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Huge waves damage anti-whaling boat

Anti-whaling activists chasing the Japanese harpoon fleet suffered a major setback Thursday when the hull of one of their ships cracked in massive seas, forcing a second to divert to its rescue. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said the Brigitte Bardot’s hull split when it was struck by a “rogue…

Anti-whaling activists’ drone tracks Japan fleet

Anti-whaling activists intercepted Japan’s harpoon fleet far north of Antarctic waters on Sunday, they said, with the help of a military-style drone. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society spokesman Paul Watson said the unmanned long-range drone, launched from the anti-whaling ship the Steve Irwin, had located the Japanese fleet and relayed the…