Fed: Actress Daryl Hannah to join Sea Shepherd campaign

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2008
Fed: Actress Daryl Hannah to join Sea Shepherd campaign

Anti-whaling crusader CHRIS WATSON .. and US actress DARYL HANNAH .. will lead a new
assault on the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.

HANNAH will join Mr WATSON .. captain of the Steve Irwin and founder of the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society .. and his crew on Operation Musashi.

It's the society's fifth campaign to derail the annual Japanese whale hunt in Antarctic waters.

Pay-TV channel Animal Planet has sent a crew to film the campaign for the second season
of its Whale Wars program .. which airs in North America.

The Steve Irwin will sail from Brisbane's Rivergate Marina at 1pm (AEST) tomorrow.

Mr WATSON says the Japanese plan to slaughter 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales.

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