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Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales!

Written by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 07:09

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Ships are expendable, endangered whales species are not
2009-2010 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Waltzing Matilda

After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6th, 2010.

Sea Shepherd just completed the most ambitious and effective campaign to defend the great whales that we have ever undertaken and Operation Waltzing Matilda, the sixth voyage to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to oppose the illegal whaling activities of the Japanese whaling fleet, was astoundingly effective. For three straight weeks from February 5th until February 26th we prevented the entire Japanese whaling fleet from killing a single whale. The month before, we had shut the whalers down for twelve days giving us thirty-three solid whaling-free days, which is one-third of their whaling season. In addition, our actions forced the harpoon vessels Shonan Maru 2 and the Yushin Maru 3 to break off from whaling activities to serve as security vessels to oppose Sea Shepherd interventions, and this prevented these two vessels from killing whales for almost the entire season....

Source: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

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Es casi increible lo que el coraje, valentia y amor por la naturaleza puede hacer de verdad mil felicitaciones por todas las campañas sus batallas son epicas y al final los resultados seran positivos. Gracias ya que ustedes representan los ideales de muchas personas que como ustedes estamos en total desacuerdo con esas brutales practicas y que entendemos que esos son los unicos medios para lograr los objetivos.

Dario Cruz Ordierez , March 12, 2010

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Yo pienso que esto esta muy bien. pero las personas debemos ayudar mas a la defensa de ballenas, asi como diseñar mejores metodos de defensa. Basta de matar ballenas.

Edmundo , March 26, 2010