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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

flvegan

(64,594 posts) Sat Dec 24, 2011, 05:12 PM Dec 2011

Whaling fleet has been found already!

Sea Shepherd Intercepts the Japanese Whaling Fleet with Drones

The Sea Shepherd crew has intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet on Christmas Day, a thousand miles north of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2011/12/24/sea-shepherd-intercepts-the-japanese-whaling-fleet-with-drones-1299

Drones! Drones, I tell you!

Thanks, LD for telling me on Facebook. (hugs)

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Whaling fleet has been found already! (Original Post) flvegan Dec 2011 OP

Wow! onestepforward Dec 2011 #1

Cool! Suich Dec 2011 #2

I saw a documentary on the leader of Greenpeace who then started the Sea Shepherd organization. applegrove Dec 2011 #3

Wonderful news! Doremus Dec 2011 #4

onestepforward

(3,691 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to flvegan (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 05:24 PM

Dec 2011

Last edited Sat Dec 24, 2011, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Edited to add these pics:

The Nisshin Maru as seen from the drone on December 24th, 2011

Suich

(10,642 posts)

2. Cool!

Reply to flvegan (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 07:59 PM

Dec 2011

This might help level the playing field a bit!!!

applegrove

(123,133 posts)

3. I saw a documentary on the leader of Greenpeace who then started the Sea Shepherd organization.

Reply to flvegan (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 09:37 PM

Dec 2011

He talked about taking a small zodiak boat out to stop the harpooning of a blue whale. She was hit and an angry male blue whale then tried to attack the ship that shot the harpoon but left the tiny Greenpeace zodiak alone. Whales are such intelligent creatures.

Doremus

(7,265 posts)

4. Wonderful news!

Reply to flvegan (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 08:56 PM

Dec 2011

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