南極海で火災の発生した捕鯨船「日新丸」を、南極海を汚染する前に移動するよう、要請がきています。
ニュージーランドのクラーク首相は、天候の悪化で、積んでいる重油と燃料油によって環境を汚染すれば、取り返しの付かない環境破壊が起きると警告しています。
グリーンピースの船が、救助を申し出ています。
グリーンピースは、日新丸と、勇新丸に救助を打診したということです。（動画）
→ New Zealand Warns Over Crippled Whaler (2007-2-19)
→ Damaged ship sparks oil disaster fears (2007-2-19)
→ Ice threatens to trap stranded Japanese whaler (2007-2-19)
→ Greenpeace ready to help whalers (2007-2-19)
→ Greenpeace arrives with Nisshin Maru (2007-2-19)
→ 火災捕鯨船の移動要求＝環境汚染「許さない」と警告－ＮＺ首相 (2007-2-19)
It is rather dissappointing that Australian government and even the US are not speaking up against the way whaling is managed in Japan. The all media news on whaling I get here are those of Iceland with English narrations. I am not asking people to get impolite, but it certainly hinders most of Japanese people from knowing the truth.
The fact that the Japanese government is providing our tax money to whale industry and to aids, should not lower the images of ordinary Japanese who in one poll are mostly against whaling. They are selling the whale meat to schools for mandatory school meals. The same applies to Australians whose government is not showing any signs of anxiety over the whaling boat floating in the Antarctic.
The US should come forward to rescue New Zealand allies.
