Sea Shepard spots Japanese Whalers with 3 dead Mink in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

[joshcryer]

Last edited Mon Jan 6, 2014, 03:44 AM - Edit history (1)

The Sea Shepherd Fleet has located all five vessels of the Japanese whale poaching fleet, including the Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, inside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

The Steve Irwin, The Bob Barker and The Sam Simon are now in pursuit of the whaling fleet, driving them away from their intended poaching grounds, disrupting their illegal hunt, and preparing to shut down their whale-killing operations.

The Steve Irwin’s helicopter first located the Nisshin Maru at 64°44' S, 162°34' W, in New Zealand’s sovereign waters in the Ross Dependency Antarctic region, and inside the internationally recognised Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Sea Shepherd has obtained compelling footage and images of three dead protected Minke Whales on the deck of the Nisshin Maru, taken at the time the factory ship was first located. A fourth whale, believed to be a Minke, was being butchered on the bloodstained deck.

http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2014/01/05/sea-shepherd-locates-whale-poachers-1554

BTW, here's the Japanese whalers "research" site: http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html

It's so Orwellian.

edit: LBN thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014689649

[Nika]

1. The Japanese are insane to try to keep the practice of killing whales going.

Good for Captain Watson and company for interdicting and harassing these butchers.

[joshcryer]

2. The worst part is Japanese people don't like it. It's fed to school children.

89% of Japanese people or thereabouts don't eat whale meat regularly if at all.

Instead it's force fed to school children because that's the only way to get rid of it.

[Nika]

3. Yes. Dolphin meat from the murderous operation Save Japan Dolphins ...

... exposed and got ended shown in the movie, 'The Cove' was fed to school children even though the meat was laden with mercury from pollution in the waters near and around Japan.

[catbyte]

4. Evil murdering criminals. Bastards.