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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Japan Blames Protestors for Reduced Whale Hunt


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Australian Sea Shepherd crew member Ralph Lowe (left) and former Dutch police officer Laurens de Groot (right) toss projectiles at the Japanese vessel Nisshin Maru in Antarctic waters on March 3, 2008.

Japanese officials are blaming violent clashes with anti-whaling protestors for forcing its whaling fleet to head home with only 55 percent of this season's hunting target.

Photograph courtesy Sea Shepherd Conservation Society