Sea Shepherd

Activists of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Sunday obstructed Japan's so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, hurling a rope at a whaling ship and twisting it around the ship's propeller, the Japanese Fisheries Agency said. The activists also threw bottles containing butyric acid and hurled smoke candles at the Yushin Maru No. 2 during the incident which started at 7:20 a.m. and lasted for about two hours...  

THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, February 11, 2012 (ENS) - Beck Straussner, 42, of the United States was hit in the chest with a water cannon and knocked off his jet ski today during a confrontation between a Japanese whaling vessel and whale defenders near ...  

The marathon Antarctic whaling pursuit is set to run into next month, with Sea Shepherd activists replenishing fuel to keep up their chase of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru. Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson said today the group's long-range vessel ...  

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Three anti-whaling activists have been injured during a clash at sea with Japanese whalers, some 300 miles north of Mawson Peninsula off the coast of Antarctica. Members aboard the Japanese vessel Yushin Maru No.2 apparently threw grappling hooks and bamboo poles at crew aboard the Steve Irwin anti-whaling vessel. Two crew members on the Steve Irwin were struck in the shoulder with iron grappling hooks and a third crew member was struck twice...  

Anti-whaling organizations are often presented as conservationists (Nature481, 114; 2012). But for conservation efforts to advance, we need to resolve the differences between animal welfare, which is concerned with individuals, and environmental conservation, which focuses on maintaining populations, species and  

SYDNEY, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Three anti-whaling activists were injured in a skirmish with a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic, conservationists said. The environmental group Sea Shepherd says crew on Japanese whaler Yushin Maru 2 dropped grappling...  

The anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has provided video of activists boarding a Japanese ship over the weekend. Australian officials are urging Japan to return the men home, although Japan said it hasn't decided their fate. (Jan. 9)  

WOODBRIDGE — Bayshore Recycling Corp’s donated drone, the Nicole Montecalvo, helped the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) catch a Japanese whaling fleet on Dec. 25 before any whales were killed.read more  

CANBERRA, Australia — An anti-whaling group says three of its members suffered minor injuries when they attempted to slow a Japanese harpoon boat in the Antarctic Ocean. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says the Japanese crew threw grappling hooks on ...  

From the bridge of the Sea Shepherd flagship the Steve Irwin, now in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet across the Southern Ocean, Captain Paul Watson said, "I'm sure they will reflect upon the huge success this was for the movement to defend ...  

The clash came off the Antarctic coast far south-east of Tasmania, where Sea Shepherd's flagship, Steve Irwin, is being pursued by the Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No.2. The Steve Irwin has been unable to shake off the pursuit that began on Christmas ...  

The anti-whaling operations developed by Sea Shepherd activities have recently taken a dangerous turn. Three of the crew members boarded on Steve Irwin vessel suffered minor injuries while trying to deal with the Japanese whale hunters. The three ...  

Anti-whaling protesters from the Steve Irwin used rubber dinghies to get close enough to throw bottles of vile-smelling butyric acid at the Yushin Maru 2, the Herald Sun reported. The harpoon ship retaliated by firing its water pump at them. The activists ...  

Simon, Peterffy (right) has been taken into police custody in Albany, moments after arriving in WA water this morning with fellow anti-whaling protesers Glen Pendlebury and Geoffrey Tuxworth. Photo: Guillaume Collet / Sea Shepherd One of the three anti ...