Whale defender's boat rammed, activist injured

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UPDATE - URGENT NEWS ADVISORY

1:32 p.m./Monday/April 17, 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHALE DEFENDER BOAT

RAMMED, DESTROYED;

ACTIVIST INJURED

 

NEAH BAY - The Coast Guard has repeatedly rammed a whale defender boat,

and destroyed it - sending one activist to the hospital in Neah Bay and

another to jail, according to on-the-spot reports from Ocean Defense

International Monday afternoon.

 

World Whale Police's Bill Moss was arrested, and crewmate Julie Woodyear

hospitalized with unknown injuries earlier Monday as they raced to the

scene of the Makah's first attempt to kill a whale this Spring. She is

reportedly at a hospital in Neah Bay.

 

Witnesses say that the Coast Guard rammed the 20-foot fibreglass WWP boat.

No other details are known.

 

Ocean Defense International vessels are on the scene, as are activists

Jonathan Paul and Jake Conroy, both arrested last year as they attempted to

escort whales to safety past the Makah gunboats and Coast Guard.

 

 

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ODI webpage: www.safepassing.org/odi / email: oceandefense2000