Whaling

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Whaling
2. International Whaling Commission: Commission Information
3. Greenpeace: Whaling
4. Reuters: "EU says Photos show Reality of Whaling" (February 8, 2008)
5. National Geographic: "Whaling Wars in the Antarctic Seas" (February 16, 2007)  
6. Telegraph: "We'd Deploy Military to Stop Japan Whaling" (November 15, 2007)
7. Video: Hayden wants to save the Whales and Dolphins (Time: 0:30)

Whaling Recent News Stories

• Google News: Whaling Search
• Sky News: Activists Track Japanese Whaling Fleet with Hi-Tech Bugs (February 25, 2008)
• Daily Telegraph: "Mother and Calf Whale Killed - First Photo of the Slaughter" (February 7, 2008)  
• VOA News: Japan to Protest Australia's Release of Whaling Photos (February 8, 2008)
• The Seattle Times: "NOAA Proposes to keep Bowhead Whale Hunt" (February 5, 2008)
• The Age: "Japan Stands by its Renewed 'Scientific' Whale Slaughter" (November 24, 2007)
• BBC News: "Japanese Whalers hunt Humpbacks" (November 18, 2007)

Whaling Background

• Wikipedia: History of Whaling | Aboriginal Whaling | Dolphin Drive Hunting
• Nantucket Historical Association: Whaling Museum & Historic Sites
• Big Volcano.com: Australian Whaling History, Byron Bay Whaling Station
• Google Book Search: A History of the American Whale Fishery
• International Whaling Commission: IWC Member Countries and Commissioners
• The Whale Hunt: A Storytelling Experiment / by Jonathan Harris

Whale Products

• Wikipedia: Baleen | Blubber | Spermaceti | Whale Oil | Ambergris
• Whale World: Whale Products
• Henriette's Herbal Homepage: Cetaceum (U. S. P.)—Spermaceti
• Anbergris.co.nz: Ambergris
• SusanScott.net: Ambergris was a Treasure in Bad Old Whaling Days (October 14, 1996)
• The Humane Society: Human Health Concerns of Whale Meat

Whaling in Japan

• Wikipedia: Whaling in Japan
• Official Site: Japan Whaling Association
• Official Site: The Institute of Cetacean Research
• U.S Department of State: Japanese Scientific Whaling

Whaling on the Faroe Islands

• Wikipedia: Whaling in the Faroe Islands
• Faroe Islands: Whaling Information
• High North Alliance: Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands
• BBC News: Faroes' Controversial Whale Hunt (September 14, 2003)

Whaling in Iceland

• Wikipedia: Whaling in Iceland
• Discovery Channel: Iceland Resumes Commercial Whaling (October 17, 2006)
• IFAW.org: Iceland: Whaling Versus Whale Watching

Whaling in Norway

• Official Site: Norwegian Minke Whaling
• Wikipedia: Whaling in Norway
• MSN Money: "Norway sets Commercial '08 Whaling Quota" (February 7, 2008)

Whaling in Greenland

• BBC News: "Greenland warned on Whaling Toll" (July 21, 2004)
• WDCS: German whaling - The Greenland Trade
• Environmental News Service: West Greenland Beluga Whales at Risk of Extinction (September 12, 2002)

Whaling Controversy

• Wikipedia: Cetacean Intelligence
• Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society: Whale and Dolphin Intelligence is Confirmed (October 3, 2006)
• Greenpeace: The Case Against Whaling
• PBS: The Voyage of the Odyssey - The Cruelty of Whaling
• China Daily: Dolphin Hunt sags amid Mercury Fears" (January 31, 2008)
• UNEP Global 500 Forum : Iceland Whaling v/s Whale Watching

Whaling Commentary and Criticism

• Humane Society International: Sign Petition to Stop Japanese Whaling
• North Coast Voices Blog: Anti-whaling Facebook Group Growing Post (February 25, 2008)
• Natural News.com: Japanese Whaling – An Unnecessary Slaughter (February 05, 2008)
• Heal Our Planet Earth: Japanese Whaling fleet takes 2 Sea Shepherd Members Hostage (January 16, 2008)
• Los Angeles Times: "Japan's Whaling Shame" (December 3, 2007)
• Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society: Commercial Whaling: A Corrupt Industry (February 1994)  
• Whales on the Net: Norwegian Whale Killing Methods

Whaling Message Boards and Blogs

• Google Blog Search: Whaling
• Critter News: Illegal Makah Whale Hunters Getting Easy Ride (February 24, 2008)
• New Zealanders in Belgium: Defender of the Deep (February 24, 2008)
• Blogocracy Blog (News.com.au) : Whale Blubber Post (January 16, 2008)
• Ueno Murakami Incorporated: They Can Add Calf Killers to Their Resume (February 9, 2008)
• exploring our world: The latest whaling target: Mothers and their calves(February 8, 2008)
• Lost America: Japan’s Scientific Whaling Probl… err.. Lunch? (January 31, 2008)

Anti-Whaling Groups

Greenpeace

• Mahalo's page on Greenpeace
• Wikipedia: Greenpeace
• Official Site: Greenpeace International

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

• Official Site: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
• Wikipedia: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

• Official Site: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• Wikipedia: Sea Shepherd

Whaling Videos

  Note: Videos may contain Graphic Content

• YouTube: Whaling Videos
• Greenpeace International: Greenpeace TV
• National Geographic: Grisly Whaling Video Released (Time: 2:37)
• YouTube: Stop Bloody Whaling - Part 1 (Time: 2:15)
• YouTube: Stop Bloody Whaling - Part 2 (Time: 2:12)
• YouTube: Matt Damon Narrates Story of Dolphin Slaughter in Japan (Time: 4:27)
• YouTube: Hayden Panettiere a Hero to Dolphins (Time: 2:53)
• YouTube: Dolphin Revenge - Mercury Poisoning (Time: 3:29)

Whaling Photos

• Google Image: Whaling Search  
• Live Search Images: Whaling Search  
• Greenpeace: Whaling Photo Gallery
• Greenpeace International: Whaling Slideshows
• Nantucket Historical Association: Historic Whaling Photos

Whaling Satire and Humor

• Autoblog Green: Whale Blubber to be Converted into Biodiesel... (April 2, 2007)
• The Onion: Annoying Ad Turns Man Pro-Whaling
• Water Cooler Games: Harpooned, an anti-whaling game
• TheSpoof.com: Whaling makes Whale of a come back