After a fairly contentious press conference with locals today, a semi-full moon glows orange in the sky. Not surprisingly, this full moon coincided with a frenzy of activity. We have received a formal letter from a local body here who strongly oppose our presence. They have given us a formal letter with a deadline of 6pm tomorrow to remove ourselves, or they will do it for us. While receiving a deadline is not a first, the letter is, and something about this event was disarming enough to make us re-evaluate our approach with more intensity than ever before - which we have done thoroughly.

What happens in the next couple of days will likely have a tremendous
impact on both Greenpeace and KFEM’s work here, present and future – most importantly the latter. It is a delicate situation we have found
ourselves in; in the end it is what is best for the whales that we are
actually working to protect, that is most important.

Kelly