Aust' charter aircraft spying on Sea Shepherd
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Aust' charter aircraft spying on Sea Shepherd
Fairfax press reporting a number of "charter" flights ex Albany, Melbourne and Hobart. Allegedly with the task of locating and reporting the position of the Sea Shepherd anti whaling contingent. It is also alleged the charter was organised by A NZ national, (who happens to represent the PR interests of the Japanese whaling fleet) under the guise of a NZ government SAR monitoring mission.
OK what's the story? Was someone hoodwinked by the sneaky Kiwi????
OK what's the story? Was someone hoodwinked by the sneaky Kiwi????
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yet nobody seems to ever think about the poor whales
Which, the IWC report are increasing in numbers overall.
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At least old Bob got Gareth Evans to use the F111's to spy on Tasmania during the Gordon below Franklin dam controversy.
One would have thought KRudd would have slipped on down in the RAAF VIP B737 to save the whales!
One would have thought KRudd would have slipped on down in the RAAF VIP B737 to save the whales!
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Are the alleged flights illegal?
I'm waiting for the shoe-on-the-other-foot action where the aircraft drop parachuters onto the Sea Shepherd so that they can disrupt the so-called monitoring operation and perhaps chain themselves to the mast.
They're minke whales! The numbers increased furiously from the early 1900's when the larger whales were hunted to all corners of the seas, which left huge amounts of food for the minke whales that were considered too small to be worth hunting. Instead of a calf every second year, minkes started having two calves every three years to take advantage of the situation. There were krill everywhere and not much competition. The IWC object about the whale hunts, but aren't overly concerned, provided the Japanese stick with minkes. Quite rightly, there'd be hell to pay if they started on other species.
Not to my taste anyway. They're bitter (like dugong) and need opposing sweet, salty and sour foods to make a nice meal. And a nice warm glass of sake helps too. Turtle is much nicer, although very rich.
I'm waiting for the shoe-on-the-other-foot action where the aircraft drop parachuters onto the Sea Shepherd so that they can disrupt the so-called monitoring operation and perhaps chain themselves to the mast.
They're minke whales! The numbers increased furiously from the early 1900's when the larger whales were hunted to all corners of the seas, which left huge amounts of food for the minke whales that were considered too small to be worth hunting. Instead of a calf every second year, minkes started having two calves every three years to take advantage of the situation. There were krill everywhere and not much competition. The IWC object about the whale hunts, but aren't overly concerned, provided the Japanese stick with minkes. Quite rightly, there'd be hell to pay if they started on other species.
Not to my taste anyway. They're bitter (like dugong) and need opposing sweet, salty and sour foods to make a nice meal. And a nice warm glass of sake helps too. Turtle is much nicer, although very rich.
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Not to my taste anyway. They're bitter (like dugong) and need opposing sweet, salty and sour foods to make a nice meal. And a nice warm glass of sake helps too. Turtle is much nicer, although very rich.
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The last thread here on this ended up in jet blast!
From the SMH
The Hobart flights were paid for by Wellington-based Omeka Communications, air industry sources told The Age.
Omeka is a public relations firm retained by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research. The Hobart flights carried Omeka's principal, Glenn Inwood, who is an institute spokesman, and another man, the sources said.
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How's this, just in, a great start, it's only just got there!
JAPANESE whalers have rammed one of the Sea Shepherd's protest vessels in the Southern Ocean, cutting it in half.
The Ady Gil was shadowing Japanese ship the Shonan Maru when it suddenly started its engines and hit the Sea Shepherd vessel.
Paul Watson, the captain of Sea Shepherd flagship the MV Steve Irwin, said the $2 million Ady Gil was paralysed and probably unsalvagable.
"It cut eight feet off the front of the vessel. There is a big gaping hole, so it can't go anywhere or it would fill up with water," he said.
JAPANESE whalers have rammed one of the Sea Shepherd's protest vessels in the Southern Ocean, cutting it in half.
The Ady Gil was shadowing Japanese ship the Shonan Maru when it suddenly started its engines and hit the Sea Shepherd vessel.
Paul Watson, the captain of Sea Shepherd flagship the MV Steve Irwin, said the $2 million Ady Gil was paralysed and probably unsalvagable.
"It cut eight feet off the front of the vessel. There is a big gaping hole, so it can't go anywhere or it would fill up with water," he said.
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Before we all get totally outraged, (and yes, I'm totally against the Japanese whaling too), I think it would be one of the safest bets in Chrisendom (if Chrisendom still exits) that the Sea Shepherd mob put their boat into the path of the Japanese vessel in an attempt to stop the whaling, quite possibly leaving the Japanese skipper and helmsman with nowhere to go but straight through the Sea Shepherd vessel.
Even if they're (in Americanese) "rootin' fer the good guys", they (Sea Shepherd) don't have a reputation for conservatism in the way they employ their sea vessels.
Even if they're (in Americanese) "rootin' fer the good guys", they (Sea Shepherd) don't have a reputation for conservatism in the way they employ their sea vessels.
At least some money is being spent on the charters. Good deal for those companies. Keeps a few drivers airframe employed.
We eat cows/pigs/sheep/goats/roos/emus and the men and women from Nippon like seafood - what's the difference?
We eat cows/pigs/sheep/goats/roos/emus and the men and women from Nippon like seafood - what's the difference?
ABC news site has video of the ship collision.
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