At least Australia willing to stand up to "scientific whaling" by Japanese

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At least Australia willing to stand up to “scientific whaling” by Japanese

Posted on December 18th, 2007 by vicezilla

The new Australian Government said they would, and they are going to do it. Kudos to Australia.

In a move that is angering the Japanese, the Australian’s are sending an armed fisheries patrol ship to monitor the Japanese “scientific” whaling fleet as it heads to the Antarctic to poach over 1000 whales this summer. It’s not the military, but close enough.

The Ocean Viking is used for customs and fisheries patrols. Aerial patrols will also be monitoring the situation as well. Japan has already threatened to send their Navy to shadow the Australian contingency. This move of course would only escalate an already absurd position taken by the Japanese.

When will Japan learn that commercial whaling is illegal. No ifs ands or buts. Japan’s scientific whaling is only their words for commercial whaling. Australia should be commended for standing up to Japan’s illegal whale poaching.