New invention makes whale hunting more humane
The Norway Post (19 July 2000): Norwegians have developed a shell that makes whale hunting more efficient and humane. The Japanese have shown interest in the product, and buys 100 of the new whale shells.
The shell is developed by the National Veterinary Institute and the Military Institute for Research , and is more humane and hits the whale more accurately. The old shell from the 1980s was this year forbidden, thus the new whale hunting shells were used in this year’s hunt. The Norwegian whale hunters are very content with the product, and now the Japanese want to try out the new invention.

Exchange of whale teeth draws Fiji coup to a close
Kyodo Japan (7 July 2000): An exchange of whale teeth and a traditional bowl of ''kava'' brought Fiji's two-month coup crisis to an apparent end Friday.
In an elaborate ceremony at Suva's parliament, representatives of the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) officially forgave George Speight and his hundreds of supporters for committing a coup that overthrew a democratically elected government, attracted international condemnation and brought the local economy to its knees.

Council calls for increased whale and dolphin protection
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (9 July 2000): The Conservation Council says we should be doing more to protect the dolphins and whales living in South Australian waters. (more)

IWC delegates narrow differences on whaling
Japan Times (8 July 2000): ADELAIDE, Australia (Kyodo) The International Whaling Commission has ended its four-day annual meeting having chipped away at still-considerable differences between whaling nations like Japan and antiwhaling countries. (more)

Members of US Congress Protest Japanese Whaling
Individual (7 July 2000): Delahunt leads in sending strong message to Japanese Foreign Minister (more)

Whale vote-buying 'works both ways'
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (7 July 2000): The outgoing secretary of the International Whaling Commission, Ray Gambell, says both pro and anti-whaling countries have been participants in vote-buying in relation to crucial whaling issues. (more)

Whale delegate quits over Japan
The Age (7 July 2000):  A Caribbean minister has resigned over his country's vote against the South Pacific whale sanctuary, in a move described as evidence of Japan's pressure on small states for their backing. (more)

Our whale vote was bought, says minister
The Advertiser (7 July 2000): A CARIBBEAN Government minister has resigned after claiming Japan bought his country's vote at the International Whaling Commission. (more)

Japan denies whale sanctuary bribery claim
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (6 July 2000): The Japanese Government is denying claims it threatened to withdraw foreign aid to the Dominican Government if it supported a proposal for a South Pacific whale sanctuary. (more)

2ND LD: IWC forum ends with some progress on whale management
Kyodo Japan (6 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) ended its four-day annual meeting Thursday, with the gap between whaling and antiwhaling nations remaining wide but some progress seen toward a set of guidelines to regulate commercial whaling.
     The IWC passed a resolution by consensus with some reservations to further work on a text of a Revised Management Scheme (RMS) for commercial whaling, a topic that has not moved forward for the last 13 years.

IWC Sees Lifting of Whaling Ban, Japan Under Fire
Excite (6 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) said on Thursday it sensed a new momentum toward lifting a commercial whaling ban, while allegations of vote-buying by Japan, which still hunts the mammals, grew louder. (more)

Japanese killing of dolphins and porpoises condemned

AFP (6 July 2000): More than 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales are killed in unregulated and brutal hunts around the Japanese coast each year, conservationists charged Thursday. (more)

Whaling: Dr Ray Gambell answers your questions
BBC.co.uk-Online (6 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission's Secretary, Dr Ray Gambell is in Australia this week for the IWC's annual conference. Dr Gambell, told BBC News Online recently he thought the 1986 moratorium banning commercial whaling should now be lifted. (more)

Whaling ban stays - for now
BBC.co.uk-Online (6 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission has ended its meeting in Adelaide by voting to maintain the present moratorium on commercial whaling - for the time being. (more)

DNA tracking for whale meat
BBC.co.uk-Online (6 July 2000):  New methods of using DNA to track the sale of illegal whale meat have been discussed by delegates to the International Whaling Commission (IWC). (more)

Whaling ban to go in control plan bid
news.com.au (6 July 2000): THE 14-year global ban on commercial whaling could be lifted next year, following a resolution accepted by the International Whaling Commission in Adelaide yesterday. (more)

Japan, Norway closer to lifting whaling ban

Reuters  (6 July 2000): Japan and Norway moved a step closer yesterday to lifting a 1986 ban on commercial whaling, after many of their foes on the issue agreed to press ahead with drafting new whaling rules. (more)

Dominican minister accuses Japan of extortion over whale sanctuary
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (6 July 2000): A Dominican member of parliament has accused Japan of extortion and resigned in protest over bribes allegedly offered to block a proposed Pacific whale sanctuary. (more)

Japan to host 2002 whaling conference
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (6 July 2000): Meanwhile, Japan has beaten New Zealand for the right to host the International Whaling Commission's annual talks in 2002. (more)

Sweden says IWC decision won't mean return to commercial whaling
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (6 July 2000): Sweden says a decision by the International Whaling Commission to prepare a revised management scheme on whaling, will not fast-track a return to commercial hunting. (more)

Whaling opponents call for end to Japanese scientific whale hunt
CNN (AP) (6 July 2000): A 40-nation conference passed a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the resumption of some commercial whaling, after a 14-year moratorium on the practice. (more)

Japanese whaling programme slammed
The Times Of India (6 July 2000): Several nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, on Wednesday slammed Japan's controversial scientific whaling program as unscientific and urged Tokyo to scrap it. (more)

Door prised open for commercial whaling to resume
South China Morning Post (6 July 2000): A group of formerly staunch anti-whaling nations yesterday won a major victory which opens the way for the possible resumption of commercial whaling. (more)

Whaling commission denies move to lift whaling ban
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (6 July 2000): The chairman of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) denies yesterday's decision to prepare a draft revised management scheme is a step towards lifting the ban on commercial whaling. (more)

Killers' sights set on end to whaling ban
The Advertiser (6 July 2000): COMMERCIAL whaling may resume in two years after the International Whaling Commission yesterday took a significant step toward lifting its ban. (more)

IWC stands by whaling ban
Japan Times (6 July 2000): Japan and Norway failed Wednesday to win enough support for limited resumption of commercial whaling after antiwhaling countries at the International Whaling Commission blocked Japan's resolution for the IWC to lift parts of a ban. (more)

Japan says Whaling Commision decision means lift on whaling ban closer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (5 July 2000): Japan says a decision by the International Whaling Commission to begin drafting a Revised Management Scheme for the industry, means the lifting of a ban on commercial whaling is a step closer. (more)

Bid to Establish Whale Sanctuary Fails
Fox News (5 July 2000): A proposal for a South Pacific whale sanctuary failed Tuesday to win enough support among international whaling authorities. (more)

Resolution could open door for whaling
The Toronto Star (5 July 2000): A 40-country conference passed a resolution today that could lead to the resumption of some commercial whaling, after a 14-year moratorium on the practice. (more)

Whale And Dolphin Meat Sold In Japan High In Dioxin

 HealthAnswers (5 July 2000):  Japanese researchers have found high concentrations of accumulated dioxin in whale and dolphin meat sold in Japan, according to a report submitted to an international whaling meeting held in Adelaide, Australia. (more)

As whales recover, so does the push for more whaling

The Christian Science Monitor (5 July 2000):  For those who track the southern right whale's annual procession past South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, this season stands as one of the most encouraging in years. (more)

Conference Passes Whaling Resolution

AP  (5 July 2000):   A 40-nation conference passed a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the resumption of some commercial whaling, after a 14-year moratorium on the practice. (more)

Whalers Closer to Lifting Commercial Whaling Ban

Reuters  (5 July 2000):   Japan and Norway moved a step closer on Wednesday to lifting a 1986 ban on commercial whaling, after many of their foes on the issue agreed to press ahead with drafting new whaling rules. (more)

Japanese plan to increase scientific whale catch rejected

AFP (5 July 2000): Plans by Japan to expand its scientific whaling program to include sperm and bryde's whales were rejected by the International Whaling Commission Wednesday. (more)

Bid To Create Whale Sanctuary Fails

AP (5 July 2000): A proposal for a South Pacific whale sanctuary failed Tuesday to win enough support among international whaling authorities. (more)

Japanese defend rejection of whale sanctuary
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (5 July 2000): Japanese delegates to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Adelaide say they would agree to a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific, only if it were for those species of whales which are endangered. (more)

Japan hopes whaling is one step closer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (5 July 2000): Japan says a decision by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to begin drafting a Revised Management Scheme for the industry means lifting of a ban on commercial whaling is a step closer. (more)

Japan wins battle to stop whale sanctuary
The Independent (5 July 2000): After days of emotional and frequently acrimonious debate, Japan and Norway won their struggle yesterday to prevent the creation of a huge sanctuary for whales in the South Pacific. (more)

3RD LD: IWC resolution urges Japan to stop research whaling
Kyodo Japan (5 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) adopted Wednesday a
nonbinding resolution filed by antiwhaling countries calling on Japan to stop its ongoing whale research in the Antarctic Sea.
     The resolution was adopted by 20 votes to 10, with three abstentions. It was sponsored by 12 countries -- Australia, Austria, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, New Zealand and the United States.

Japan, Norway Move to End Whaling Ban
ABC News (5 July 2000): Japan and Norway moved a step closer today to lifting a 1986 ban on commercial whaling, after many of their foes on the issue agreed to press ahead with drafting new whaling rules. (more)

Conference Passes Whaling Resolution
The Associated Press (5 July 2000): A 40-nation conference passed a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the resumption of some commercial whaling, after a 14-year moratorium on the practice. (more)

'Odd' voting harpoons whale sanctuary
Canberra Times (5 July 2000): A clique of non-whaling Caribbean nations has thwarted Australia's attempt to create a South Pacific sanctuary. (more)

Whalers Closer to Lifting Commercial Whaling Ban
Reuters (5 July 2000): Japan and Norway moved a step closer on Wednesday to lifting a 1986 ban on commercial whaling, after many of their foes on the issue agreed to press ahead with drafting new whaling rules. (more)

Greenpeace thinks whale sanctuary inevitable
NZ Herald (5 July 2000): Greenpeace says Japanese politicians are delaying the inevitable, by refusing to support the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary. (more)

Vow to continue fight for whales
Sydney Morning Herald Australia (5 July 2000): Australia will push ahead with an attempt to win a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary, despite a defeat in the first vote to exclude whaling permanently from the region. (more)

Opponents hit out at Japanese whale hunt
Ananova (5 July 2000): Nations including Britain and Australia have slammed Japan's controversial whaling programme as unscientific and are urging Tokyo to scrap it. (more)

Pressure to end ban on whaling grows as sanctuary plan is sunk
The Daily Express (5 July 2000): WHALE conservation was dealt a double blow yesterday when proposals for a fast-track return to large-scale commercial whaling were put forward as British-backed plans for an ocean sanctuary were voted down. (more)

Japan Blocks Whale Haven
The Mirror (5 July 2000): JAPAN yesterday blocked the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific. (more)

Whale sanctuary plan defeated in IWC vote
Japan Times (5 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission on Tuesday rejected a hotly debated proposal by Australia and New Zealand to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific after the plan failed to get the support of 75 percent of voting members. (more)

Whaling nations scuttle sanctuary proposal

Reuters (5 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid yesterday to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

Whale haven harpooned
news.com.au (5 July 2000): JAPAN came to the 52nd congress of the International Whaling Commission in Adelaide to play hardball with a delicate touch: bowing, smiling and supporting their frontline men with kimono-clad ambassadresses and English-speaking advisers. (more)

NZ to keep up whale sanctuary battle
NZ Herald (5 July 2000): New Zealand will continue its fight to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific, despite defeat for the proposal at an international conference. (more)

Whale win so Japan moves in for the kill
The Advertiser (5 July 2000): FRESH from defeating Australia's bid for a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary yesterday, Japan and Norway will push today for a ban on commercial whaling to be lifted. (more)

Bid for South Pacific whale sanctuary fails
NZ Herald (4 July 2000): The bid to establish a South Pacific whale sanctuary has failed. (more)

Whaling Nations Beat Hunting Sanctuary Bid
Skynews (4 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

Whaling Conference - S
Voice Of America (4 July 2000): Australia's bid to establish a sanctuary for whales in the South Pacific has failed (Tuesday) at the International Whaling Commission's meeting in Adelaide. (more)

Whale Conference - L
Voice Of America (4 July 2000): Member nations of the International Whaling Commission meeting in Australia have failed to approve a new sanctuary for whales in the South Pacific Ocean. (more)

Norway and Japan successfully block whaling sanctuary
NZZ English (4 July 2000): The whaling nations, Japan and Norway, have successfully blocked a bid to set up a whaling sanctuary... (more)

Whale sanctuary plan defeated
Financial Times (4 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission voted 18-11 on Tuesday to establish a huge whale sanctuary to protect breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

Whaling Sanctuary Fails Vote at Commission Meeting
The Los Angeles Times (4 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid on Tuesday to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)
     

Bid to Create Whale Sanctuary Fails
The Los Angeles Times (4 July 2000):  A proposal for a South Pacific whale sanctuary failed Tuesday to win enough support among international whaling authorities. (more)

Japan loses first round whaling debate
Courier Mail (4 July 2000):  JAPAN'S efforts to weaken the effect of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary failed at the International Whaling Commission in Adelaide today, in a preliminary debate before the crucial vote on the proposal. (more)

Whale sanctuary rejected
BBC News (4 July 2000): The proposal to establish a South Pacific whale sanctuary has been rejected at the International Whaling Commission's 52nd annual meeting in Adelaide, Australia. (more)

Whaling commission struggles to survive
BBC News (4 July 2000): Some of the great whales have been so depleted by centuries of hunting that their survival is now in doubt. (more)

Japan feels the heat at whaling meeting
The Star (4 July 2000): Pressure on Japan to stop hunting whales in the Antarctic is expected to mount after the International Whaling Commission said yesterday it is no longer sure how many minke whales still live in the region. (more)

Whaling in the guise of science
The Star (4 July 2000): AS THE 52nd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) gets underway in Adelaide, Australia, the World Wide Fund for Nature has called on the Japanese government to abandon plans to expand the "scientific'' whaling that the Japanese Whaling Association has admitted is for commercial purposes. (more)

IWC again rejects Japan's call to catch 50 minke whales
Kyodo Japan (4 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) rejected Tuesday by a vote of 18 to 12 Japan's proposal to be allowed to catch 50 minke whales this year to ''alleviate the hardship'' in Japan's four main coastal whaling communities. 
     It is the 13th consecutive year that the proposal has been rejected.

2ND LD: IWC rejects S. Pacific whale sanctuary proposal
Kyodo Japan (4 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Tuesday rejected a 
hotly debated proposal by Australia and New Zealand to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific, as the plan failed to get the required three-fourths majority vote.
     The proposal was put to a vote at a plenary session on the second day of the four-day IWC meeting that started Monday. Japan and Norway obtained support from nine other IWC member states, mostly Caribbean, enabling them to block the proposal with 11 votes against the sanctuary.

Whaling Nations Scuttle Sanctuary Proposal
Reuters (4 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid on Tuesday to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

South Pacific Whale Sanctuary Voted Down

ENS (4 July 2000): Conservation nations will push ahead with an attempt to win a South Pacfic whale sanctury despite a defeat in the first vote to exclude whaling from the region. (more)

Fewer Minke Whales, Commission Finds

ENS (4 July): In documents released today, the International Whaling Committee's Scientific Committee says that numbers of minke whales in the Southern Hemisphere are declining. While the figures from 1980s surveys estimated the total population at 760,000, estimates were now probably "appreciably lower," the committee said. (more)

Whale sanctuary bid fails
South China Morning Post (4 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid on Tuesday to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

South Pacific whaling sanctuary fails vote
NZ Herald (4 July 2000): A bid to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific failed at the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting. (more)

Lee says whale sanctuary proposal a tough battle
NZ Herald (4 July 2000): Conservation Minister Sandra Lee says her bid to establish a South Pacific whale sanctuary will see her deliver the speech of a politician's lifetime this afternoon. (more)

Whaling Nations Scuttle Sanctuary Proposal

Reuters (4 July 2000): Whaling nations Japan and Norway successfully blocked a bid on Tuesday to establish an ocean sanctuary to protect whale breeding grounds in the South Pacific. (more)

Lee goes in to bat for whales
NZ Herald (4 July 2000): Conservation Minister Sandra Lee's fight to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific will be heard formally by the International Whaling Commission this afternoon. (more)

Irate Japanese demand 'fair go' on whaling
Sydney Morning Herald (4 July 2000): Australia was guilty of double standards and was a party to the misinformation about whales and whaling, Japan told the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting in Adelaide yesterday. (more)

New pressure on Japan over whaling
The Independent (4 July 2000): Pressure on Japan to stop hunting whales in the Antarctic intensified yesterday, after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) said that the surviving minke population could be far less than previously thought. (more)

Genetic studies reveal whale's unlikely cousin
Daily Yomiuri (4 July 2000): Last year, genetic studies revealed that the closest relative to whales and dolphins in the animal kingdom is, surprisingly, the hippopotamus. Now, fossil researchers are also coming forward with theories that support this view. (more)

Whale sanctuary rejected
BBC (4 July 2000): Plans for a South Pacific whale sanctuary are rejected by the International Whaling Commission - a move seen as a big victory for Japan. (more)

Pressure on Japan grows, sanctuary vote looms

Reuters ADELAIDE (4 July 2000): Pressure on Japan to stop hunting whales in the Antarctic is expected to mount after the International Whaling Commission said yesterday it is no longer sure how many minke whales still live in the region. (more)

Whale sanctuary bid fails the test
news.com.au (4 July 2000): THE Australian Government today pledged to continue its fight to see a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary established despite the International Whaling Commission's harpooning of the plan today. (more)

South Pacific whale sanctuary bid fails

ananova.com (4 July 2000): A bid to create a huge whale sanctuary in the South Pacific has failed. (more)

Japanese whale numbers rejected
news.com.au (4 July 2000):JAPAN'S inflated estimates about whale stocks in the Southern Hemisphere have, for the first time, been rejected by the International Whaling Commission. (more)

Japan blasts Australia on whale haven plan
The Age (4 July 2000): Japan has launched a strident attack on Australia, accusing Canberra of double standards for campaigning against whaling while sanctioning the killing of kangaroos. (more)

We have no right to ban whaling
The Age (4 July 2000): Since time immemorial, man has caught fish and whales, but in the past two decades a rum situation has emerged. (more)

Japanese flex their muscles over whale meet
The Age (4 July 2000): One of the great global litmus tests of eco-politics, the annual International Whaling Commission meeting, opened in Adelaide yesterday. And in one small cameo, the deep schism over whales was laid bare. (more)

Greenpeace victory over Japan

ananova.com (3 July 2000): Japan has failed to have Greenpeace, a vocal opponent of Tokyo's whaling policy, kicked out of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission. (more)

Pressure on Japan Grows, Sanctuary Vote Looms

Reuters (3 July 2000): Pressure on Japan to stop hunting whales in the Antarctic is expected to mount after the International Whaling Commission said on Monday it is no longer sure how many minke whales still live in the region. (more)

Irish whaling plan opposed as commission meets

Irish Times (3 July 2000):  Ireland's proposal for a global whale sanctuary, which would also permit limited hunting within 200-mile limits, will be one of the most controversial issues for debate when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Australia today. (more)

Minke whale numbers 'declining'
BBC News (3 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission (IWC) says there are fewer minke whales in the southern oceans than it had thought. (more)

Japan, Greenpeace Fight Over Whales
The Associated Press (3 July 2000): Japan failed Monday to have the environmental group Greenpeace, a vocal opponent of Tokyo's whaling policy, kicked out of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission. (more)

Whale campaigners protest against slaughter
Ananova (3 July 2000): Wildlife campaigners are expected to stage a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in London to back calls for a ban on the sale of highly polluted whale and dolphin meat. (more)

Japan seeks to have Greenpeace barred from whaling meeting
Ananova (3 July 2000): Japan has failed to have environmental group Greenpeace, a vocal opponent of Tokyo's whaling policy, kicked out of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission. (more)

Protestors stage whale rallies
Courier Mail (3 July 2000): JAPANESE and Australian protesters today staged demonstrations ahead of the International Whaling Commission annual meeting in Adelaide. (more)

Whaling Commission Meets With Divisions Entrenched

ENS (3 July 2000): One of eco-politics's starkest annual litmus tests, the International Whaling Commission meeting, opens here Monday with little sign it will overcome fundamental political divisions. (more)

Australia presses for South Pacific whale sanctuary

REUTERS ADELAIDE (3 July 2000): Australia pushed Yesterday for last-minute support for a South Pacific whale sanctuary which may emerge as a bargaining chip in moves to control controversial whaling by Japan and Norway. (more)

Dolphin meat reaches dinner table
news.com.au (3 July 2000): DOLPHINS and porpoise flesh could be finding its way on to Japanese tables as whale meat, a Japanese Government representative has admitted. (more)

Whale meat sold in Japan tainted with high dioxin levels
Kyodo Japan (3 July 2000): Japanese researchers have found high concentrations of accumulated dioxins in whale and dolphin meat sold in Japan, according to a report submitted to an international whaling meeting that opened Monday in Adelaide, Australia. (more)

Whale sanctuary plan setback
The Age (3 July 2000): One of the key players in tomorrow's vote on the proposed South Pacific Whale Sanctuary has signalled it will not back the plan, saying it is doomed to failure. (more)

Helen Clark 'passionate' about saving whales
NZ Herald (3 July 2000): The International Whaling Commission meeting in Adelaide begins in earnest later today, with delegates from Australia and New Zealand pushing for a whale sanctuary to be formed in the South Pacific. (more)

Japan calls for secret ballot on whale haven
The Advertiser (3 July 2000): JAPAN is calling for a secret ballot on Australia and New Zealand's plan for a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific. (more)

Minister lobbys delegates at whaling convention
NZ Herald (2 July 2000): Conservation Minister Sandra Lee is spending the weekend lobbying delegates arriving in Adelaide for the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission. (more)

SA the battlefront in war of the whales
news.com.au (2 July 2000): TOMORROW, Adelaide becomes the focus of the world's whale watchers ... but a bloody battle looms between pro and anti-whaling groups. (more)

Governments gather to keep minke whales off the menu
The Age (2 July 2000): One of the world's most emotive and politically explosive battles enters a crucial phase in Adelaide tomorrow when 35 government representatives and 13 national and global environment groups gather for the continuing campaign to save the whale. (more)

Bribes row on eve of whale hunt summit
The Age (2 July 2000): The international environment group Greenpeace last night claimed several poverty-stricken nations had been bribed to vote in favor of whaling at a crucial meeting. (more)

Who on earth is killing all the whales?
The Age (2 July 2000): There are few people left on earth who hunt whales. Manabi Kawasaki is one of them. (more)

Australia accused of whaling hypocrisy 

BBC (2 July 2000): The opening day of the International Whaling Commission's 52nd annual meeting saw rival groups take up their usual, hard-line positions. (more)

Self-interest will help to save the whales
National Post (1 July 2000): If you were a whale, you would think the earth was even more cluttered up with humans than it is. There is a voluntary code of conduct for whale-watching, to maintain a certain distance from them. (more)

Whaling Body Considers New Sanctuary
The Associated Press (1 July 2000): At the bottom of the world, the whales are on the move — and the spotters are out. (more)

'Stop the whales eating our fish'
news.com.au (1 July 2000): THE debate over whaling will intensify this weekend with the launch of a television commercial arguing the mammals should be hunted because they eat too many fish. (more)

Japanese group to oppose research whaling at IWC meeting
KYODO (1 July 2000): A group of Japanese nature conservationists plans to join the world anti-whaling lobby and pressure the Japanese government... (more)

Solomons finds time for whales
The Age (1 July 2000): Despite a volatile ethnic conflict that has hamstrung its government, the Solomon Islands has made it to the International Whaling Commission meeting in Adelaide, where it is expected to be a key player in a South Pacific sanctuary vote. (more)

Battle royal erupts on whaling
BBC News (30 June 2000): Whales are making waves once again, with the Australian city of Adelaide hosting the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). (more)

Whaling Commission Meets With Divisions Entrenched

ENS ADELAIDE  (30 June 3 2000): One of eco-politics's starkest annual litmus tests, the International Whaling Commission meeting, opens here Monday with little sign it will overcome fundamental political divisions. (more)

Where does Japan's whale meat really come from?

NewScientist (30 June 2000): JAPAN'S annual scientific catch of whales is disguising an undocumented trade in meat from accidentally caught and possibly poached whales, claim researchers. (more)

Whaling protest with a blast

News.com.au Sydney (30 June 2000): A SEAMAN is depicted "blowing away" whales with a machine gun in a graphic television campaign due to be launched next week. (more)  

JAPAN WANTS TO HOST 2002 WHALING CONFERENCE 

Reuters (29June 2000): A Japanese city said today that it wanted to host an annual conference of the International Whaling Commission in 2002... (more)

Controversy swells around whaling commission meeting - 

Environmental News Network (29 June 2000): The destiny of the world's fragile whale populations will be on the line beginning Monday when the International Whaling Commission opens its 52nd annual meeting in Adelaide, Australia. (more)

JWT bid to skewer Japan's whaling push
Sydney Morning Herald (29 June 2000): A hard-hitting anti-Japanese whaling advertising campaign is in production at J Walter Thompson's Sydney office. (more)

Legal plan to stop Japanese whaling
The Age (29 June 2000): The Federal Government has taken legal advice on a bold proposal to stop Japan's controversial "scientific whaling" program in an international court. (more)

Britain opposes Japanese hunt for two whale species
The Gurdian Unlimited (29 June 2000): Britain is to oppose Japan's plans to hunt two protected species of whale and further undermine the international ban on whaling, Elliott Morley, the fisheries minister said yesterday on the eve of the international whaling convention meeting in Australia. (more)

Polls Dominate War of the Whales

ENS (28 June 2000): The Japanese government most often cites cultural and traditional values as its main reason for hunting whales. (more)

UK to call for permanent worldwide whaling ban
Ananova (28 June 2000): A permanent worldwide ban on all whaling is to be urged by the Government at international talks in Adelaide next week. (more)

DNA tests spot flaws in Japan's whale regime: researchers
AFP (28 June 2000): Undercover DNA tests of whalemeat sold in Japanese restaurants have revealed a glaring loophole in Japan's regime of whale catches that could drive a unique sub-group of the mammal to extinction, researchers say. (more)

Norway frowns on our whaling stand
The Advertiser (27 June 2000):  Australia should be kicked out of an international whaling industry group because it was being counter productive, a key Norwegian lobbyist said yesterday.  (more)

Whither the whale? The world can't agree
The Irish Times (27 June 2000): Despite the worldwide ban on whalehunting, the number of whales killed almost trebled between 1992 a... (more)

Whalers insist their trade is no worse than farming
The Independent  (26 June 2000): Whaling is no worse than slaughtering farm animals, and in some ways better... (more)

Pro-whaling lobby wants Australia out
Courier Mail (26 June 2000): A pro-whaling Norwegian lobbyist today said Australia should be ejected from the International Whaling Commission because it was being counter-productive. (more)

NZers support whale sanctuary
Onenews (26 June 2000): The fight is on for a South Pacific whale sanctuary ahead of an International Whaling Commission meeting in Adelaide. (more)

Norwegian whaling delegate says Norwegian whaling has changed
AAP (24 June 2000): Lars Walloe of the Norwegian delegation has claimed that international opposition to Norwegian whaling was based on memories of whale exploitation in the early 1900s. (more)

Australia expects defeat on Pacific whale sanctuary
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE CANBERRA (23 June 2000):  Australia admitted yesterday it was unlikely to win a vote to create a South Pacific whale sanctuary at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in South Australia next month. (more)

Australia, NZ push for Sth Pacific whale sanctuary
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE SYDNEY (22 June 2000): Australia and New Zealand will push for creation of a South Pacific whale sanctuary at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission in Adelaide in July, a Australian official said on Wednesday. (more)

Thousands petition Australian Government on whale sanctuary
AAP (23 June 2000): Australian schoolchildren have presented the Australian federal government with a 137,000-signature petition calling for a global whale sanctuary. (more)

Japan campaigns in Australia against whaling ban
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE CANBERRA (16 June 2000): Japan embarked on a campaign against a worldwide ban on whaling yesterday, hoping to sway public opinion ahead of a major international conference in the Australian city of Adelaide next month. (more)