Albany's whale DJINDA with its distinctive tail markings. Humpback whales have unique tail fluke patterns like fingerprints on a finger. Photo from IFAW
Fight for Fifty Day (l-r) former whaling ship master Kas Van Der Gaag, anti-whaling activisit Jonny Lewis, former whaling ship master Paddy Hart. Photo by Ken Matts.Albany, Western Australia, the site of Australia's last whaling station, has adopted a humpback whale called Djinda, an indigenous word meaning Star.
The name was selected by holding a competition organised by the City of Albany to mark Fight for Fifty day in November 2007, a national protest backed by IFAW against plans by Japan to harpoon 50 humpback whales.
At the Albany event on November 3, former whaling ship master Kase van der Gaag and Jonny Lewis, a Greenpeace Australia co-founder, met for the first time since they clashed in 1977.
The name Djinda was submitted by City fo Albany emplyee Toni Csermelyi.
Japan eventually suspended its plans to catch humpback whales but went ahead with its annual hunt of minke whales in the Antarctic.
Greenpeace in January 2008 kept the Japanese fleet from whaling for more than two weeks but the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, low on fuel, was forced to return to port.
Chris Pash
3 comments:
Japanese whale fishing is completely lawful.
And is completely scientific.
In addition, it is a Japanese gastronomic culture to eat whales.
You should refrain from the act of denying the culture of another country.
watch this video.
To the person who wants to know why Japan hunts whales
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYOJYEOvSk
[DragonBall] Freezer VS Japanese whaling
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUPHXNPVR4
Why do the media of australia tell a lie and censorship?
if doubt me? Post my comment this URL.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23155612-5007146,00.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap_0uUICejnG3TGasvh8ePvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080204060044AAgG9Cy
It's not a question of whether it's lawful or unlawful.
Harpooning a whale is cruel. They whales die hard and it's inhumane.
And no burning human need is fulfilled by killing a whale. It will not end hunger and it does not cure cancer.
And, as far as I can tell, no scientific benefit ... unless you can point to a scientific study coming from this annual whale kill?
I also question your claim of 'gastronomic culture'. Eating whale meat is a post WWII event
I’m afraid I tend to agree with Chris on this one in some respects, it is cruel and inhumane.
I have eaten whale meat during WW2 in the UK as we were heavily rationed 4 ounces of meat per week per person I think; mother and I could not stand it in fact it made us quite crook; we only ate it once.
Folk are always saying how we Aussies eat Kangaroo maybe some of us do, my pets were fed on it, they are however culled humanely not like the savage slaughter that takes place in the Southern Ocean each year by the Japanese.
I read a comment on one post on this blog from a Japanese who said she hated whale flesh most Japanese do.
They are not adverse to eating and killing dolphins either, this happens often I read and saw via video reports.
I fear the time has come to take these greedy people to task over this in a big way.
Scientific research is their way of saying we shall do just what we like in my fervent opinion.
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