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Hi,Just a quick thought if the w.hunters are out of range maybe there is another factory ship out there with them and this one acting as a decoy??

Lally,

i think she is still on board and is part of the crew. Please can you send kisses from Hugo of Lisbon to Maite!??
Also for you ok.

A peaceful and green 2006!

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Hi Hugo
I have passed on you message to the angel that is Maite! She was really happy to hear from you and said she will be in touch really soon. I just wanted to let you know so you can keep an eye open for her email. Sometimes messages I send from the ship end up in the recipients inbox as trash as our email address is a bit weird.
xx

Hey there you brave pirates! Your weblogs and the entries at Seashepherd's site are very amusing, a bit contradictory given the cause, but keep it up! These piracy accusations of the Japanese Directorate from the 'Institute for Cetacean Murder' (another alternative name I propose) are so ridiculous, but it is both funny and clever to see how PW picks up on it! And for you: Pirate hats for X-mas, Pirates of the Caribbean??? And that even before this wretched letter was sent? Huh??? Anyway, I think they are doing themselves more harm than good... Just keep them coming, those lies and false accusations and soon no-one will buy your stories any longer, Mr. Hatanaka.

We are working hard around the world to make as many people as possible aware of your efforts and the ocean defenders program. Some ideas for fellow weblog-followers: Send 'Happy 2006' e-wishes accompanied with a wish for a whale-friendly future (and a nice whale pic!) - and add the 'sign up as ocean defender' and the weblog link in the message. Also send out the word at work, at school, at university. Write to your newspaper and ask why they are not paying any attention to these offensive, illegal hunt (out of my experience many newspapers sadly ignore what's going on... rather focus on minor inland political rubble and the like). Inform, publish, talk, defend, question, rebel - it is YOU, ME, US, the numerous individuals who need to take a stand to not accept any violations against life any longer...

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Andrew replies

Thanks for all the suggestions about how people can get active. That is the key. As for the whalers accusations, if you haven't seen the recent open letter from Greenpeace Japan, it is worth a read. Junichi Sato (Greenpeace Japan campaigns director) does an excellent job of laying out the facts.

-- Andrew (onboard the Esperanza)

I am curious as to why you have two ships sitting on the factory ship. Why not have at least one of them off tracking the whalers. Surely the best approach is to prevent the whales being killed in the first place? And with the Sea Shephard boat there now, you can coordinate your actions to track two whaling ships plus the factory ship.

Thought for the day:
"I speak for the whales, for the whales cannot speak for themselves" - adapted from The Lorax :-)

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Andrew replies

The factory ship is actually faster than the Arctic Sunrise, and in the past they were able to run away from us (although it would take them quite a while to lose us completely). What makes this trip interesting, is that this is the first time we have been able to keep up with the factory ship. The hunter ships (the ones with the harpoon mounted on the front) are quite a bit faster than either of our ships, though. They need to be to hunt effectively.
These hunter ships have been out of sight for days - over the horizon somewhere - and that does worry us. However, there have been no whales delivered to the factory ship for processing, so we think it's safe to assume no whaling for almost a week now.

-- Andrew (onboard the Esperanza)

Hi Lally, your aunt Deirdre here - just to let you know there is an article about your great work in the Daily Mirror newspaper complete with photo of Mikey hanging from a cable over a whale - it mentions him by name - just thought i'd let you know that your efforts are being reported - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK -I'll be keeping and eye on your good work on your web-site.

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LALLY REPLIES

Hi there Deirdre!
Thank you so much for the news. I´ve just found out that the story was in the UK version but had no idea it had made it to Ireland. Before we left home we talked to a few people about what we were going to be doing down here and most thought that whaling was a thing of the past so it´s a great thing that the horrors and realities of whaling that we are witnessing and trying to stop are reaching a global audience.
Thanks again for your post and say hi to everyone from Mikey and I
Love
Lally (on the Arctic Sunrise)

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