Japanese Whaling Ship Collides with Protesters (or vice versa) [View all]

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By J. Travis Smith Feb 04, 2014 01:15 PM EST

A Japanese whaling ship and an anti-whaling protest boat collided on Sunday, with both sides blaming each other for the crash. The Japanese vessel (left) and an anti-whaling protest boat collided Sunday off the coast of Antarctica. No one was injured. (Photo : The Institute of Cetacean Research)

A Japanese whaling ship and an anti-whaling protest boat collided off the coast of Antarctica on Sunday, with both sides blaming each other for the crash.

The Sea Shepherd, which tries to harass the Japanese whaling fleet into turning back to shore each year, said the whaling vessels spent hours dragging steel cables across the bows of the Sea Shepherd's ships in an attempt to damage their fleet, The Associated Press reported. Soon after, Japan's Yushin Maru No. 3 struck the Bob Barker, one of Sea Shepherd's fleet named after the former "The Price is Right" game show host. Barker, 90, is a prominent animal rights activist.

Peter Hammarstedt said that damage was done to the Bob Barker's bow and anchor, in an interview with the AP. "It was an unprovoked attack and they did so ruthlessly."

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