The Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society has launched a campaign to obtain the immediate
release of one of its activists, a Dutchman, arrested in Japan ten days ago.
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| Erwin Vermeulen (Photo: Sea Shepherd) |
The
anti-whaling organisation urges visitors to its facebook account to make calls
and write letters to the Japanese foreign ministry and other authorites.
According
to Sea Shepherd, the Dutchman, a volunteer named Erwin Vermeulen, is still in
Shingu City Police custody. He was arrested on 16 December when attempting to
film the transfer of dolphins from the sea to holding pens at the Japanese resort
of Tajii.
An employee
claims that Erwin pushed him; there were no other witnesses to this allegation.
The organisation says a decision to release him or continue to keep him in jail
is expected on 27 December.
Every year,
Tajii is the scene of a massive dolphin hunt, with the Japanese authorities
issuing 23,000 licenses to coastal areas for dolphin slaughter. Some animals
are sold to aquariums worldwide.
Vermeulen
had travelled to Japan at his own expense to collect footage of the slaughter.
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An undated
handout photograph released by Sea Shepherd Conservation
showing Japanese
fishermen slaughtering dolphins in blood-soaked water in
Taiji, Japan. Though
Dophins were herded into the cove made famous by an
Oscar-winning documentary,
none were killed this year.
(EPA/Sea Shepherd Conservation)
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Cove
cover-up ... tarpaulins hide the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan
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Cruel ...
filming shows spike rammed into animal
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