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An armed Japanese ship has entered the scene of tension between activists and whalers in the Antarctic Sea, according to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Japan’s whaling industry is highly subsidized and operating at a loss, yet internal governmental power struggles may keep it alive.
Sea Shepherd conservation group prevented the refueling of a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic on Wednesday, effectively halting the hunt for the remainder of the season.
Sea Shepherd said that it discovered a Japanese whaling refueling ship had dropped fuel into Antarctic waters.
Australia criticized Japan for sending its whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean to hunt whales, dismissing Tokyo’s longstanding claims that its vessels are hunting them for scientific purposes.
The head of conservation group Sea Shepherd skipped bail in Germany and left the country Thursday.
Three anti-whaling activists on Wednesday said they were injured in clashes with Japanese whaling boats, activist group Sea Shepherd said.
The whaling activist group Sea Shepherd said on Thursday that one of its ships was damaged severely by a rogue wave while in pursuit of a Japanese whale hunting ship.
