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In Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the Netherlands urged the environmentalists to take a responsible attitude during thenext hunting season for whales in the Antarctic, four countries condemned any type of action which endangers human life and reiterated their petitions for they do not violatethe international regulations and avoid possible death and injury to members of the crew of the whalers or environmental organizations.
We respect the right to peacefulprotests, even on the high seas. But we condemn a dangerous or illegal behavior of any of the parties to the Antarctic ocean or in any other place. ", warned. The four nationsemphasized that are opposed to commercial whaling, even calls catches "scientific", and stressed their commitment to the efforts to recover the population of cetaceans. Atthe beginning of December, an organization linked to the Japanese Government dedicated to the so-called "scientific hunting of whales" filed a lawsuit in a court of theUnited States for the environmental group is Shepherd leave to disrupt their activities. The past austral summer, Shepherd is forced in march to the Japanese fleet to interruptthe hunting season after a confrontation in the waters of Antarctica.
In addition, in 2011 Japan, which is usually capture cetaceans during the austral summer, suspendedtwo months ahead of schedule the hunting of whales in the Antarctic Ocean due to the harassment of Sea Shepherd. The Asian country abandoned whaling in 1986 after aninternational moratorium, although in 1987 he retook after claim scientific grounds and began to carry out expeditions to Antarctica in the name of the Institute of Cetacean Research.
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