Read more Japanese whale hunt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17587/japanese-whale-hunt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:49:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/21775/aussies-face-protests-over-kangaroo-cull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "an agreement between...http://www.newser.com/story/21775/aussies-face-protests-over-kangaroo-cull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Mar 2008 9:10:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21056/japanese-frankenwhale-experiments-slammed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have reviewed the research Japan uses to justify hunting whales, and they've concluded that it is mostly useless—and very weird, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports. Researchers tried to fertilize cow and pig eggs with whale sperm, and to create test-tube whales from frozen sperm. "It's totally esoteric, very strange...http://www.newser.com/story/21056/japanese-frankenwhale-experiments-slammed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Mar 2008 11:14:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20596/activists-hurl-acid-at-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the latest clash between Japanese whalers and activists in Antarctic waters, members of a militant anti-whaling group threw bottles of a slick, foul-smelling rancid butter concoction onto the whaling fleet's flagship. Japanese officials said three sailors were injured when butyric acid, found in spoiled butter, splashed into their eyes,...http://www.newser.com/story/20596/activists-hurl-acid-at-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 8:46:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17900/whales-fall-as-hunt-resumes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapanese whalers have resumed their hunt in Antarctic waters, killing at least five whales when protest ships pulled back to refuel, the Australian News Network reports. Witnesses reported seeing the whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean after ships from Greenpeace and another protest group withdrew. In Tokyo, the Australian foreign...http://www.newser.com/story/17900/whales-fall-as-hunt-resumes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 Feb 2008 9:45:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16643/aussies-demand-whalers-release-eco-warriors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Australian customs ship is steaming on it way to pick up two protesters being held on board a Japanese whaling ship, where they were lashed to a railing, CNN reports. The activists were seized by the ship's crew Tuesday after they boarded to deliver a protest letter saying that...http://www.newser.com/story/16643/aussies-demand-whalers-release-eco-warriors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jan 2008 5:37:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16344/greenpeace-ship-scatters-japanese-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Greenpeace pursuit of Japanese whaling ships continued yesterday after a ship operated by the environmental group earlier chased down and scattered a fleet of six Japanese whaling vessels in the waters off Antarctica. The Japanese fleet plans to hunt down 1,000 whales in what operators call a "scientific"...http://www.newser.com/story/16344/greenpeace-ship-scatters-japanese-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jan 2008 4:04:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16287/risky-showdown-looms-as-eco-ships-near-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFears of a deadly battle increased yesterday as a Greenpeace ship began to close in on a Japanese whaling fleet intending to kill 1,000 whales. Also steaming through the Southern Ocean off Antarctica was a far more militant "eco ship," planning to ram the whaling vessels. "We are not...http://www.newser.com/story/16287/risky-showdown-looms-as-eco-ships-near-whalers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jan 2008 6:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12469/japan-sends-mixed-signals-on-whale-hunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapan has a ready defense for its internationally maligned whale hunt: Whaling is integral to Japanese culture, embedded in the country's traditional diet, literature, and religion. Yet this argument looks questionable in light of the Japanese government's refusal to allow indigenous people to continue their traditional salmon fishing, writes Bruce...http://www.newser.com/story/12469/japan-sends-mixed-signals-on-whale-hunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Nov 2007 15:25:40 CST