Sea Shepherd’s direct-action interventions have saved the lives of more than 3,600 whales and exposed illegal Japanese whaling to the world. This year, their campaign is aptly dubbed Operation Zero Tolerance because they aim to send the whalers home without them killing a single whale. Japanese whaling is a dying industry — continuing only due to government pride and massive subsidies.
Japan has sent military support to protect illegal whaling fleet attacking the Sea Shepherd fleet, blocking their boats, flooding them with water cannons and stun grenades attacking with endangering the lives of the crew of SS