Read more whaler stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25000/whaler.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:49:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66149/dark-whimsical-ledger-music-vid-debuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagModest Mouse has debuted Heath Ledger’s whimsical-yet-dark video for the song “King Rat," the AP reports. In the video, which takes aim at illegal whale hunts, Dr Seuss-like animated whales and dolphins go on a bloody hunt for humans, notes Vanity Fair. Watching it might require a little Dramamine, it...http://www.newser.com/story/66149/dark-whimsical-ledger-music-vid-debuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 8:29:02 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/16460/judge-bans-japanese-whalers-in-aussie-waters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Australian judge has banned hunting by Japanese whalers in a large section of their traditional grounds in Australian-claimed waters off Antarctica. The ruling came today just hours after crew members of a militant eco-ship boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean to deliver a protest note—then...http://www.newser.com/story/16460/judge-bans-japanese-whalers-in-aussie-waters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jan 2008 10:35:00 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/12041/new-zealand-to-japanese-whalers-go-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a Japanese whaling fleet churned to Antarctic waters, a furious New Zealand prime minister today blasted the "deception" of Japan's claim that the killing ships will conduct research rather than commercial whaling. It would be better "if the Japanese stayed home," said Helen Clark. The fleet will catch over...http://www.newser.com/story/12041/new-zealand-to-japanese-whalers-go-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Nov 2007 3:42:18 CST