Japan's whaling fleet for several years, and its campaign has drawn high-profile donor support in the United States and elsewhere and spawned the popular Animal Planet series "Whale Wars."

Full news.yahoo.com article on Japan suspending whale hunt in Antarctica

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