The Return of Whaling
Whaling is seen as an evil of the past, memorialized in events like ritual recitations of Moby Dick. Or invented as a metaphor for the worst of humanity’s greed—the Tulkun hunts in Avatar: The…
Whale Hunting
Two Extremely Rich Countries—Norway and Japan—Continue Horrible Cruelty to Whales
When a whale is sighted, a gun is used to fire a harpoon with tipped grenade at it. As the weapon enters the body of the whale, the grenade explodes…
Resting Sea Shepherd: A Pause In The Whale War Saga
What a colourful run this outfit has had. Branded in 2013 by Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as pirates, the Sea Shepherd…
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