Whale Hunting

What Bid Do I Hear for the Life of That Thar Whale?

Carl Safina | Posted 04.08.2012

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Carl Safina

Want to just solve the problem? They estimate that whaling makes about $31 million in profits. Anti-whaling spends $25 million. If the anti-whaling money directly paid whalers not to hunt -- problem solved.

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Japan Funding Whale Hunt With Tsunami Disaster Budget

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 02.07.2012

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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from its supplementary budget for tsunami reconstruction to fund the country's annual wh...

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Anti-Whaling Activist Pleads Guilty In Tokyo Trial

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO -- An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who boarded a Japanese whaling ship as part of a protest in February pleaded guilty Thursday to cha...

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Is Anti-Whaling Pressure Working On Japan?

The New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The closing line of Martin Fackler's weekend article about fading passion for whaling in a Japanese whaling town is stark and telling: "Japan doesn...

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IWC, Greenpeace, and Obama Administration Aren't Standing Up for the Whales

Sara Wan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sara Wan

next year the U.S. will be back, again claiming that allowing the resumption of commercial whaling is good for the whales while getting credit for protecting them.

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Whaling Commission Proposes Limited Commercial Whale Hunts

AP | JAY ALABASTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO -- The International Whaling Commission has proposed allowing whales to be hunted under strict quotas, bringing the world a step closer to the f...

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U.S. Leads New Bid To Phase Out Whaling

The New York Times | John M. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The United States is leading an effort by a handful of antiwhaling nations to broker an agreement that would limit and ultimately end wh...

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Whales Worth More Alive: Uphold the Moratorium Against Whale Hunting

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brenda Peterson

The U.S. still has time to decide to uphold the moratorium on whale hunting. Are we willing to stand up for a future ocean that is bountiful and healthy for future generations of humans and whales?

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As Whale Species Rebound, Delegates Reevaluate Commercial Hunting Ban

The Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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A quarter-century after the first anti-hunting regulations were approved, several whale populations have stabilized and a few seem to be rebounding. ...

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Whale Hunting Sought By Denmark

The Copenhagen Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the annual International Whaling Commission meeting this week, Denmark has applied to include humpback whales in the hunting quota for Greenland D...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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Tom Searcy, Hunt Big Sales: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 01.10.2012

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Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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