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Judi Lynn

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Tue May 22, 2012, 02:55 AM May 2012

Sea Shepherd boss blames Japan for arrest

Source: Australian Associated Press

Sea Shepherd boss blames Japan for arrest
22 May 2012, 4:01 pm - Source: AAP

Militant environmental group Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson has suggested Japan is involved in his recent arrest in Germany, as he vowed to continue his campaign against whaling.

Watson is on bail while German authorities decide whether he can be extradited to Costa Rica on charges stemming from a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002. He is accused of "putting a ship's crew in danger".

The Canadian national is well known for his pursuit and harassment of Japanese whaling boats off Antarctica which in recent years has significantly reduced the number of animals slaughtered.

"I find it very interesting that the extradition order was put out in October 2011 at exactly the same time that the Japanese brought civil charges against us in a Seattle court," Watson told Australia's Seven Network on Tuesday.


Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652283/Sea-Shepherd-boss-blames-Japan-for-arrest

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