Japan can no longer kill whales Hooray

[silverfaun]

We can thank Kevin Rudd for this stunning victory and I have no trouble doing that.

Well done Kevvie, you started the ball rolling and now Japan has to cease their horrific killing of these majestic creatures.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/japan-ordered-to-end-whaling/story-fn59nm2j-...

[icyfroth]

Yay I was so happy about that when heard it on the news this morning.

[boris1gary]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/international-court-of-justice-upholds-aust...

yes lucky abbott had nothing to do with it.

Then oppostion leader Tony Abbott also rejected the legal bid to end whaling, despite his then environment spokesman Greg Hunt urging the government to submit court documents.

He said while the Coalition would like Japan to stop whaling, ''we don't want to needlessly antagonise our most important trading partner, a fellow democracy, an ally''.

[kopenhagen5]

Only in Antarctic waters I believe.  Still a great and long overdue result. 

[lurker17260]

I am lucky enough to see the migration of these majestic creatures from the cliffs near my home every year. They'll be starting north again in about a month.

A wonderful decision.

[bluecat*dancing]

Fantastic news!

[tasfleur]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!  An excellent outcome!

[polksaladallie]

We can thank Phoebe Fraser and her father who started the Australian movement nearly 40 years ago.  They "started the ball rolling".   Rudd was a latecomer.

[julie-in-oz2]

Finally

[lind9650]

Only in the Antarctic.

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JAPAN may continue to kill whales in the northern Pacific, despite a UN court ruling that its annual “scientific” expedition in the Antarctic was unlawful, says Tokyo’s envoy to International Court of Justice.

Twelve of the 16 judges of the Court of International Justice in The Hague endorsed Australia’s claimthat the Japanese Antarctic whaling program, described as scientific research, was unlawful.

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Will they really take any notice? The Whalers will say that they never heard of the ruling.

Just wait and see.

Erica