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Japanese whalers ram environmental activists’ ship in Antarctic waters
Japanese whalers and militant conservationists have been involved in dangerous clashes in icy waters off Antarctica, with both sides accusing the other of ramming their vessels. Veteran anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson said the Japanese factory ship the Nisshin Maru rammed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s much smaller vessel the Bob…
Japan vows to continue whale hunt after clash with Sea Shepherd activists
Japan vowed on Thursday to continue its whale hunt in the Southern Ocean after clashes with the militant conservationist Sea Shepherd group, which claimed Tokyo had been forced to end the programme. “We are keeping our whaling programme,” an official at Japan’s Fisheries Agency told AFP, denying a report that…
Sea Shepherd environmental activists say Japanese whalers ‘rammed’ their ships
Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said on Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had “rammed” its vessels in a skirmish in the Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd director Bob Brown said the Japanese factory boat the Nisshin Maru had deliberately collided with boats crewed by anti-whaling campaigners, the Steve…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid from anti-whaling group
The US Supreme Court has denied a plea from anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on its movement as Japan’s whalers accused the activists of violating orders to stay away. Sea Shepherd, which disrupts Japan’s controversial whaling missions in the Southern Ocean, last week asked the Supreme Court to…
The Sea Shepherd takes battle with Japanese whalers to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Sea Shepherd conservation group asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to lift an order forcing it to steer clear of Japan’s whalers, who are seeking legal reprisals over harassment at sea. Since 2002, Sea Shepherd has annually disrupted Japan’s contested hunt in the Southern Ocean but a US…
Anti-whaling group intercepts Japanese fleet
Anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday it had intercepted the Japanese fleet in its annual Southern Ocean hunt “before a single harpoon has been fired”. Sea Shepherd claims to have saved the lives of 4,000 whales over the past eight whaling seasons with ever-greater campaigns of harassment against the…
Wanted by Interpol, ‘Sea Shepherd’ founder Paul Watson passes the reins
The fugitive founder of Sea Shepherd has stepped down from key roles at the militant anti-whaling group, passing the Antarctic harpoon chase mantle to a former Australian politician. Canadian Paul Watson is wanted by Interpol after skipping bail last July in Germany, where he was arrested on Costa Rican charges…
U.S. court bans environmental group from approaching Japanese whalers
A US court has ordered environmental group Sea Shepherd to maintain a distance of 500 yards from Japanese whaling ships, in a move welcomed by those behind the government-funded fleet. The injunction was ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the latest step in a…
Militant anti-whaling activist to continue campaign despite arrest threats
Militant conservationist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson will join this year’s campaign against Japanese whalers despite an Interpol notice for his arrest, the group said Friday. The Canadian national has not been seen since he skipped bail in Germany in July on charges stemming from a high-seas confrontation over…
German court wants fugitive activist Paul Watson extradited
A German court Wednesday called for the extradition to Costa Rica of Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, as he had skipped bail and apparently left the country. The higher regional court in Frankfurt said Watson’s lawyer had informed it that he had left Germany “for…
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