japanese whaling

Activists with the ocean conservationist group Sea Shepherd say their ship was attacked by Japanese whaling ships on the high seas in the Southern Ocean on Sunday, claiming the whalers deliberately collided with their ship amidst other attempts to damage the vessel.

The latest confrontation with Japanese whalers comes as Sea Shepherd continues its fight to protect endangered whales from what they call on an ongoing "slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans." The group often uses their ships to blockade vessels they consider to be illegally poaching whales in internationally protected waters.