Plants and Animals

Libby Eyre sent me the following letter which is really a critique of an article that I wrote for Online Opinion titled No Science and No Respect in Australia's Anti-Whaling Campaign. In the letter Libby asks why I put the case for whaling and also … [Read more...] about My Aversion to Whaling is Not Cultural: Libby Eyre

Members of a Murray River recreational fishing club took me fishing soon after the IPA published my controversial Backgrounder 'Myth and the Murray: Measuring the Real State of the River Environment'. They wanted to pick my brains on various issues … [Read more...] about Fishing: Could It be Banned?

I have just checked my dictionary on the meaning of bigot. It says "obstinate and intolerant adherent of creed or view". Glenn Inwood describes New Zealanders as bigots because they are opposed to whaling. He was writing for the Sunday Star Times … [Read more...] about A Nation of Bigots: Glenn Inwood on Whaling

Following is a media release from The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) responding to calls made today in both New Zealand and Australia for legal action to be taken against its research program in the Antarctic. This issue was raised in comments … [Read more...] about ICR Defends Legality of Whaling in The Antarctic

In the following blog post Dan Goodman, Councillor, Institute of Cetacean Research, Tokyo, responds to an earlier post by Greenpeace's Adele Major in which she quotes John Frizzel explaining why whaling can not be sustainable, click here to read the … [Read more...] about ICR Responds to Greenpeace: Whaling is Sustainable

It was Wednesday evening before Australian television started showing video of the ramming by Greenpeace's boat the Arctic Sunrise of Japanese mothership the Nisshan Maru in Antarctic water the previous Sunday morning. In contrast, online news … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Lied & It Matters