Awww, retarded OZschwitz anti-whaling group upset over broken election promise

Anti-whaling activists have slammed the federal government for breaking an election promise to send a ship to monitor Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Awww, retarded OZschwitz anti-whaling group upset over broken election promise Art-353-sa-antiwhaling-20131222191755253109-300x0

Awww, retarded OZschwitz anti-whaling group upset over broken election promise Art-353-sa-antiwhaling-20131222191755253109-300x0

Environment Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday that an A319 aircraft staffed by Customs officials would be sent instead.
Jeff Hansen

Unhappy: Sea Shepherd director Jeff Hansen says a plane is useless for monitoring whalers. Photo: Andrew Darby

Sea Shepherd Australian director Jeff Hansen, whose conservation society last week sent three vessels from Melbourne and Hobart to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet, said a plane was of no use.
Advertisement

''It's a broken promise,'' Mr Hansen said. ''The promise was - to the whales and to the Australian public - to send a vessel. Sending a plane is really a waste of taxpayers' money.''

Speaking in Frankston, Victoria, on Sunday, Mr Hunt said the purpose of using a plane was threefold: to observe any whaling, to ensure there was ''a record and a chronicle'' of any conflict between whalers and conservationists and to show both sides that they were being observed by an independent party so ''they have to behave properly''.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/antiwhaling-group-attacks-greg-hunt-over-breaking-election-promise-20131222-2zt4m.html#ixzz2oFfzWdQQ

Awww, retarded OZschwitz anti-whaling group upset over broken election promise

Awww, retarded OZschwitz anti-whaling group upset over broken election promise

Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives

AnCaps In Science, Technology & Environment