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I Was Shot, Claims Anti-Whaling Activist

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Kim
- 215 days ago - stuff.co.nz

Japan has dismissed as a lie claims by the captain of an anti-whaling ship he was shot at during the latest confrontation with a whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean.

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Kathy C. (281)

Monday March 10, 2008, 12:05 am
Has anybody started a petition about this yet? If anybody does please sent it to me so I can send it around myspace also,
Noted with thanks Kim

Hans L. (1000)

Monday March 10, 2008, 3:37 am
What do you need a petition for for Japan? They do not listen to anything but $$$$$$$ stop buying and the killing will stop you only need enough people so that the NIKEI Index reacts to this!
Start spreading the word that the only way to stop this is to BOYCOTT JAPAN!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/8/stop-the-killing-boycott-Japan

Hans L. (1000)

Monday March 10, 2008, 12:54 pm
??????????????What happened here?

Ariel Sunshine Dolphin (276)

Wednesday March 12, 2008, 11:54 am
Thanx Hans, signed for sure. The poachers did shoot Captain Watson & they should have their goods seized when they come into port anyway, for poaching in a sanctuary.

Sanat O. (41)

Thursday March 13, 2008, 2:12 am
Captain - Steve Irwin wrote:
KAMIKAZE WINDS SAVAGE JAPANESE WHALING FLEET

It appears that the spirit of the Divine Wind has turned on the Japanese fleet. With only eight days left in the whaling season, the Sea Shepherd tracking device on the Yushin Maru puts the Japanese fleet right smack in the middle of a savage storm off Porpoise Bay on the coast of Antarctica.

“What we could not finish because of lack of fuel is being taken care of by mother nature. There is no way that the whalers are going to kill whales in the seas and winds that the fleet is in at the present time” said Steve Irwin 1st Officer Peter Brown.

The Yushin Maru No. 2 is at 65 degrees South and 130 Degrees East and that area is experiencing a full out raging storm.

“The winds (kaze) of the Gods (Kami) has ended any hope of the whalers getting even half their kill quota.” Said Captain Paul Watson. “I love storms. I love to ride them out and I love the humbling power of the sea, but most of all I love it when storms scatter the ambitions of poachers like this storm is doing now. The whaling season is for all intents and purposes - finished.”

The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin will be arriving in Melbourne on Saturday, March 15th. Preparations will begin immediately to organize a return to the Southern Oceans in December 2008 to once again pursue and intervene against the continuing illegal operations of the Japanese whaling fleet.

As the Steve Irwin moves northward in the relatively calm waters a few hundred miles south of Tasmania, the crew will drink a toast to the Divine Winds with appreciation for the whales the Kamikaze will save this week.

“I think it’s appropriate,” said Captain Watson. “The Kamikaze came to the rescue of the Samurai to save them from the Mongol hordes under Kublai Khan. To the whales, Sea Shepherd are modern day Samurai. Samurai means to serve and we serve the whales.
Our duty is clear and the average Japanese citizen will understand our resolve even if they disagree with our objectives.”