For those that have been tracking the Sea Shepherds and Paul Watson for the past few years on TV and in the Press, this is reason to celebrate once again.
For the second time in two years the Japanese whaling season is over. The Shepherds have harassed their asses to leave the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, (i.e. the illegal whaling grounds) of the Antarctic well short of their goal of 900 whales killed for "scientific" research.
More after the squiggle.
There is this report:
Sea Shepherd Declares Victory: Activists' 'Sabotage' Blamed For Japan Whaling Season Falling Short
And the Sea Shepherds report:
The Whalers Head Home!
The subhead: Operation Divine Wind is over! The Japanese whalers are going home!
The Japanese whaling fleet has left the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and they are heading home. “Once Captain Peter Hammerstedt and his crew on the Bob Barker closed in on the Nisshin Maru on March 5th, the whaling season was effectively over for the season,” said Captain Paul Watson on the Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin recently returned and now berthed in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
God bless the Shepherds and Paul Watson!
You go Shepherds, go!
Peace to our sea born brethren and sisteren (wait, is that a word? Well, it should be...)