Japan halts whale hunt after Sea Shepherd clashes

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Japan halts whale hunt after Sea Shepherd clashes


Video: Watch footage of the clash in the Southern Ocean (ABC News)

Sea Shepherd is claiming victory after Japan temporarily suspended its annual whale hunt in the Southern Ocean.

On Wednesday the anti-whaling group claimed two of its boats, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, were rammed by a Japanese ship in Australian Antarctic waters.

It said the attacks happened after they were ordered to leave the area by one of the boats in the Japanese whaling fleet.

It also claimed armed Japanese coastguards threw "concussion grenades" at activists on the ships.

Japan's fisheries agency has denied those reports, but confirmed that one of its factory ships, the Nisshin Maru, rammed two boats belonging to Sea Shepherd.

However, it said the clashes happened after activists came too close to a Japanese vessel which was refueling.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-20/japan-halts-whale-hunt-after-sea-shepherd-clashes/4530854

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This Happened Before the Whaling fleet even Rammed their own Boat

Published on Feb 17, 2013

15 February 2013 --The Dutch-flagged, Dutch-owned, Australian operated Sea Shepherd Ship (SSS) Bob Barker intervenes as the Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 2 attempts to transfer (and sadly succeeds in the end) a poached minke whale, illegally killed in Australian Antarctic Waters, to the Japanese factory ship, Nisshin Maru.

[Somamech]

This Canalien Works Hard, and is not an Avon Metrosexual

Published on Feb 2, 2013

Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson is interviewed as an observer aboard Operation Zero Tolerance, Sea Shepherd's Ninth Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign. As of the 31 of January, on this interview,

[Somamech]

This guy talks like a Navy Dude!

No idea if he is but I have no doubt that Navy folke are on Board The Sea Sheps   



Go Navy 

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Bob Brown the former Greens Leader Talks

This is sure to piss off many Ozzie's who follow the the American model of Repub OR Demo model of blinding the masses 

Bob Brown on THE PROJECT (Channel 10 Australia) Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013   

Published on Feb 6, 2013

Operation Zero Tolerance Co-Campaign Leader Bob Brown talks to THE PROJECT (Channel 10 Australia) about the scandal surrounding the economics of the Japanese whaling industry.

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38 morons hit the dislike button on this video

Dang got some Soma pics in this one 

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Excellent!

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OUTSTANDING !

We were instrumental back in the day assisting Jon Seargent with Greenpeace Los Angeles.

We still are Greenpeace - 40+ years later.

And this is the attitude we had then - and now:

Tonight's 'Tweet to make a difference':

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