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Heard they were all out ojn the lash lsat night "monkeying" around. Few of them look pretty hungover in there this morning!

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Originally Posted By: slow Whaling and Dolphining need to be authorized under the fisheries law "漁業法第５８条第１項の規定". Now Fisheries Agency is asking for public comment. This licence for Whaling and Dolphining used be valid for 5years but now they changed the valid term to one year. However, they are going to give license next year and we should tell them they should stop giving license now. The dead line date is November 27th. I think this is more constructive approach to come out against this law. I hope we can stop this soon. Slow: With Yamashita san of Taiji council we have all

Tubby<< I am campaigning against this on health grounds, and I have been researching this for about 2 years. As I said in my previous post, any kind of argument discussing it from a humane perspective does not work here. My goal is to end the slaughter yes, but the only way this is possible in Japan is through a scientific approach. The ideology of previous arguments has no hold in Japanese society, and its far easier to fight for something when scietific fact is backing you up. Also campaigning to stop the sale of toxic meat and the feeding of it to children is very much campaigning on

Something we are working hard at getting at the moment, is coverage here. Met with a guy form the Yomiuri here on Firday and it may be possible to have a press conferance/ lecture at the Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club this year. This would be a major breakthrough as it is where most stories get exposure, also be pretty exciting to be speaking in the same place where people such as the Dali Lama, Al Gore, et al. have stood speaking! Also have interviews with papers in Toyama and I am doing lectures at various community centers to which all media are invited. The reason why it hasn't bee

Church?........nothing wrong with a bit of free bread and wine!

Think it was on the news last night that yesterday was the Japanese official beginning of winter!! Lets wintering! Anyone who thinks otherwise, a mid 20's NHK girl said so, it`s official. Right then, I am off for a surf!

Couple of them are grabs from the vid, but have some blurry images that may be useful. By all means let me know your email and I can send some info to you. I will attach a load of documents also if you want with test results on dolphin meat etc.

Some of these are a little shocking, but that is what they are supposed to do, the truth is shocking. Dolphin meat on the left here and Mink whale on the right. Speaks for itself, the sea this morning was this colour. The coulour hasn`t been retouched at all. Hard to get close to the slaughter now because of the pathways blocked off.

Sad update. Yesterday afternoon in Taiji the fishermen rounded up another pod of Riso dolphins and quietly butchered them this morning in the bay there. The sea at the moment is a bloody red where the slaughter took place and they have just shipped off the "cuter" ones to a destination unknown for life in a tiny concrete pool for our pleasure. We were able to get some footage again but you can`t believe how hard it is to watch this thing happen in front of you. This meat will be on the supermarket shelf by next week, ready to poison some consumer. The reason for writing this is to ca

Originally Posted By: Bushpig Farquah, thanks. I was referring to the dolphin slaughter stuff though. You said public pressure/bad publicity got the other spots stopped, so I was thinking in terms of helping bring attention to what is happening there. The stuff I mentioned above is being used to pressure the government into stopping the dolphin slaughter by (perversly) proving that dolphns are toxic. In Futo and Kii it was Hardy`s films and the internatinal coverage it gained which put the places in the spotlight. In a particularly Japanese way, they were embarrased at the negative atte

BP- I have loads of stuff in Japanese if you want it. I just finished translating an article on the effects of chronic dioxin exposure due to eating dolphin and also on PCB toxins contaminating breast milk in Japan. I also have proof of hematological mallignancies rising in Japan directly proportionate to areas where high levels of whale and dolphin meat is consumed. Let me know what you would like and i can mail you anything you request. THe blue voice site mentioned earlier also has a Japanese link in it. http://www.bluevoice.org

Originally Posted By: soubriquet Farquah: "With the decrease of river deltas,..." WTF does this mean? It's a pretty broad claim. Any peer reviewed work to support it? There are many, many studies to support this. It is happening all over the world and a major problem for various reasons. For example: the loss of wetlands for migratory birds, lack of vital nutrients provided by the river deltas and a build up of other nutrients resulting in red tides, the amount of chemicals usually flushed out now washed into the seas..... Here are just a few articles of various points throughout

Sorry not sure what you mean but to clarrify, I wasn`t talking about mercury, i was talking about PCB levels and POP levels which are caused due to the above factors.

Not just that but also chemicals (herbicides, pesticides etc) used on the land which wash into rivers then out into the ocean. With the decrease of river deltas, which is natures own water purifier, this then makes the seas contaminated with high levels of PCB`s and POP`s which then gets into the food chain and so the dolphins, etc and then ultimately to us. Power stations, petro chemical factories, any industry that produces waste water, take your pick!

I have just come back from a week in Taiji while all this was kicking off. I was working with a pretty well known film maker Hardy Jones, who is also the founder of Blue Voice. He has been going there every year since 1980 to fight against this dolphin slaughter. He also used to document the dolphin culls in Futo (Shizuoka) and Kii Island (Off of Kyushu). Due to his action and the wide spread media coverage it courted, the last two palces have since largely stopped the process switching to dolphin watching instead. It was a really really interesting and hard week down there, as soon as I

Did it! Thanks! Rather fast reply, you are very on the ball!

Hibble Deep Space image This should answer some of your questions, and then pose lots more!! It is a you tube vid but don`t know how to do the whole imbedding thing here.

LOVE the Cairngorms, did my silver Dof E up there when I was at high school, top memories of hiking the range and nearly getting caught in a wicked storm. Anyone on here done their gold D of E? Always wanted to get it but never got around to taking it.

First car in Japan was a Mazda MX7, nice car and handled well (4 wheeled steering) but just not practical and couldn't fit anything in it, now I have an Ipsum which I really like and packs shed loads of gear in, alos a Suzuki Kei Van at work which carts turtles about nicely! However just found out that the Ipsum is called a Toyota Picnic back in UK, just took any street cred out of it that I may have previously had!!

tell me about it. I am guted, was supposed to have a rowing regatta tomorrow for a coxed 4`s that we have been training for for since March. Just had a phone call telling me it is now cancelled!! Hate how the slightest bit of rain and they call everything off here, not postpone but just bin the whole thing. Very annoying for the whole team.

Long tall glass filled with ice, half a fresh lime aqueezed in and a light crisp beer topping it up (preferably mexican beer). Called a Char...something something, can'r remember the name! OR Pimms and lemonade crammed with ice, cucumber, mint and lemon. OR a well made Mohito!! Definately my summer drinks of choice.

Sounds like a good place then Me Jane. Not sure of m schedule yet over summer, I will probably be down in Wakayama and Yakushima most of it but if I am around then will definately pop down as its so close to me.

Try working for an NPO here, what's great for your conscience isn`t so great for your bank account!!! I am increasingly prostituting myself out to company advisory pannels now as its rather difficult otherwise. Luckily with "Cap and Trade" teetering on the edge of being put into practice there is a fair bit of work out there at mo.

Also Japans largest nesting site for Logger Head Turltes. Great Island and beautiful nature, well woprtha visit. Will be working there for couple of weeks in August