Japan issues warrants against animal activists, news agency says
It seems that a controversial animal rights group that L.A. Unleashed told you about in late March is now in trouble with Japanese authorities.
Japanese police obtained arrest warrants against three activists from the U.S.-based animal rights group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on allegations that they attacked Japanese whaling ships last year, the Kyodo News agency said. The group had been featured on an Animal Planet show this year.
Tokyo District Court approved the arrest warrants, the news agency said. Neither the court nor the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the report.
The aim of the warrants was to place the two Americans, ages 41 and 30, and a 28-year-old Briton on an international wanted list, Kyodo said. The names of the three activists have not been released.
-- Francisco Vara-Orta
Photo: Animal Planet
These so-called activists are wildlife conservationists striving to protect whales and other wondrous marine species from being slaughtered to placate the palates of flesh-eating humans.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | August 19, 2008 at 05:51 PM
Unless they accidentally end up on another Japanese whaler, they're probably free and clear.
Posted by: Rob Ronstead | August 19, 2008 at 09:28 PM
They are NOT environmentalists/conservationists. They are simply money sucking terrorists.
They target Japanese whaling because it is the easiest way to get media attentions.
Japan is not hunting endangered species, while many western countries believe they are. This is because of the media distortion and white speriorism, egoistic ideologies.
Sea Shepherd is NOT a hero but idiot hypocrite!
Posted by: Sea Shepherd Suck | August 19, 2008 at 11:41 PM