Sea Shepherd: Battle of the Antarctic Gateway

On the fifth of February, Sea Shepherd caught Japan's illegal whaling fleet and shut down the killing. A series of sea battles erupted, with the whalers ramming the Bob Barker on the second day-but it was their OWN ship, the Yushin Maru#3, that apparently was disabled by the collision, not to be seen for the next week at least.

Sea Shepherd is still blocking the slipway to the factory ship, so no whales can be butchered. On Feb 8 the whalers turned and ran from the whaling grounds, only to re-enter on Feb 11, leading to another furious sea battle. After answering a warning over the Sea Shepherd sound system with water cannon and LRAD fire, three ships tried to destroy the Steve Irwin's helicopter on deck, but could not get past the Bob Barker. They also got perfumed with butyric acid for their efforts.

The Battle of the Gateway to the Whale Sactuary ended with Sea Shepherd still in position to block any whales from being loaded onto the Nisshin Maru Factory ship. If the killing ships can't get past the Bob Barker to shoot down the helicpter with their water cannon, what makes them think they can get past the Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin combined to load a dead whale? The Battle of the Gateway marks a full week with no whales killed.

The poachers should have gone back to Japan-that's the only way they will ever get rid of Sea Shepherd!

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Sea Shepherd
• whaling
• animal rights