Peta member protesting the seal hunt gets pied in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Sea Sheppherd’s lose $1.5 million vessel
On January 6, 2010 the newest vessel in the Sea Shepperdâ??s anti-whaling fleet was involved in a collision with a Japanese vessel and lost to sea. The Sea Shepperdâ??s â??Ady Gilâ?? entered the path of the Japanese â??ShÅnan Maru 2â?², which was engaged in security and support for the whaling fleet, and was unavoidably struck on her port side near her bow. Both groups took footage of the incident and claims that the other is responsible, arguing that the opposing skipper took unnecessary, dangerous maneuvers. Fortunately no-one was killed as a result of the accident, however one of the Ady Gillâ??s crew members sustained a rib injury. Despite the lack of legal action taken place since, analysis done by Captain Jim Varney, an experienced maritime accident investigator and Captain Tim Wilson from the New Zealand Maritime School agreed that the Ady Gil was accelerating when it was hit by the Japanese ship and moved into the Japanese boatâ??s path. Check out a video of the analysis here .
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