标题: 转帖：Japan whalers silent on killing Migaloo [打印本页] 作者: cello 时间: 12-11-2007 13:13 标题: 转帖：Japan whalers silent on killing Migaloo from yahoo
Japan whalers silent on killing Migaloo
Japanese whalers have refused to say if they will target white humpback whales such as Migaloo, which annually travels along the east coast of Australia, in their research slaughter this summer.
As the Japanese whaling fleet prepares to leave port and head for the Antarctic, the Japan Fisheries Agency has given a firm "no comment" to questions about white whales.
Japan, which uses a loophole in International Whaling Commission (IWC) laws to hunt almost 1,000 whales each year in the southern hemisphere, allegedly for scientific research, will target humpbacks for the first time this summer.
The ships have been given a quota of 50 humpbacks along with 50 fin whales and hundreds of the smaller minke whales this year.
Migaloo, whose Aboriginal name means White Fella, is believed to be the only completely white humpback whale in the world and is often spotted among the humpbacks which form the basis of Australia's whale-watching industry.
AAP inquiries of Japan Fisheries Agency about the fate of Migaloo and other white whales were met with "no comment".
Japan Fisheries Agency spokesman Hideki Moronuki says the fleet will step up security this season after heated clashes with anti-whaling protesters in the Antarctic last summer.
He called on Australia and New Zealand to take measures to curb the actions of protest ships he described as environmental "terrorists".
"Those two countries maintain the same position as Japan does against the violent action of terrorists," Mr Moronuki told ABC Radio.
"So, everybody can imagine that Sea Shepherd may take very dangerous illegal action again.
"I need a kind of support from those two countries in order to secure the safety of our crews and (our ships).
"We can take legal actions even though Sea Shepherd would take very dangerous illegal actions so we have to take other legal actions in order to keep from dangerous action by Sea Shepherd.
"It's very difficult, but we should do something."
Sea Shepherd ship's captain Paul Watson, whose vessel was involved in a collision with a whaler last summer, said he did not believe any stepped-up security arrangements would have any impact.
"What we have to understand here is Japanese whaling is illegal, he told ABC Radio.
"They're targeting endangered species in a whale sanctuary in violation of a global moratorium on whaling.
"We have the law on our side.
"If Japan reacts violently to us, causes any injury at all to any of our people, that will backlash very severely on Japan because Japan is the criminal nation here."作者: jinxinjin 时间: 12-11-2007 13:22
我一直想加入绿色和平组织，他们就一直盯着澳洲这些鲸鱼了。
在这金钱世界，看到绿色和平每人无私的奉献，由衷地佩服。作者: Fernando 时间: 12-11-2007 16:31
昨天在 syd city看到against global warming的parade了，人很多，也都比较热情，在环境这么好的国家里，还能有那么多人如此关心环境保护，相比之下中国。。。。
they deserve higher than humans..imho human does far more terrible things than animals and plants作者: cello 时间: 13-11-2007 23:58
按照青山这逻辑，在还有很多人都没有吃饱饭的世界，工党保护工人利益也是要反对的，应该让工人卖力干，剩余价值用来让其他地方的穷困人民先吃饱饭才可以。。
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