$6.15M to kick-start non-lethal whale research
Source: Australia. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Media Release
"The Rudd Labor Government will invest more than $6 million in 2008-09 in non-lethal whale research and other critical, conservation programs as part of its ongoing strategy to end so-called 'scientific' whaling, Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced today (17/11/08).
Mr Garrett said the new funding, including $4 million for whale research and scientific partnerships with other countries, was an unprecedented commitment to the anti-whaling cause."