No Japanese Whalers in Australian Ports - Finally!

We are very happy to hear that our Environment Minister Ian Campbell is finally making an official stand against Japanese whaling ships.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Japanese whaling ships on their annual hunt in the Antarctic are banned from docking in Australia and should use restraint in looming clashes with protesters, Canberra has said.

A fleet of six Japanese whalers plans to kill nearly 1,000 whales in the name of scientific research, while activists from Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd conservation groups have threatened to try and stop them.

Australia's Environment Minister Ian Campbell told national radio he was strongly opposed to whaling and the Japanese fleet operating in the Southern Ocean would not be allowed to enter Australian ports.

For more check out the full article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070115/sc_afp/australiajapanwhaling

Contributed by Tim Hochgrebe added 2007-01-21