Slaughtered Minke Whale Found On Ship In Antarctic; Crew Attempted To Cover It With Tarpaulin
A slaughtered minke whale was found on a Japanese ship in the Antarctic in an act being perceived as a defiance of an international court ruling against the country's whaling activities, activist group Sea Shepherd said Sunday. The group found the dead whale on the Nisshin Maru vessel in the Australian whale sanctuary around the countrys Antarctic region.
The whale killers from the Nisshin Maru were caught red-handed slaughtering whales in the Australian Whale sanctuary, Captain Adam Meyerson of the Ocean Warrior, Sea Shepherds Southern Ocean patrol ship, said in a statement. The Steve Irwin [the groups helicopter] has shut down their illegal operations and caught them trying to hide the evidence.
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