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New boat to help Sea Shepherd's campaign
last update: Jul 01, 2009 09:04 AM
From a "Los Angeles Times" article: Japan has requested yet again that the Australian government will do something about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Meanwhile, the SSCS gets more support, from a different angle
Earthrace, will be used in Sea Shepherd's campaign against Japanese whalers next season in the Antarctic. Credit: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has promised to harass the Japanese whalers again when their Southern Ocean campaign starts, Dec. 1.
It looks like, thanks to the popularity of Animal Planet's "Whale Wares," which reports about the campaign, there is no shortage of funds. But there will be an addition to the campaign this year, something out of this world, a swift new boat that looks like a space vessel, and can travel at 40 knots and plow through waves and deflect harpoons.
The boat is named Earthrace is being lend out to the Society New Zealand owner/skipper, Pete Bethune because as he said: he can't stand the thought of whales being slaughtered in "my backyard."
Japan is weary of what it refers to as acts of piracy against its fleet and at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting, Japanese delegation member Jun Yamashita said, "It can only be described as a miracle that there has been no death or large-scale accident to date. We cannot tolerate such audacity. We ask for all appropriate measures, including a ban on the ship from leaving port, so that we can prevent these acts from being repeated."
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Los Angeles Times, 30th June 2009
