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Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On November 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Flaure wrote: You're doing a great job for your action and this blog. It seems important to me and to my boyfriend Henry Michel to say it ! Thanks for all... more » Failed Research - Nisshin Maru is back in Japan (4) On August 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Joe wrote: Research s it takes thousands of whales to be killed to what see what they eat cause you can't see where they swim when their dead. So in japan's mind tagging is not research but slaughter and eating meat is wow that is really interesting.... more » Failed Research - Nisshin Maru is back in Japan (4) On August 18, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Frank wrote: You people are whalerists. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's wrong.... more » Failed Research - Nisshin Maru is back in Japan (4) On August 15, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Amy wrote: RESEARCH MY ASS.. YOU R ARE MURDERS.~~~YOU WILL FAIL!!... more » Failed Research - Nisshin Maru is back in Japan (4) On August 15, 2009 at 7:03 AM, f**k whalers wrote: i applaud you guys for all your efforts. these killers must be stopped... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On April 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: Hi Consumist - actually, we have been - we've been to the Southern Ocean nine times now to defend the whales; this year we decided to take a different tack, and go after the trail of corruption and dodgy politics that's keeping the whaling fleet afloat. They didn't expect that - the whale meat scand... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On April 17, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Consumist wrote: Hey Hugo, good point. One thing they haven't been doing is actually going down to the South Pacific and confronting the boats... left it to another group this season, hence there being stuff all news. Pity about all the dead whales!... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On April 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Dave wrote: Hi Adrian, you can catch up all the latest whale-related blogs here: Making Waves: Whaling and on the Tokyo Two: <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/ending-japanese-wh... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On April 6, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Adrian wrote: October 29th is the date of the last posting? Come on guys there has been a whole season of whaling since then surley an update should have be posted? Keen to know what you have been doing on this issue and what all the money you recieve for whales is going into.... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On February 4, 2009 at 1:15 AM, hugo wrote: Well done boys!... more » Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! (7) On December 21, 2008 at 9:30 PM, fevah wrote: Did you know that Tonga is thinking of bringing back whaling?... more » Japanese whale activists arrested! (2) On December 17, 2008 at 3:36 PM, MIRIAM GODET wrote: Causa perplexidade, o que acontece no meio do comercio fraudulento embutido e causador de escandalos, no japao, concernete a CAÇA AS BALEIAS, e o pior: ninguem pode comentar nada, O SISTEMA POLITICO DO JAPAO EXIGE QUE FIQUEMOS CALADOS! Que absurdo, quem tem que se esconder do crime e o sistema de... more » Would you be comfortable eating whale meat? (21) On August 6, 2008 at 10:11 PM, alicia wrote: save them. becase if we dont we will not see them or make a that connection with a blue whale so save them . spred this mesige tell every one to save our whales. plese save them. thank you... more » Japanese whale activists arrested! (2) On July 22, 2008 at 12:02 PM, jorge amaral wrote: two Japanese Greenpeace activists, Junichi and Toru, have been arrested for exposing the stolen whale meat scandal which led to the ongoing investigation by the Tokyo Public Prosecutor of the government's Southern Ocean whale hunt. In XXI centurie it's a great great fulish and ditatorial sistem! R... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Dave wrote: Hi David - I'm not British, and no, I wasn't involved in the "heist", as you rather dramatically describe it.... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM, david wrote: Hi Dave, thanks for your response :) The last two sentences of your comment are of course the official position we are hearing from Greenpeace, but unfortunately for you guys it seems that that legal interpretation is pretty heavily under dispute. I think we'll be hearing more about it! BTW, were ... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 24, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Dave wrote: David, fair enough - you probably need to give us more credit too! We take legal advice before, during and after an operation like this. When the whale meat was delivered to the public prosecutor, it came with a massive dossier containing all the informer testimonies, and all the shipping manife... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 23, 2008 at 11:08 AM, david wrote: Dave, if you think a crime has been committed, you should absolutely report it, and you should absolutely not be punished for it. The reason Greenpeace is now involved in a criminal investigation into it's own behavior is NOT because you guys reported what you had convinced yourselves was an embe... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 21, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: Wrong, David. We take very careful legal advice on everything that we do. In this case, we were advised that the obtaining of the whale meat does not constitute theft, as no there was no grounds for material gain - the evidence was turned over to the public prosecutor. If you think a crime is co... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 21, 2008 at 6:34 AM, david wrote: Dave, The problem Greenpeace has is that it thinks it is above the law because Greenpeace thinks it is "doing the right thing". Always. Never doubting, 100% self-righteous. BANG, there's a big hole in your foot. Rather than blaming everyone but your own foolish selves, it's time to grow up her... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 20, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: Isantori - not sure why you're still posting comments here. The full web story is here: Outrage: Greenpeace whale meat scandal whistleblowers arrested in Japan, while the blog is here: <a href="http:/... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM, isanatori wrote: Hi Dave, It seems that now, the Tokyo prosecutor has announced that the charged against the 12 crewmembers had been dropped. Sato-kun and another GPJ have been arrested this morning with all the Japanese TV channels and newspaper talking relating it. I went to the GPJ office in Shinjuku and... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 13, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Dave Walsh wrote: Absolutely. I did sample various Sakes, excellent idea! As you can imagine, I was quiet busy during my brief stopover, so there wasn't a lot of time for socialising. Next time!... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 13, 2008 at 11:18 AM, david wrote: You didn't contact us about having some whale while you were/are here in Tokyo, Dave. I trust you had the opportunity to sample some of the local cuisine, anyway. When in Rome!... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 13, 2008 at 2:10 AM, isanatori wrote: Well, I'm sure there are people (who can't read Japanese) who would be interested in reading what is in Japanese but not in English.... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 12, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: Well, at least you're able to read in Japanese, so you can read the whole thing! I'm sure they made decisions based on the points that were relevant to our announcement and press conference in Tokyo on May 15th.... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 12, 2008 at 1:58 PM, isanatori wrote: Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply. It leaves me wondering why the people who were responsible for releasing the report in both English and Japanese decided to reduce the length of the interview with the former KS informant to less than half in English. Do you know what they based their choice upo... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: Hi Isanatori - no, there was particular reason - it was a choice made by the people who were responsible releasing the report in the two languages. ... more » Scandal: Japan's whalers caught redhanded (1) On June 12, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Billy Gray wrote: Congrats Dave and Greenpeace, great work! It doesn't come as much surprise that it's happening, but it's fantastic that you folks were able to actually nail 'em down. ... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 12, 2008 at 6:34 AM, isanatori wrote: Dave, As you seem quick to answer comments, I would like to ask you a question. I read the two (Japanese & English) versions of Greenpeace reports on the so-called whales meat embezzlement, and found out that there are differences between the two versions. In Japanese, the interview with th... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 12, 2008 at 2:09 AM, david wrote: OK Dave, I'll trust you on this.... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 11, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Dave Walsh wrote: David - although the Japanese media is reporting this story, the prosecutor has made no such statement - we checked with him, and he's saying that the case is still under investigation. It's a weird one, I'll admit, because it's not clear where this report came from. So hold your horses, etc. ... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On June 11, 2008 at 9:38 AM, david wrote: Hi Dave, news broke here in Japan today that prosecutors found no wrong-doing, and they are not going to be prosecuting any of the whalers that GPJ accussed of meat embezzlement. Will GP accept the decision? However, police are apparently continuing to investigate GPJ's snatching the whale meat f... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 20, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Dave Walsh wrote: Thanks David. Alas, we're not shot ourselves in the foot at all - today the Tokyo Public Prosecutor has announced that it is launching an investigation into the whaler's behaviour. Sorry!:D... more » From the heart of Santiago: Hundreds of people call for a whale sanctuary in Chile's waters (3) On May 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Heni wrote: :D... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 16, 2008 at 11:18 AM, david wrote: Hi Dave :) GP Japan seem to have shot themselves in the foot - the Seino transportation company has reported the theft of a package to police. GP Japan meanwhile have admitted in the media that they did steal the package "to confirm evidence" (of what?) and also admitted in the media that they at... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 16, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Dave Walsh wrote: Oh, and I suggest checking out this blog posting too: Stolen whale meat scandal rocks Japan ... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 16, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Dave Walsh wrote: Hi David, I suggest you check out the front page of yesterday's Asahi Shimbun: Greenpeace seeks charges over whale meat, practically any TV station in Japan's reports, and our own article here, <a href="http:... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, david wrote: Dave, If your focus is on Japan (what about Norway and Iceland?), that's too bad anyway since even the keenly anti-whaling Australian media has reported a "surge" in support for whaling here, not a decline (I don't know what the claim is based on though). The problem I see for you is that if p... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 14, 2008 at 4:07 AM, Dave not on the Esperanza wrote: David, Greenpeace doesn't have "markets" - and we don't have thunder either! We're focussed on winning this campaign in Japan, not in Australia. Here's a story from your neck of the woods... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 13, 2008 at 10:10 AM, david wrote: Hi Dave, Australian media the other day reported that there has been a "surge" in support for whaling in Japan this year. Perhaps you want to focus your PR efforts there in that key market of yours, because your message doesn't seem to be getting through. Or did you not have such a big budget thi... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 10, 2008 at 4:11 AM, isanatori wrote: Hi Dave! As I said, the questions in the poll you asked the NRC to conduct are biased. "Q9. Did you know that the Antarctic Sea is one of the internationally designated sanctuaries for whales ?" Well, this question fails to mention that Japan has objected to the sanctuary with regard to M... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 9, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Dave not on the Esperanza wrote: Oh, and I meant to mention. This morning, NHK reported that at the G8 foreign minister's meeting in June, Australia, US and Japan will sit down for a private meeting - ostensibly to discuss defence issues, but the elephant in the room will be a whale, so to speak.... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 9, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Dave not on the Esperanza wrote: Yep, really! For a start, yes, the poll done by the Nippon Research Centre shows a decline in support for whaling. You just have to examine the figures. It costs ¥5 billion (around US$... more » Australian Whales envoy named? Rumours abound (29) On May 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM, isanatori wrote: "Support for whaling is on the wane in Japan" Really? Do you have any evidence of that...apart from the survey you made (and which is certainly biased by the way the questions were set)? The Asahi Shimbun poll actuall shows that a majority of Japanese supports both eating whale and scientific w... more » From the heart of Santiago: Hundreds of people call for a whale sanctuary in Chile's waters (3) On May 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Dave not on the Esperanza wrote: Animallover - Greenpeace promotes the protection of whales everywhere on the planet!... more » From the heart of Santiago: Hundreds of people call for a whale sanctuary in Chile's waters (3) On May 2, 2008 at 8:34 AM, animalover wrote: What does Greenpeace think of the Australian Liberal Party's idea for a Global Whale Sanctuary? http://www.liberal.org.au/info/news/detail/20080501_PortStep... more » Hello Hobart – at the end of a long journey (4) On February 4, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Jenni wrote: Well done y'all. Thanks so much again for everything you did out there this year... Best of luck now in all your future endeavours. And to all at Greenpeace - you know you can count on us for ongoing support.. let us know whenever there is anything we can do to help the whales. Happy Avocado eatin... more » Hello Hobart – at the end of a long journey (4) On February 4, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Grateful Child wrote: Thank you Iréne, and you all, both on the Esperanza, in offices, and those in the blogs here who care enough to try and make a change. I'll miss you all, but you all will never be far from my heart. Through all the criticism and hardship, your Love and courage has made this the most successful... more » Hello Hobart – at the end of a long journey (4) On February 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Richard wrote: I noted that one of your previous contributors asked why you didn't use unpaid volunteers. Well, by answer, I am an unpaid volunteer - I have been roughed up by police, abused by the public, ranted at by nutters. I am proud to give my free time as a Greenpeace volunteer. Oh and for the record, fo... more » Hello Hobart – at the end of a long journey (4) On February 4, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Tom wrote: I want to congratulate the whole crew on a job well done. Hopefully the debat (that you guys made happen) will result in a termination of Japans whaling expeditions. It was nice to read the regular updates all these weeks, I want to thank Iréne for keeping us so well informed with regular updates. I... more » The whale hunt continues (28) On February 4, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Toby Rowallan wrote: Hi and welcome to Hobart! I was fortunate and able to watch you sail in last night. It was a wonderful moment when the crowd on the wharf gave three very hearty cheers for you on the Esperanza, I know I yelled at the top of my lungs! So I just wanted to say how proud you should be of the efforts tha... more » The whale hunt continues (28) On February 4, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Stacey wrote: hi there im new to this site but i joined up cause it makes me sick to watch whales being hunted,and for what? I would love to help and go out there.The japanese dont plan on stopping,and i wont be surprised if humans wipe ourselves of this planet soon,millions of animals have already being extinct ... more » The whale hunt continues (28) On February 4, 2008 at 2:44 AM, timmy wrote: Jenni, My criticism is not ill-informed, I can think just as cleverly as you can. I agree what has been said by Greenpeace about taking this debate to Japan. Sending ships down to the Antarctic each year does not help after you've done it a few times. But Japan is killing whales again now that Gree... more » Iréne - web editor (40) On February 4, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Irene on the Esperanza wrote: THANKYOU all for your comments and encouragement! Thanks Dwarven for coming to greet us - it was the best avocado I ever had! I hope to see you tomorrow for the open ship. Yes Chris, we are in Hobart, and the ship will be open tomorrow - welcome! /Iréne... more » Picking the right target (43) On February 4, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Antonio Padilha wrote: Sara, You are right when you do not inform Sea Shepherd people on the coordinates of the whaling fleet. Some people do not understand this, and this is because of the strong and passionate will all of we have to save those giant friends we humans have on the seas. But, if Greenpeace would cooperate... more » The whale hunt continues (28) On February 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, EJE wrote: Hi Maria, Does Sea Shepherd do anything about the North Pacific 'scientific' hunt, the Dall's porpoise slaughter, the Baird's beaked whale hunt, the traditional hunts in Lamalera? Environmental organisations usually can't be all things to all people or offer assistance to every environmental issue... more » No humpbacks to be killed – for now (25) On February 3, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Alex Hardy wrote: WE LOVE YOU GREENPEACE !!! WE DO WE LOVE YOU GREENPEACE !!! WE DO WE LOVE YOU GREENPEACE WE DOOOO !!! OOOOOHHH GREENPEACE WE LOVE YOU !!... more » The whale hunt continues (28) On February 3, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Benn wrote: hey guys - it may feel like one step back to hear more whales have been killed - but having watched the media coverage this year I am in no doubt that you have taken the world several steps forward this season. well done. ps. the cam looks like hobart, ironic that it used to be a big whaling port,... more » Iréne - web editor (40) On February 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Chris wrote: Hi Irene, thank you for all the great updates about what you did down there. Great work. I see land on the webcam, so I'm curious where you are. I beg you're quite relieved to see land again after all those weeks. Are you in Hobart (Tasmania)? I missed you in Auckland in December, but I'd like to... more » |
