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Australia: Japan whale research 'bizarre'
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Mar 07, 2008 Australian scientists say that Japanese research on whales, the justification for its whaling program, has produced few results and is often "strange." At this weekend's International Whaling Commission in London, the Australian delegation plans to argue for the end of a loophole that allows taking whales for scientific research, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported. Nick Gales, the head of the Australian scientific delegation, said that a review of Japanese research found that scientists have published only 43 papers in 18 years, which he called "an incredibly low publication rate." Papers on whale mortality contained such wide margins of error that they were useless, he added. Japanese scientists have also performed what Gales called "really bizarre" experiments like injecting Minke whale sperm into cow eggs. "It's totally esoteric and very strange research," he said. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the review shows Japan's real motive for its whaling is commercial. "I challenge anyone to look at this sort of research and say it's necessary, to say it requires killing more than 7,000 whales," he said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Follow the Whaling Debate
White killer whale sighted in Aleutians
Anchorage (UPI) Mar 07, 2008Scientists studying fish stocks off Alaska got a glimpse of the "icing on the cake" -- a rare white killer whale. |
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