Two Sea Shepherd Crewmembers Arrested In The Faroe Islands With Assistance Of Danish Navy
Source: Common Dreams
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 8:00am
Two Sea Shepherd Crewmembers Arrested In The Faroe Islands With Assistance Of Danish Navy
WASHINGTON - Two volunteer crewmembers from the Sea Shepherd ship, Sam Simon, have been arrested in the Faroe Islands.
Susan Larsen of the United States, driver of the small boat, Farley, and Tom Strerath of Germany, navigator of the same small boat, were arrested at approximately 0900 local time this morning.
The incident occurred following what is believed to have been an attempted grindadráp, just north of Klaksvík in the northeast of the island archipelago.
Shortly before the incident, the Sam Simon and the Farley were investigating a flotilla of approximately 15 local boats that was on the move, heading north past Klaksvík. The Danish Navy vessel, HDMS Triton was also in the region. Though no pilot whales could be seen in the area by Sea Shepherd, the activity is generally indicative of a pilot whale drive hunt.
Shortly after, the flotilla of boats stopped moving north, at which time the Sam Simon and the Farley also stopped moving. One of the small boats from the flotilla then approached the bow of the Sam Simon, moving southwards along the portside of the conservation ship, to its stern. The crew on board the small vessel threw a line in the propeller of the Sam Simon, intentionally disabling the Sea Shepherd ship.
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