February 9, 2010 - 22:21
For the past six years, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) under the leadership of Captain Paul Watson, has launched an annual campaign in the Southern Ocean to prevent the Japanese Whaling fleet from killing whales. Every year, the Japanese send a fleet of ships to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to kill and process for human consumption a large number of whales using a loophole in the International Whaling Treaty which allows for "scientific research." This year the Japanese fleet has added security forces, ships and planes dedicated to tracking the Sea Shepherds location, and physical violence against SSCS. Just last month the Japanese whaling security ship the Shonan Maru No. 2 [...] |