It's a batmobile! It's a creature from the deep! It's the Sea Shepherd getting rammed by a Japanes whaling ship
Holy Sheite seems to be the best term of the day to describe the footage of the Japanese whaling ship run-in with the Sea Shepherd's space-age-whale-protecting-batmobile (thanks progresshiv for bringing this video to Current).
You can read Sea Shepherd's account of the run-in:
C'mon. The term "unprovoked attack" raises all kinds of questions. I'm glad there are people out there like the Sea Sheppard vehemently protecting the whales and bringing the issues at hand to the surface~ but frankly, I can't tell if this is unprovoked~ and if memory serves, the Sea Shepard's soul purpose is to attack.
It is curious and interesting that this footage was taken and released by what appears to be the Japanese whaling ship. That raises all kinds of questions.
Meanwhile~ if you are seeking a little more drama to go with your mid-day coffee, enjoy this footage of Whale Wars:
Related Content:
What Lies Beneath~ Diving into the belly of the planet
Extreme(ly) saving the world as we know it
Are whales trying to communicate with us?
You can read Sea Shepherd's account of the run-in:
In an unprovoked attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed and caused catastrophic damage to the Sea Shepherd catamaran Ady Gil.
Six crew crewmembers, four from New Zealand, one from Australia, and one from the Netherlands were immediately rescued by the crew of the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker. None of the crew Ady Gil crew were injured.
The Ady Gil is believed to be sinking and chances of salvage are very grim.
According to eyewitness Captain Chuck Swift on the Bob Barker, the attack happened while the vessels were dead in the water. The Shonan Maru No. 2 suddenly started up and deliberately rammed the Ady Gil ripping eight feet of the bow of the vessel completely off. According to Captain Swift, the vessel does not look like it will be saved.
“The Japanese whalers have now escalated this conflict very violently,” said Captain Paul Watson. “If they think that our remaining two ships will retreat from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in the face of their extremism, they will be mistaken. We now have a real whale war on our hands now and we have no intention of retreating.”
C'mon. The term "unprovoked attack" raises all kinds of questions. I'm glad there are people out there like the Sea Sheppard vehemently protecting the whales and bringing the issues at hand to the surface~ but frankly, I can't tell if this is unprovoked~ and if memory serves, the Sea Shepard's soul purpose is to attack.
It is curious and interesting that this footage was taken and released by what appears to be the Japanese whaling ship. That raises all kinds of questions.
Meanwhile~ if you are seeking a little more drama to go with your mid-day coffee, enjoy this footage of Whale Wars:
Related Content:
What Lies Beneath~ Diving into the belly of the planet
Extreme(ly) saving the world as we know it
Are whales trying to communicate with us?
-
- groups:
- green blog
-
- tags:
- Activism, Sea Shepherd, Japanese Whaling, Whale Wars, 3 more
