Whaling

Briefs, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

The US government is looking into reports that three Laotian-Americans have gone missing in southern Laos. According to relatives, the Minnesota residents went missing in early January in...

6:12AM

US court agrees with Japan, rules anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd are pirates

28 Feb 2013

A US appeal court has labelled militant conservationist group Sea Shepherd a group of pirates, and cleared the way for Japanese whalers to pursue legal action against them.

4:10AM

Briefs, February 27, 2013

27 Feb 2013

Two US sailors yesterday admitted raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa, in a case that has generated huge anti-American anger in Japan.

3:37AM

Sea Shepherd claims Japan whalers rammed protest ships

21 Feb 2013

Sea Shepherd said the Japanese factory boat the Nisshin Maru had deliberately collided with the vessels Steve Irwin and Bob Barker, which were crewed by anti-whaling campaigners.

2:22AM

Briefs, February 6, 2013

6 Feb 2013

The companion of an Indian medical student who died after being gang-raped identified the bus on which the attack took place as he testified in the trial of five adults accused of her murder.

5:31AM

Briefs, December 29, 2012

29 Dec 2012

The Philippines said yesterday it "strongly objects" to China's deployment of a new patrol vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have a seething territorial dispute.

3:54AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Sea Shepherd’s Watson to join anti-whaling fight

Militant conservationist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson will join this year’s campaign against Japanese whalers despite an Interpol notice for his arrest, the group said on Friday.

2:52PM

Whaling loophole needs to be closed

Historical sensitivities still set the bilateral relationship between Japan and Korea apart. Now they see eye-to-eye on an activity that many of their friends find repugnant and inhumane.

9:26PM

Hunt causes worldwide ripple effect

The Issues

Some dolphins are caught and sold to theme parks, but most are killed for food. Some are killed for 'pest control', or culled, because there are too many dolphins eating...

11:29AM

Bloody truth of man's cruelty to creatures

Animals feel pain and should be treated with respect, just like you and me. In some countries, anyone that deliberately beats, injures, or slaughters animals in a way that makes them suffer can be...

11:22AM

Amazing Sailing Stories

Amazing Sailing Stories
by Dick Durham
Audible (audiobook)

6:12AM

Study finds mammals alive and well

Up to 29 beluga whales can be removed from the wild each year without harm says a four-year sustainability assessment commissioned by five aquariums worldwide, including Ocean Park.

5:21PM