Sea Shepherd ready to clash with Japanese whalers
source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/08/2414162.htm?section=australia
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The Australian Government is calling for restraint as Japanese whalers and protesters prepare for a confrontation in the Southern Ocean.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling group that call themselves the pirates of the sea, are not afraid of meeting the Japanese coast guard in Antarctica.
Environmental groups are expecting the Japanese will send a coast guard ship to protect the whaling fleet from protesters this summer.
But Greenpeace has decided not to send its protest ships down to Antarctica this time.
Sea Shepherd activists have rammed Japanese whaling ships, thrown butyric acid onto their decks and even jumped on board.
Then last summer, Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson, says someone aboard a Japanese whaling ship shot him.
Mr Watson has a video of a bullet lodged in his bullet-proof vest, but the Japanese whalers say no-one took a shot at the activist.
Last summer, Japan sent coast guard officers down on its whaling ships. This year Greenpeace believes the Japanese will be sending a coast guard ship to protect its whaling fleet.
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The Australian Government is calling for restraint?? Previously they committed to taking legal action against Japan to stop the illegal commercial whale hunts in Antarctica. And now they want everyone show restraint while Japan brutally slaughters another 1,000 whales for lucrative whale meat?
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling group that call themselves the pirates of the sea, are not afraid of meeting the Japanese coast guard in Antarctica.
Environmental groups are expecting the Japanese will send a coast guard ship to protect the whaling fleet from protesters this summer.
But Greenpeace has decided not to send its protest ships down to Antarctica this time.
Sea Shepherd activists have rammed Japanese whaling ships, thrown butyric acid onto their decks and even jumped on board.
Then last summer, Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson, says someone aboard a Japanese whaling ship shot him.
Mr Watson has a video of a bullet lodged in his bullet-proof vest, but the Japanese whalers say no-one took a shot at the activist.
Last summer, Japan sent coast guard officers down on its whaling ships. This year Greenpeace believes the Japanese will be sending a coast guard ship to protect its whaling fleet.
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The Australian Government is calling for restraint?? Previously they committed to taking legal action against Japan to stop the illegal commercial whale hunts in Antarctica. And now they want everyone show restraint while Japan brutally slaughters another 1,000 whales for lucrative whale meat?
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vegman
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The Aussies are licking Japanese balls in tough economic times, I presume. Greenpeace decided to change its color for a change and be yellow.
- 3 years ago
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vegman
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uroborus8
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Sea Shepherd is run by one of the founders of Greenpeace. Watson left Greenpeace because he thought they were too weak. Greenpeace is proving Watson correct once again.
- 3 years ago
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uroborus8
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