Outraged? Take action - Ocean Defenders - the weblog
Take a moment and see what you can do to take action and help stop Japanese whaling.
This site has several good links to places where you can make your voice heard.
Gary Schmidt
They said we said - Ocean Defenders - the weblog:
"He also noted that we have 'repeatedly interfered' with their whale killing.
It's good to hear he thinks we are being effective.
Nishiwaki-san also pointed out that we take risks with our own safety. That is true. This is dangerous work we are doing out here, but each of us chooses how much risk we wish to accept."
A nice post about the interaction between the Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace.
Gary Schmidt
Look up, whale warriors - the air attack is coming - World - smh.com.au: "War on the waves ... Sea Shepherd activists in dinghies failed to snare the Nisshin Maru's propellers on Sunday after the whaler rammed a Greenpeace ship..."
"If Greenpeace action becomes more aggressive, the Fisheries Agency may ask the Maritime Police Agency to dispatch aircraft," the deputy director of the Far Seas Fisheries Division of Japan's Fisheries Agency, Mr Hideki Moronuki told the Herald yesterday. "Or the agency may ask the Government of Australia to take action to normalise the situation."
How far will things go!
Who's gonna get things their way?
Japan accuses Greenpeace of prolonging whale deaths. 12/01/2006. ABC News Online:
"'When Greenpeace activists put themselves between the harpoon and the whale, the time to death of the animal has sometimes surpassed half-an-hour,' he said in a statement.
'When they get in front of the catcher boats, the harpoon can hit a less than optimum part of the whale's body. So the time necessary to shoot additional harpoons increases as a consequence of Greenpeace presence.'
Dr Hatanaka says Greenpeace is condemning whales to a slow death because of the time it takes to reload the grenade-tipped harpoons."
I've gotta give the Japanese credit....
Credit for being so determined in stopping the Geenpeace and SeaShepherd from trying to end their whaling activities.
They are pulling every single punch that they can get!
Gary Schmidt
