Worldmeets.US Radio News: Whale Wars and Cultural Conservation

Join us on Friday night at 11pm EST for a conversation about whaling, the environmental group Sea Shepherd, and whale conservation, with cinematographer and Wakayama University scholar Simon Wearne. Mr. Wearne, who filmed the first season of the acclaimed Whale Wars program, is now a scholar studying traditional Japanese whaling. We will ask Mr. Wearne about his journey from Sea Shepherd to Wakayama University, and how he walks the line between activists who want to protect whales from being hunted, and those who wish to preserve Japan's ancient whaling heritage.

• Sankei Shimbun, Japan: 'Japan Should Continue Whaling'
• Sankei Shimbun, Japan: Whaling Advocate Wants Obama Served Whale Meat
• Blogos, Japan: 'Research' Whaling: It's Time for Us Japanese to Move On
• Nishinippon Shimbun, Japan: Whale Hunting Protects Marine Life - and Japanese Culture
• The Age, Australia: Sea Shepherd 'Vindicated' after International Court Upholds Japan Whaling Ban
• Mainichi Shimbun: U.N. Court's Ruling Worries Japan's Whalers

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