News tagged with sea shepherd

Related topics: whales

Anti-whaling activists' drone tracks Japan fleet

Anti-whaling activists intercepted Japan's harpoon fleet far north of Antarctic waters on Sunday, they said, with the help of a military-style drone.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Whalers, activists clash again off Antarctica

(AP) -- Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Whalers, activists clash again in Antarctic waters

(AP) -- A group of conservationists threw bottles of butyric acid at Japanese whalers and blasted their ship with paint balls, while the Japanese fired water cannons in their latest Antarctic Ocean clash, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons

(AP) -- Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Saving whales a cold comfort job

The job description is forbidding: "No pay, Long hours, Hard work, Dangerous conditions, Extreme weather." So intense is the work environment, officials fear that someone may one day die on duty.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anti-whaling group says activist ban 'a strategy'

(AP) -- An anti-whaling group banned one of its members for carrying a weapon onboard ship as a strategy to help him avoid prison in Japan, and he's free to rejoin its protests, the group's leader said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Anti-whaling activists launch 'Godzilla' speedboat

Militant anti-whaling campaigners said Wednesday they had launched a new "Godzilla" speedboat to chase Japanese harpooners hunting the giant mammals in Antarctic waters.

Biology / Other

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Japan dolphin hunt town meets with activists

(AP) -- An unprecedented meeting between conservationists and leaders of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in the Oscar-winning film "The Cove" ended in bitter disagreement Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0