Activists call it a victory after Japan's whalers cut season short
By Tomoko Hosaka | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-19 06:41
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In this photo taken on Feb 9 and released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, its activist aboard high-speed trimaran Gojira readies the slingshot toward Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru during their encounter. Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd Via Associated Press |
TOKYO - Japan abandoned the rest of its whale hunting season in Antarctic waters on Friday, citing repeated harassment by Sea Shepherd activists, after netting only a fifth of its targeted catch of 850 whales.
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