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  Protest Against Whaling    ||
 * ** Table Of Contents **
 * What are the reactions of some governments to the protests against whaling? ||
 * Statistics Of Whaling ||
 * What are the consequences for the protesters? ||
 * Why do people protest to save the whales? ||
 * Whaling Protest Timeline ||
 * YouTube Video ||
 * Bibliography ||

  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Tahoma; mso-arabic-font-family: Tahoma; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">**Government reactions to the Protest against Whaling** Some Governments such as the New Zealand Government and the Australian Government are against the Japanese whaling and are supporting all protests that are against the killings. Australia has a sanctuary called The Australian Whale Sanctuary which protects all whales and dolphins in Australian waters. Even though Australia aims to protect these creatures in its waters the Japanese are still flooding in and killing more than 1300 whales between 2000 and 2006. The New Zealand Greens Party believe than New Zealand should explore any legal options which includes the Antarctic Treaty. The Antarctic Treaty allows New Zealand to search research ships passing through it's waters. <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Tahoma; mso-arabic-font-family: Tahoma; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Home

<span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Tahoma; mso-arabic-font-family: Tahoma; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"> Since 1986 around 25,000 whales have been cruelly murdered around the world. Every year approximately 1400 whales are killed and 7 of the 13 species of whale are STILL endangered. The first whaling that was been recorded started in c. 1000 C.E.. In 1904 Norway established the first Antarctic whaling expedition. In the first twelve months they killed 184 whales. In the nine years that followed the whalers killed 1738 blue whales 4776 fin whales and 21894 humpback whales. Home
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In January of 2008 a <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #030303; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">14 year old girl was arrested for <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">a <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">whaling protest <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"> <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">outside The Japanese Embassy in London, England. Her father was also arrested and both were ordered to appear in court in February, a month after their 'criminal act'. The girl said to "I honestly think that me having a criminal record is not a big price to pay when what the whales are going through is so much worse,". Another case was that of two Greenpeace at <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">a <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">vists on the 15th January 2008. The two men boarded the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru and were then captured by the crew of the Japanese ship and were tied to the radar mast. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Home <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">
 * Consequences for Protesters **

People such as Greenpeace and famous people like Isabel Lucas from the Australian T.V. show Home and Away are fighting a battle against Japan because they continue to murder hundreds of whales on a yearly basis. The Japanese claim to be killing the whales for Scientific Research but how can you justify the 1400 whales killed every year? Scientific whaling was invented by the Japanese in 1987 so that they had an eligible reason for the amount of whales they were killing anually. This "scientific" whaling consisted of DNA sampling, physical measurements such as the earbone size and the contents of the digestive track. The Japanese believe that the whales are eating to much of their commercially important fish. Greenpeace and other organizations fight for the whales because the whales have no other way of defending themselves. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Home
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 * Whaling Protest Timeline **

1979- Greenpeace go on their first anti-whaling voyage and confront Soviet whalers in the North Pacific. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1989- **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">During the second “scientific whaling” voyage executed by the Japanese they encountered the Greenpeace ice-breaker Gondwana which interfered with the Japanese for several days **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1991- **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">MV Greenpeace departs Singapor<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">  e on an 81 day voyage to intercept the Japanese Whaling Fleet on an expedition to Antarctica **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1992- **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">The French Government proposes a Southern Ocean Sanctuary for whales. Greenpeace depart on their second voyage to find Antarctic Whalers. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1994- **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">The International Whaling Commission (IWC) adopts the Southern Ocean Sanctuary from France. Greenpeace begin their third Antarctic whaling expedition. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1995– **<span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Japan  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">  <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">increases its Antarctic “research” whaling quota from 330 whales to 440. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1996– **<span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Japan  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"> begins “research” whaling in the North Pacific. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">1999– **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise confronts Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru and crew. <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">2000- <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">Japan expands it’s whaling “research” to include Bryde and Sperm Whales <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">2001– <span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">Arctic Sunrise encounters another Antarctic Whaling Fleet **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">2005- **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">The Japanese Government announces an increase of “research” whaling quota in the Antarctic. The increase was to 935 minke whales annually. At the beginning of 2006 the catch would also include indangered Fin whales and at the beginning of **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">2005-06– **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">Greenpeace ships Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise interfere with a whaling fleet in Antarctica. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana">2006– **<span style="mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Iceland  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"> again begins commercial whaling and kills seven endangered Fin Whales. 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 * 1897- **The Japanese ship Nisshin Maru No.3 and three other catchers set out on the first “scientific” whaling expedition in Antarctica to kill up to 330 minke whales.
 * 2007 ** the catch would include endangered Humpback whales.

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 * YouTube Video **

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 * Bibliography **

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My questions are: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Statistics on how many whales are killed per you What ware the consequences for protesting against whale killings What are the reactions of some governments to the protests My key words are protest whale killings <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> greenpeace protests whale timeline