Attack Plan For Japan's Whale Ships

THE anti-whaling activists of Sea Shepherd have unveiled a new secret weapon as they depart for the Southern Ocean to try to put the Japanese whalers out of business - the rules. Sea Shepherd's president Paul Watson told The Age he planned to inflict just enough damage on a whaling vessel to force it to comply with safety regulations and return to port for repair. As his flagship, Farley Mowat, paused in Hobart yesterday on its way south, he confirmed that Sea Shepherd had the means to damage a whaling vessel, though he refused to publicly disclose it...