Who even knew Australia had a navy?Turns out they do and today they sent the good ship Oceanic Viking to the rescue of two protesters from Sea Shepherd who are being "held hostage" on board a Japanese whale ship.
CNN--Australia has sent a customs ship to retrieve two activists who were seized by a Japanese whaling vessel, the country's foreign minister said. The transfer, if successful, would end a tense two-day standoff in Antarctic waters.The Australian ship, the Oceanic Viking, was within sighting distance of the Japanese whaler Thursday.
So that just leaves us with one question: What Now?
Japans whaling fleet is on target to harvest 1000 whales this year, thus far they have only taken an estimated 300. Regardless of this "hostage drama" side event which has all the earmarks of a classic "don't taze me bro" moment, the question remains, how to stop another 700 whales from being slaughtered this year?
As always we'll keep you updated.
1 comment:
Why did these people WANT to board the ship??? Because they wanted to deliver a letter and no one was answering via wireless communication! Maybe they didn`t want the letter?? Ya Think??!! Try to board my ship without permission and I`ll shoot first and ask questions later!! P.S. I am against whaling but not totally insane!!!!!!!!!!!!
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