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Activist ship hits Japanese whaling vessel

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

<div><p>Militant environmental activists said Friday their ship collided with a Japanese whaling vessel during a clash in Antarctic waters, and accused the hunters of unprecedented aggression.</p><p>"We've been in pretty intense confrontations with them for the past few days," Paul Watson, captain of ...

Ships collide in Antarctic whaling clash

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Anti-whaling clashes flare in Antarctic waters</div><div><p>A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber after their boat collided Friday with a Japanese whaling vessel in a dramatic Antarctic Ocean clash Japan condemned ...

Hollywood's Hannah on board against Japanese whalers: report

AFP American Edition 16 days ago

<div><p>Hollywood mermaid Daryl Hannah will be on board a militant conservationist group's ship for a looming confrontation with Japan's whalers in the Antarctic, the captain said Thursday.</p><p>"Daryl is joining our group," Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson was quoted as saying by Australia's ...

Activists vows to protect whales from Japanese

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Conservationist predicts violent clashes with Japanese whalers near Antarctica</div><div><p>A radical conservationist said Wednesday he will not shy away from violent confrontation with Japanese whalers, even though his group will be alone in tracking this season's hunt in the remote, ice-strewn Antarctic ...

Activists intercept Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

<div><p>Militant environmental activists said Saturday they had intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and attempted to attack one of the boats with stink bombs.</p><p>The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship the Steve Irwin had found the Japanese harpoon vessel the Yushin ...

Activists say Japanese whalers have made no kills in two days

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

<div><p>Environmental activists Monday said they had been pursuing Japanese whalers through blizzards in the Antarctic for two days during which the harpooners had been unable to kill any whales.</p><p>Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel trailing the Japanese fleet, ...

Activists throw rotten butter at Japanese whalers

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Radical conservationist group lobs bottles of rotten butter at Japanese whalers in Antarctica</div><div><p>A radical conservationist group on Saturday said it lobbed 25 bottles of rotten butter at Japanese whalers in the remote and icy Antarctic Ocean, but denied accusations they rammed ...

Activists attack Japanese whalers with stink bombs

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

<div><p>Militant environmentalists said they had pelted stink bombs at a Japanese whaling ship in Australian waters in their latest bid to disrupt hunting of the protected creatures.</p><p>The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it "pursued and delivered 10 bottles of rotten butter and ...

Japanese whalers disrupted by high seas pursuit: activists

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

<div><p>Militant environmental campaigners said Monday they had prevented Japanese whalers harpooning any of the giant sea mammals for nine days by engaging them in a 1,000 nautical mile high seas pursuit.</p><p>Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel "Steve Irwin", ...

Anti-whalers call end to 'most successful' season ever

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

Militant anti-whalers declared an end to this season's pursuit of Japanese harpoon ships in Antarctic waters on Saturday, saying it was their most successful and intensely fought campaign so far. Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fleet, estimated that ...

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