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...spent 60 days in a Dutch jail under accusation of ramming a Norwegian whaling vessel. In 2002, he was forced to flee Costa Rica after ramming an illegal shark fishing boat. And last month, a Japanese Coast Guard marksman allegedly shot him as he attacked an illegal whaling ship in the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary—the bullet lodged in his Kevlar vest...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Eco-Pirates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...hard not to sympathize with his frustration at mainstream protest. Japan continues to slaughter hundreds of whales every year, under the pretense of a “research program” that produces few research papers but sells plenty of whale meat to the Japanese public (there has been an international moratorium on whaling in place since 1986, but scientific research is exempt). Whaling is inherently inhumane, and these mighty creatures take an average of five to 30 minutes to slowly bleed to death, while others escape wounded to die at the ocean’s bottom...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Eco-Pirates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...novel about?BJ: It’s kind of an ensemble; there’s an elderly man who is suffering from dementia, and he thinks his dead wife is talking to him; his daughter is spending evenings walking in circles around a pool with a sick baby whale, helping to rehabilitate it; her son may or may not have pulled a huge prank on his school; there’s a violin prodigy who may or may not have lost his gift. I’m eager to find out how it ends.15.FM: So you’ve been...

Author: By Hyung W. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15Q With Bret A. Johnston | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

Favorite childhood toy: A stuffed whale from Seaworld...

Author: By and FM Staff | Title: scoped! | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

Ideal Date: Steven McDonald is my white whale...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

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