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To many, the whale is a majestic mammal, the 'mind in the ocean'. What were once whaling towns have become homes to hordes of devoted whale watchers, and whaling, for the most part, was thought to have been vanquished. It was just a matter of waiting for those few misguided nations still whaling to come to their senses.
That never happened. Instead, the whalers came back. In 1987, the first full year after the worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling was agreed to, 100 whales were killed on the end of grenade-tipped harpoons. In 2005, the figure was around 2,500.
Harpoon reveals the political machinations and manipulation at the highest levels that have allowed some countries, particularly Japan, to continue hunting whales against the wishes of the world, with the IWC powerless to stop the slaughter.
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How can it be that, 20 years after whaling was 'banned', whales continue to be harpooned? How does Japan get away with bribing small nations to vote to reintroduce commercial whaling? Come on a global journey to follow the whalers, the campaigners, and the whales themselves.
L'autore
Andrew Darby is a Fairfax journalist who writes for both the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He lives in Tasmania.
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- EditoreNo Imprint
- Data di pubblicazione2007
- ISBN 10 1741146119
- ISBN 13 9781741146110
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine312
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Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling. Andrew Darby
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ISBN 13: 9781741146110
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Paperback. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. To many, the whale is a majestic mammal, the 'mind in the ocean'. What were once whaling towns have become homes to hordes of devoted whale watchers, and whaling, for the most part, was thought to have been vanquished. It was just a matter of waiting for those few misguided nations still whaling to come to their senses. That never happened. Instead, the whalers came back. In 1987, the first full year after the worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling was agreed to, 100 whales were killed on the end of grenade-tipped harpoons. In 2005, the figure was around 2,500. Harpoon reveals the political machinations and manipulation at the highest levels that have allowed some countries, particularly Japan, to continue hunting whales against the wishes of the world, with the IWC powerless to stop the slaughter. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR004057959
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Soft cover. Condizione: USED_FINE. 1st Edition. xvi+296pp., Pictorial colour photographic covers with faint creasing to panels, b/w illust. eps., signed half title-page "Andrew Darby", prologue, b/w illust., ack., notes, index. Andrew Darby has been in pursuit of whaling longer than any other journalist. From the shores of the Antarctic to the Tokyo whaling bureaucracy, he has chased the issue and its combatants: whalers, environmentalists and scientists. Size: Octavo. Book. Codice articolo 003605
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