A tearful wife of a whaler bids farewell to the Japanese whaling fleet leaving Shimonoseki, bound for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with plans to harpoon 935 mink whales and 10 endangered fin whales, before returning to Japan in March 2007. Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese government to keep the fleet in port, stop their fake research program and commit to protecting endangered species instead of hunting them.
15 November 2006
Shimonoseki Japan

A tearful wife of a whaler bids farewell to the Japanese whaling fleet leaving Shimonoseki, bound for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with plans to harpoon 935 mink whales and 10 endangered fin whales, before returning to Japan in March 2007. Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese government to keep the fleet in port, stop their fake research program and commit to protecting endangered species instead of hunting them.

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