Fwd: The Nisshin Maru is BURNING - YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Feb 15, 2007 6:13 PM

The Nisshin Maru is BURNING - YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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*Japanese Whalers Shut Down By Their Own Folly*

 

The *Nisshin Maru* is not a very safe ship. Around ten years ago, while

enroute to the coast of Antarctica, the vessel suffered a major fire that

forced the whale slaughter ship into a South Pacific island port for

repairs.

 

Now it has happened again.

 

The *Nisshin Maru*, the death star of whale kind, the floating

slaughterhouse and ruthless killing machine, is now burning out of control

in the Ross Sea.

 

One hundred and twenty-seven crewmembers have been evacuated to the other

ships in the whaling fleet. Twenty crew remain onboard to fight the fire.

Ships in the region have been notified to head towards the stricken vessel.

 

 

*The Nisshin Maru at work*

 

The Sea Shepherd ships *Farley Mowat* and *Robert Hunter* are 1100 miles to

the northwest on course for Melbourne, Australia. The *Robert Hunter* is

required to be in Melbourne by February 19th, the day the British have

ordered the removal of the ship's registration at the request of the

Japanese government. The *Farley Mowat* has only enough fuel left to reach

Melbourne.

 

The Greenpeace ship *Esperanza* is 700 miles from the position of the *Nisshin

Maru*.

 

The Japanese fleet changed their plans and instead of continuing westward,

they doubled back to the Ross Sea. The fire began onboard the ship near the

Possession Islands.

 

Sea Shepherd presumes that the Japanese fleet headed southward to shake off

Sea Shepherd's pursuit. By heading south they knew it would extend the range

between the Sea Shepherd ships and the nearest port, and they knew we would

be having concerns about limited fuel

 

The crews of the Sea Shepherd ships *Farley Mowat* and *Robert Hunter* hope

that all of the Japanese crew are safely evacuated.

 

The crews of the Sea Shepherd ships are relieved to know, however, that the

killing of whales will most likely be halted for this year and if the damage

is significant it may affect the whaling industries plans to return to the

Southern Oceans at the end of the year to target endangered humpback, fin,

and piked whales.

 

" Of course we are concerned for the welfare of the crew on the *Nisshin

Maru, " * said Sea Shepherd Founder and President Captain Paul Watson.

" However we are down here because of our concern for the welfare and fate of

defenseless whales. These highly intelligent, socially-complex sentient

beings are now safe for the rest of this season from the merciless harpoons

of the Japanese outlaw whalers and that is a good thing – a very good thing

– and we are pleased for that. "

 

 

 

--

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our

distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were

able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

~William Ralph Inge