Whalers leave the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary escorted by Sea Shepherd
Submitted by takver on Sat, 02/03/2013 - 11:09pmSea Shepherd ships the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker today escorted the Japanese whaling factory ship the Nisshin Maru and the Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Shonan Maru No. 2 past 60 degrees south and out of the southern ocean whale sanctuary around Antarctica.
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