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‘Greenpeace has been fighting Japanese whaling for more than three decades, from the waters of the Southern Ocean to the online world to the courts of Japan.’ The organization ‘first brought whaling to the world’s attention in 1975 when activists put their own lives on the line by navigating small inflatable boats in front of the harpoons.’ [...]

Animal Planet has been pinned down with the ecoterrorism tag by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research. The new Whale Wars series on the channel is believed to serve chronicle to the exploits of an anti-whaling group called Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who did not hesitate to take direct confrontational methods to stop whale killing. They [...]