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Japan targets anti-whaling chief for arrest

2010-04-29T22:00:12Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard has obtained an arrest warrant for the head of radical anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd for allegedly ordering members of the group to obstruct Japan's whale hunt, domestic media said on Friday.

The mov...

Anti-whalers call end to 'most successful' season ever

2010-02-27T00:16:51Z

Militant anti-whalers declared an end to this year's pursuit of Japanese harpoon ships in Antarctic waters on Saturday, declaring it their most successful and intensely fought campaign so far.

Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fleet, estimated that they had reduced the Japanese kill count by up to half, c...

Activist ship hits Japanese whaling vessel

2010-04-16T14:48:22Z

Militant environmental activists said Friday their ship collided with a Japanese whaling vessel during a clash in Antarctic waters, and accused the hunters of unprecedented aggression.

"We've been in pretty intense confrontations with them for the past few days," Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship the...

Japan's whalers 'on the run' again, say activists

2010-04-16T15:04:03Z

Japan's whaling fleet is once more on the run in Antarctic waters after being tracked down by ship-borne environmental activists, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said Sunday.

The group's ship the "Steve Irwin" found the whalers after searching through fog and rough weather for nearly a...

Whaling activists deny disrupting Japanese sailor search

2010-04-16T15:27:01Z

Anti-whaling campaigners on Wednesday denied charges that they had harassed Japanese whalers searching for a missing crewman in Antarctic waters and said they were simply trying to help.

"We were there definitely to assist them," said Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel the

Japanese whalers get reprieve as protest ship refuels

2010-04-16T15:29:22Z

A group of Australian environmental campaigners were on Saturday forced to withdraw from their high-seas pursuit of Japanese whalers to refuel, giving the harpooners a fortnight to hunt freely.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel has been tailing the Japanese whaling fleet for the past two weeks, chasing them some 2,000 nautical miles (3,200 kilometres) through ice, rough seas...

Japanese whalers disrupted by high seas pursuit: activists

2010-04-16T13:40:45Z

Militant environmental campaigners said Monday they had prevented Japanese whalers harpooning any of the giant sea mammals for nine days by engaging them in a 1,000 nautical mile high seas pursuit.

Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel "Steve Irwin"...

Activists attack Japanese whalers with stink bombs

2010-04-16T13:41:42Z

Militant environmentalists said they had pelted stink bombs at a Japanese whaling ship in Australian waters in their latest bid to disrupt hunting of the protected creatures.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it "pursued and delivered 10 bottles of rotten butter and 15 bottles of a methyl cellulose and indelible dye mixture" to the Kaiko Maru vessel Friday evening.

A Jap...

Activists say Japanese whalers have made no kills in two days

2010-04-16T13:44:26Z

Environmental activists Monday said they had been pursuing Japanese whalers through blizzards in the Antarctic for two days during which the harpooners had been unable to kill any whales.

Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel trailing the Japanese fleet, said they had intercepted the whalers on Saturda...

Activists intercept Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters

2010-04-16T13:45:19Z

Militant environmental activists said Saturday they had intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and attempted to attack one of the boats with stink bombs.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship the Steve Irwin had found the Japanese harpoon vessel the Yushin Maru 2 in dense fog and dangerous ice conditions in ...

Hollywood's Hannah on board against Japanese whalers: report

2010-04-16T14:27:14Z

Hollywood mermaid Daryl Hannah will be on board a militant conservationist group's ship for a looming confrontation with Japan's whalers in the Antarctic, the captain said Thursday.

"Daryl is joining our group," Sea Shepherd captain Paul Wa...