Thursday, November 01, 2007
Massacre japonais
Article paru dans The Sydney Morning Herald
Celebrities threatened at whale slaughter
Making a splash … protesters swim out to confront fishermen who slaughter whales and dolphins in Taiji.
Making a splash … protesters swim out to confront fishermen who slaughter whales and dolphins in Taiji.
Photo: Reuters
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Andrew Darby
November 1, 2007
A GROUP of surfers, including the Australian actress Isabel Lucas, has resisted fishermen to protest against the slaughter of a herd of pilot whales at the Japanese town of Taiji.
Lucas, formerly of Home and Away, and Hayden Panettiere, a star of the American TV series Heroes, were in a group of six who paddled out past bloodstained waters in a cove at Taiji to join the surviving whales, swimming inside a nearby net.
Images of the protest show them joining a surfers' memorial circle before being approached by fishermen in a powerboat.
The protest organiser, Dave Rastovich, a professional surfer, said the fishermen harassed the surfers, using a long wooden pole to attack and intimidate them before they returned to shore.
"I couldn't believe how red the water was," Panettiere said in a media statement issued through the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. "The whales were so scared. Hopefully their deaths won't be in vain."
Some fishermen in the town kill dolphins and pilot whales in hunts that use fishing boats and metal noise-makers to herd the animals into netted coves and bays where they are held captive before being killed.
Celebrities threatened at whale slaughter
Making a splash … protesters swim out to confront fishermen who slaughter whales and dolphins in Taiji.
Making a splash … protesters swim out to confront fishermen who slaughter whales and dolphins in Taiji.
Photo: Reuters
Latest related coverage
Andrew Darby
November 1, 2007
A GROUP of surfers, including the Australian actress Isabel Lucas, has resisted fishermen to protest against the slaughter of a herd of pilot whales at the Japanese town of Taiji.
Lucas, formerly of Home and Away, and Hayden Panettiere, a star of the American TV series Heroes, were in a group of six who paddled out past bloodstained waters in a cove at Taiji to join the surviving whales, swimming inside a nearby net.
Images of the protest show them joining a surfers' memorial circle before being approached by fishermen in a powerboat.
The protest organiser, Dave Rastovich, a professional surfer, said the fishermen harassed the surfers, using a long wooden pole to attack and intimidate them before they returned to shore.
"I couldn't believe how red the water was," Panettiere said in a media statement issued through the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. "The whales were so scared. Hopefully their deaths won't be in vain."
Some fishermen in the town kill dolphins and pilot whales in hunts that use fishing boats and metal noise-makers to herd the animals into netted coves and bays where they are held captive before being killed.
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