Sea Shepherd vows to bill Canada $1,000 a day for seizing ship

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http://canadianpres s.google. com/article/ ALeqM5jFMmyZK9Ya xf0vCJqJ4fx2G2dn Tw1 hour agoHALIFAX — The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vowed Tuesday tobill Canada $1,000 for every day it holds the seized anti-sealingship, the Farley Mowat.The ship was boarded by RCMP officers on April 12 off Cape Bretonduring the annual East Coast seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.The ship's 17-person crew was also taken into custody. TheDutch-registered ship is being held in Sydney, N.S."At no time did my ship ever enter the 12-mile limit," AlexCornelissen, the ship's skipper, said in a release. "They had noright to board us and these charges are ridiculous."All we did was take pictures of seals being slaughtered on the ice."The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it will send an

invoiceto the federal Fisheries Department on the 12th of each month,asking for $30,000 for the time the ship is held."This will be $365,000 every year," the society said in a statement.Paul Watson, head of the society, said his group will not haveCanada "trample on our rights.""We will not have the government setting a precedent of boardingnon-Canadian vessels in international waters with armed boardingparties," he said. http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join http://www.myspace.com/fortheanimals7