Anti-whaling campaigners Sea Shepherd attacked a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean by firing paint bombs at it and trying to jam its propeller with ropes, Japan's whaling body says.
Activists from the group's main ship, the Steve Irwin, on Wednesday approached the Yushin Maru No.3 on dinghies, before also fired paint pellets, stink bombs and smoke flares, the Institute of Cetacean Research said.
The whalers responded with a water cannon, the institute said, describing what is becoming increasingly routine exchanges between whalers and activists on the high seas. (MSN)
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