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Environmental group says it will sail against

Japanese whalers

Posted by: " Mark Graffis "

mgraffis

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Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:23 pm (PST)

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Environmental_group_says_it_will_sail_against_Japanese_whalers_999.html

Environmental group says it will sail against Japanese whalers

by Staff Writers Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2007 A militant environmental group heading for the Antarctic to confront

Japanese whalers renamed one of their ships the " Steve Irwin "

Wednesday in honour of Australia's late " crocodile hunter " . The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was given permission to use the

former TV star's name by his widow Terri, who was in Melbourne to

farewell the ship and its 52-member crew as they set sail for the

Southern Ocean. " Whales have always been in Steve's heart and in 2006 he was

investigating the possibility of joining the Sea Shepherd on part of its

journey to defend these beautiful animals, " Terri Irwin told a news

conference. Steve Irwin, a conservationist who became internationally famous for

his television shows which featured risky stunts with wild animals, was

killed in September 2006 when a stingray barb pierced his chest. The ship which will carry his name is a 53-metre (174-foot) former

Scottish fisheries vessel previously called the " Robert Hunter "

after the Canadian co-founder of Greenpeace. " Steve wanted to come to Antarctica with us to defend the

whales, and now he will be joining us in spirit, " said Sea Shepherd

president Paul Watson. " Steve Irwin's life demonstrated how one person can make a

significant difference in the world. " Japan's annual hunt of the giants of the deep exploits a loophole in

a 1986 moratorium that permits limited whaling for scientific purposes,

although it is no secret that the meat ends up on supermarket shelves.

 

Watson, who has threatened in the past to ram Japanese whalers, said

last week the ship's crew were prepared to be shot at and would wear body

armour when on the bridge.

Watson has compared the Japanese whalers to illegal elephant

poachers, while Japanese officials have likened Sea Shepherd to a

terrorist group.

Greenpeace is also sending a ship to try to disrupt the hunt but has

vowed a " non-violent action " campaign. ngAt 08:36 AM 12/7/07, you wrote:

Environmental group says it will

sail against Japanese whalers

Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis

mgraffis

Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:23 pm (PST)

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Environmental_group_says_it_will_sail_against_Japanese_whalers_999.html

Environmental group says it will sail against Japanese whalers

by Staff Writers

Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2007

A militant environmental group heading for the Antarctic to confront

Japanese whalers renamed one of their ships the " Steve Irwin "

Wednesday in honour of Australia's late " crocodile hunter " .

 

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was given permission to use the

former TV star's name by his widow Terri, who was in Melbourne to

farewell the ship and its 52-member crew as they set sail for the

Southern Ocean.

" Whales have always been in Steve's heart and in 2006 he was

investigating the possibility of joining the Sea Shepherd on part of its

journey to defend these beautiful animals, " Terri Irwin told a news

conference.

Steve Irwin, a conservationist who became internationally famous for his

television shows which featured risky stunts with wild animals, was

killed in September 2006 when a stingray barb pierced his chest.

 

The ship which will carry his name is a 53-metre (174-foot) former

Scottish fisheries vessel previously called the " Robert Hunter "

after the Canadian co-founder of Greenpeace.

" Steve wanted to come to Antarctica with us to defend the whales,

and now he will be joining us in spirit, " said Sea Shepherd

president Paul Watson.

" Steve Irwin's life demonstrated how one person can make a

significant difference in the world. "

Japan's annual hunt of the giants of the deep exploits a loophole in a

1986 moratorium that permits limited whaling for scientific purposes,

although it is no secret that the meat ends up on supermarket shelves.

 

Watson, who has threatened in the past to ram Japanese whalers, said last

week the ship's crew were prepared to be shot at and would wear body

armour when on the bridge.

Watson has compared the Japanese whalers to illegal elephant poachers,

while Japanese officials have likened Sea Shepherd to a terrorist group.

 

Greenpeace is also sending a ship to try to disrupt the hunt but has

vowed a " non-violent action " campaign.

 

 

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