Why a ‘pirate’ who’s tried to stop whalers near Antarctica is stopping.

Every year, Japanese boats with the word “RESEARCH” stenciled on the side head to the Southern Ocean to hunt for hundreds of whales. And every year since 2005, Paul Watson has used pirate-like tactics to try to stop them. The ships of Watson's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society nestle up to the back of the large Japanese factory […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/29/why-a-pirate-whos-tried-to-stop-whalers-near-antarctica-is-stopping/