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What have they got to hide? Perhaps one day they will be ashamed of their actions!

Wow, you are amazing. risking everything, I admire you guys. Perhaps through all this, someone will realise that whaling does need to stop.

"they didn't want a Greenpeace ship anywhere near the IWC meeting. Especially not one whose crew has protected whales from Japanese government sponsored harpoons."

"Its cargo - 863 cardboard whale tails - one whale tail for every whale the Japanese "research" program killed in the Southern Ocean last season."

You don't feel there is a contradiction in what you're saying, Andrew?
You have "protected" whales, yet 853 Minke whales and 10 Fin whales have been caught by the Japanese research whaling fleet.
You should say you failed in your stated objective that was to protect whales...but succeeded in your fundraising campaign (the real objective).

Keep it up guys and gals. It'll have made it to the papers worldwide and, therefore, in peoples minds. Poor whales :-(

BUT WELL DONE XX

The authorities in St. Kitts are pretty intolerant, not at all like the people of Korea last year who allowed a whale tent and other demonstrations. This seems like a pretty repressive government, or maybe just sore losers.
Brave, daring activists - hope everyone is okay, treated well, and won't have to spend time in jail in this very inhospitable country.
Won't be taking a vacation there any time soon!

Isanatori -

Actually, we achieved several things on our last expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary:

1. Using peaceful tactics we saved individual whales. This is an unarguable fact. Time after time we saw whales escape that would have been killed, and the whalers did not reach their maximum quota of 945 whales.
2. We always said the real power to end whaling lies with regular people around the world who are ready to oppose it. As part of a second objective, we highlighted the corporate ties between one of the world's largest seafood companies in the world (with many local subsidiaries and partnerships) and the whaling.

Ocean Defenders, cyberactivists and regular consumers around the world took it from there. Now Nissui is out of the whaling business. A major victory for the whales.

3. We documented the brutality of the whale hunt. Our video evidence of the inherent cruelty of whaling put to lie the whalers' claims their hunt is humane.

In reply to your (rather snarky and unsubstantiated) final comment... To maintain our independence Greenpeace does not accept money from companies, governments or political parties. In short, we don't do it for the money, but we can't do it without the money.

And to be realistic, a big expensive ship expedition is not the most cost effective fundraising technique.

-- Andrew

Published on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Japanese Whaling A Barbaric Spectacle
by Bonnie Erbe
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0620-27.htm

You might enjoy the photos of saving a whale in india we've just posted at: http://schmoontherun.blogspot.com/2006/06/saving-whale-pictures-how-60-saved.html

Who are you insanatori?

Hi. I'm trying to know if these people are still arrested. There are no news about it. The Veronica Rameck's family is very preoccupied with this.Thanks

Hi Jorge, thanks for your concern. The activists are all freed. You can read Mike's account on this blog! - Adele

You are doing a great job
We need to save those whales !

I'm so sad that this is happening.. U are doing a great job and I will support u in any way I can! And the nature-lovers in Sweden also! This cannot be a future way of living, kill animals and destroy nature, why cannot Japan and the rest understand that?

hey well done we need top keep on saving the whales that are being whaled behind our backs though i still stongly agree that you guys did an excellent job well done i applaud you