Australia & New Zealand Conduct Non-Lethal Whale Research

On June 19 2009 Australia and New Zealand announced the first Antarctic whale research expedition as part of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully & Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the expedition would strengthen the two countries' close relationship, and their commitment to non-lethal scientific research, ahead of next week's International Whaling Commission meeting in Madeira. The expedition will involve six weeks of research in early 2010 aboard the New Zealand vessel R/V Tangaroa in Antarctic waters south of Australia and New Zealand.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Japan
• Whaling
• Sea Shepherd
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Whales
• Australian Government
• New Zealand Government

[JasonERF]

I LOVE how this video, in a nicely subversive way, points out how CRAZY it is for the Japanese to harpoon and slice up whales for "research"

Where the heck did those scientists go to school?

Lesson #1 kids: To study a species you first have to go out and kill thousands of it. lmao.

[xMFALx]

Beautiful statement.