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Japanese Get Whale Watching Freebies

December 14, 2007 at 9:45 AM | 0 Comments

We don't wanna get all political, but quite frankly, we're not that keen on the idea of the Japanese catching too many whales. That's why we're quite pleased to hear that a Sydney cruise company has come up with a very friendly plan to try to dissuade them from doing so.

Whale Watching Sydney offers a couple of hundred trips every year to Australians and tourists who want to see humpback whales migrate along the coast between May and December. From next season, any tourist showing a Japanese passport will be able to take a whale watching cruise for free.

The company is basing this huge giveaway on the premise that "very few tourists favored whale hunting once they saw the mammals in the wild", so giving Japanese visitors a free trip should help some of them change their minds about Japan's policy. If you're not Japanese can you still get a free cruise just by turning up and saying you're pro-whaling?

Related Stories:
· Free Whale Watching Offered to Japanese [news.com.au]
· Whale Watching Sydney [Official Site]
· Whale Watching in South Africa [Jaunted]
· Saved Cheerleader Saves Dolphins [Jaunted]

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