The militant environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday that it had located the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica and threatened to ram them if they resumed slaughtering the giant sea creatures.
Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd's ship, said the leading Japanese vessel, the Nisshin Maru, was now outside the hunting area and had not killed any whales in the past 48 hours.
"I think they're running scared really," he told AFP via telephone from on board the ship.
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| This handout picture shows the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru, a catcher boat of the Japanese whaling fleet, as seen from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, in the Southern Ocean 12 January 2008. Greenpeace reported it is carrying out non-lethal research on whale populations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from their ship, Esperanza, while en-route to stop a Japanese whaling fleet who intend to kill 935 Minke and 50 endangered Fin whales.
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"When we found them originally they were down by the icebergs and as we were moving in they started running and they've been running ever since."
In response to a question, Watson confirmed he would ram the Japanese fleet if his ship came upon them killing whales.
Comment: Increased frequency of earthquakes, and only the blandest of explanations from the "experts".
"Nothing to see here! Move along! Earthquakes are 3 times more common now because of something that happened 800 million years ago."
Sheesh!