It's official: the Antarctic whaling season has ended early... hopefully for good!

Yes my friends, Japan has called a halt to it's whaling season in the Antarctic:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/japan-abandons-whaling-hunt-following-clashes-with-sea-shepherd-nhk-says.html

"The whalers caught 170 minke whales out of a planned 850 and 2 fin whales from a planned 50"
This failure was thanks to the aggressively interruptive tactics of activists from Sea Shepherd Conservancy. Impressive results, whether or not you agree with their MO!