First Casualty of the Whale Wars?

They say, that the first casualty of war is the truth, and from the accounts given by both sides in the now infamous Whale Wars — amoung the Sea Shepherds and the Japanese whaling crew — that is plainly evident. Unfortunately, there’s been a actual human casualty in that year’s expedition as well. The crew of the Kyoshin Maru #2 is accusing the Sea Shepherds of disrupting search efforts as the Japanese attempted to locate a crew member washed overboard.
According to the whalers’ story: engine room oiler Hajime Shirasaki was reported lost early Monday. During rescue efforts, whalers claim that the Sea Shepherds vessel took advantage of distress signals to approach the ship with their lights off — with the goal of ostensibly disrupting whatever the whalers were up to. It just so happened that they were trying to rescue a crew member, who is now

believed to have drowned.

As the Sea Shepherds tell it, they approach the vessel with their lights on, offering to assist the whalers with their search. According to Captain Paul Watson, the Japanese replied “that they did not want any assistance from an eco-terrorist organization.”

What really went on — aside from the tragic death of a sailor? Just like with the magic bullet in last year’s expedition, I guess we’ll probably never know. Although I thought that there might be a TV crew filming the whole thing for Animal Planet. With the news about all of the pirates, and now that. It seems that the high seas are the new wild west.

First Casualty of the Whale Wars? originally presented on Green Daily on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST

[Source] Josh Loposer

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