“The whalers are deploying water cannons, concussion grenades, acoustic weapons, and throwing solid brass and lead balls at Sea Shepherd crew members."

Paul Watson, captain of anti-whaling ship Steve Irwin, on the latest run in with the Japanese whaling fleet (Times).

“All legal means available will be used to ensure these pirates do not board Japanese ships or threaten the lives of the crews or the safety of the vessels."

Glenn Inwood, of the Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research, comments on the same incident (Times).

“The delivered kid was genetically identical to the bucardo.”

Jose Folch, director of the bucardo project at the University of Zaragoza in northern Spain, comments on the birth of a clone of the extinct Pyrenean ibex (bucardo). The animal died shortly after its birth (Independent).