Group Claims to Halt Japanese Whaling Hunt

[acmejack]

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- The captain of an environmentalist boat chasing Japanese whalers in the Antarctic claimed Sunday the Japanese had abandoned hunting for the day as they were chased by protesters through storm-tossed seas.

"I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today," Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat, told The Associated Press by satellite phone.

Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace protest ships have been chasing Japan's whaling fleet for days, hampering their hunt for 850 minke whales and 10 fin whales as part of the country's scientific research program, which is permitted as research under the rules of the International Whaling Commission.

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[flvegan]

1. I love Sea Shepherd. More at link, here:

http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_051224_1.html

Great news for Christmas.

[henslee]

2. Fuck the Whalers. Thanks for posting this. Warms my heart.

[tatertop]

3. It is good to get some good news on Christmas.

[JackieO]

4. Go Sea Shepherd!

:applause: