1.   In a bid to stop whale hunting, Greenpeace have threatened direct action.

2.   Much as that distresses conservationists, the need to stop the hunting has suddenly taken on more urgency in the West.

3.   The political will to stop the hunting simply does not exist.

4.   An aboriginal community has agreed to stop traditional hunting of sea cows, known as dugongs, which are fast disappearing from the Great Barrier Reef.

5.   Nature reserves and increased game warden patrols have failed to stop illegal hunting, and antelope herds are dwindling, the report said.

6.   Both boats were in international waters off the Norwegian coast and were trying to stop whale hunting, the Greenpeace statement said.