Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Leviathan is underway to stop the Japanese whaling fleets' illegal slaughter of over a thousand whales. With its newly acquired ship named the M/Y Robert Hunter Sea Shepherd is on its way down to the Antarctic.The organization's flagship M/Y Farley Mowat is expected to arrive in the whaling area during the second week in January where the flagship will rendezvous with the organization's faster ship Robert Hunter. The two ships with over 60 international volunteer crewmembers, a helicopter, and numerous smaller vessels will confront the Japanese whalers on the high seas. The volunteers represent thirteen nations with crewmembers from Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Great Britain, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States...