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Firstly, Who poses the question fails to understand that the animal rights movement is a movement for social justice, sharing all the similarities of struggle, paths and challenges that are peculiar to social movements. Consequently, who questions our active participation in other social movements is also far from understanding that, if a portion of the social movements dodges participate in the protests against the current Brazilian environmental setback and allow to understand and fight against the criminalization of the movement against the increase in bus fares, when it's time to put this plot into focus your topic, this will be dealt with strength gains allowed by default in the treatment of current issues, enfraquecidos pela ausência de algumas participações ativas.

The media and (other) repressive forces already do a good job to highlight the hype and just take the focus off of what motivates claims. It is up to us, environmental activists socioanimalista-, enaltecermos focus on the rights and recognize those who have left their comfort zone to be on the streets, whether they agree or not with the depredations, whether they participate or not this movement in your day-to-day. If the fight is for rights, she must have our support and participation, que é exatamente o que desejaríamos deles em relação às reivindicações específicas do nosso movimento.

A movement that is silent before other injustices is not a movement. A movement that does not compassion with other struggles, is a movement that does not know what it is to fight. With regard particularly to VEDDAS (Ethical Vegetarianism, Defense of Animals and Society), it is no coincidence that the acronym was coined to include this last letter.” (George Guimaraes)

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In the previous issue of the Journal of Vegetarians I reported directly to the readers of the ship Steve Irwin Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on the progress of the intervention campaign against whaling. Now back to Brazil, trago as novidades sobre o restante dos dias a bordo e a conclusão da campanha.

Sea Shepherd is an organization working for the conservation of the oceans and their mode of action is via direct intervention in the activities that offend marine life. The campaign of which I had the privilege to participate as a volunteer is to stage the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary where the Japanese whaling fleet is present up to kill 1.000 whales every year. For seven consecutive years, fleet of Sea Shepherd opposes doing this activity is also present, which ends up generating direct confrontations between the two fleets. This season, counted with whalers 5 Sea Shepherd ships and three ships and a helicopter. The Steve Irwin is the main ship of the Sea Shepherd fleet, where Captain Paul Watson leads the entire fleet and where I spent 46 dias trabalhando como voluntário em tarefas relacionadas ao convés e à Ponte de Comando.

Those who wish to know more details about this history and fleet, wants to kindly read the article "Front War by Frost Whales " in Issue # 53. When this article was written, had already located the whaling fleet three weeks ago and since then chased. The last ship to be found outside the tanker (responsible for replenishing the Japanese fleet) and the only ship that was missing was to be located the factory ship (where whales are processed after death). You can also catch up on all the experience of the campaign reading my blog Diary http://guerragelida.blogspot.com or by accessing the website of Sea Shepherd www.seashepherd.org.

After a few days escorting the tanker away from the Whale Sanctuary me through storms with winds of 90 km / h e ondas 12 meters, Steve Irwin made a maneuver that allowed the ship outwit arpoeiro already followed us a few days ago with the task of informing our coordinates to the factory ship, making it impossible mission to find you in the vastness of the ocean. To realize a leak, it was necessary to enter into a new storm, now with winds 120 km / h e ondas 15 meters, crew made life even more difficult and the risk of being aboard a mission like this, where help may be days shipping, became even more evident. The risk provou up productive, as to mislead the ship arpoeiro, foi possível continuar a busca pelo navio-fábrica.

The area for which sailed in the days that followed was filled with growlers (huge slabs of ice floating), which represents a major risk to the Steve Irwin and his crew as the ship was not designed to navigate in ice. In previous years, the hull of the ship was open to the clash against these ice sheets that have strength similar to concrete and can be larger than a house. Uma abertura no casco pode resultar em uma fatalidade para toda a tripulação.

After early, to 5 the morning of 25 January, decola the helicopter from the Steve Irwin started looking hair Navier factory, o Nishinmaru. Taking off several times during the day to sweep the area in search of the factory vessel, was late in the afternoon that the helicopter brought the news, I heard on the radio during my break: "The helicopter got visual confirmation of Nishinmaru". A wave of euphoria swept the crew, hoped soon to see the factory ship close, prepare to block its activity. This was the moment for which everyone expected. The factory ship was 35 miles away, still far to be reached. The important thing is that we knew where he was. Agora seria uma questão de tempo até alcança-lo.

The ship arpoeiro (Yushinmaru) was quick to locate the Steve Irwin, going to the monitor, which would make it more difficult for our approach. Taken in an area of ​​icebergs and growlers, the radar is capable of detecting a ship at a great distance. Therefore, the best tool still the helicopter continued to take off to make sure the position of the factory ship, Our larger target. Around 8 night, the factory ship, in a desperate act, began to sail amidst an area with ice concentration greater. The aerial photos produced aboard the helicopter showed that the Steve Irwin could not navigate the same area. The Steve Irwin sought to surround him on the other side of the ice field (that stretched for hundreds of miles). With teams helicopter and extremely worn Deck, because they are working for 19 hours without a break, o monitoramento aéreo teve que ser interrompido por volta da meia-noite pois qualquer erro na operação poderia causar uma fatalidade e as mentes já não conseguiam estar tão atentas quanto se fazia necessário.

The following day, had lost the factory ship. The Gojira was undergoing repairs in Australia and therefore can not assist in the search. The Bob Barker was a few days away, it just left chasing the tanker. To assist in the search, was launched from the Steve Irwin a weather balloon with camera and radar, but produced no fruit. With the ship arpoeiro in our rear and navigating through the ice, nossas chances de encontrar o navio-fábrica eram pequenas.

At this moment, has begun a hunting operation to remove the ship arpoeiro, which would give us some advantage to resume search. The boat was launched on Delta water supplies needed (bottles with butyric acid, smoke bombs, chords to seize the ship propeller arpoeiro) and the helicopter was flying. As there was the time my shift at the Bridge, unite me to the team's Deck to follow the action closely. Realizing our approach maneuver, arpoeiro the ship headed for an area of ​​ice closed, precluding the approaching boat Delta due to their limited ice navigation. But Steve Irwin followed breaking the ice, saw that it was stained with red paint that was torn from the hull. The noise impact against dozens of tons of ice cracking beneath your feet is impressive. The hope was that, fleeing amid the ice, the ship is arpoeiro encurralasse unable to pass. However, they went inland ice. As the capacity of arpoeiro ship speed is greater than the Steve Irwin, the chase was abandoned after an hour and returned to find the factory ship, que é o melhor que poderíamos fazer nesse momento.

The other ships of the Sea Shepherd fleet would soon come to the region and the Steve Irwin and his crew were preparing to head back to the harbor in New Zealand for refueling, because our fuel reserves and supplies are approaching the limit. Throughout the history of Sea Shepherd, this was the longest period of navigation Steve Irwin, which was a total of 46 days sailing. After the 5th week, since we had no fresh fruit or vegetable. Fruits in syrup or strawberry jam were the closest to a fruit "fresh" on board and there would still be a couple more weeks until returning to port. The bath was restricted to a bath 3 minutes each 3 days and the routine began to affect the morale of all. What was encouraged us know that although we are not achieving an efficiency of 100% in reducing hunting, it was reduced by at least 70% já que a frota baleeira estava constantemente ocupada com a frota da Sea Shepherd e suas ações.

Indeed, we headed back to the mainland and on 5 February arrived at the port. It was time to say goodbye mission aboard the Steve Irwin and others also landed, being replaced by new volunteers. We had a warm welcome from local activists, who welcomed us with fresh fruit! Unsatisfied, My first stop was in a market where the sight of shelves stuffed with fresh fruits and vegetables gave me a sense of what would be the vision of paradise!

While the Steve Irwin was replenished with fuel, supplies and new volunteers, Bob Barker and the Gojira continuing in the Antarctic region by seeking factory ship. On 9 February, the factory ship was located by Gojira, which soon was joined the Bob Barker and the intervention was initiated in their activities, blocking its loading ramp of dead whales. On 17 February, the Japanese government ordered the whaling fleet returned to Japan. The reason, as described by a Fisheries Agency official in communication with the Japanese factory ship: "There is no despistarmos vessels Sea Shepherd!”. Outras declarações oficiais do governo japonês deixam claro que o motivo da retirada da frota baleeira foi a presença da frota da Sea Shepherd e suas intervenções.

Having hunted with low efficiency during the 40 while they were in the area and being forced to return home more than a month ahead of schedule, the Japanese fleet suffered the biggest loss in its history. As Bales, on the other hand, had the greatest victory. Preliminary figures indicate that they hunted only 15% quota established (to pay the costs of the expedition, they must hunt 50% quota established). Never before they returned home to weakened and never before Sea Shepherd returned so strengthened. Captain Paul Watson has promised to return to Antarctica next year if necessary, but what we all really want is that the government of Japan to leave this archaic activity and unite

The many other nations, to inve killing, work to preserve the lives of these magnificent animals. There will come a day when we can celebrate the accession of many nations to the perception of the deserved respect for all life forms. Per hour, que essa vitória pontual sirva para inspirar-nos a continuarmos lutando pelos direitos de todos os animais.

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Makes about six years since I had my first contact with the Sea Shepherd and Captain Paul Watson (which is arguably the greatest living legend of the environmental movement in the world) quando dividimos a mesma mesa como palestrantes em uma conferência sobre direitos animais no exterior.

Since, I got to know more about the organization and its mode of action. The Sea Shepherd was born after Paul Watson was expelled from the Greenpeace, organization of which he is co-founder, for defending the use of more direct intervention by the conservation of the environment. While the first is a group of protest, Sea Shepherd is a group intervention, colocando-se fisicamente entre o agressor e a vítima.

I joined just over two years to join the campaign against whaling. Work as a volunteer in such campaigns is quite practical, can be in the kitchen zones, Cleaning, Engineering, work on deck or navigation itself. As I have no experience with marine life, my chances of being drafted were small, since the number of registered volunteers is great, especially after the campaign was turned into TV series (Whale Wars, do Animal Planet, the most successful series in the history of the canal). I was called last minute at the end of December, with the proviso that have to be on the other side of the planet within 72 hours. I canceled all programming work and the following weeks and can not say I could organize everything to be out for several weeks, but the fact is that within 36 hours I was on the way to New Zealand, de onde partiria o navio.

The whaling is banned worldwide. Making use of a loophole that resolution, Japan continues to hunt whales under the pretext of conducting scientific research. With this, Japan imposes an annual quota established that auto-rotates around 1.000 animals (this year, for the first time, the number of animals was reduced since have not been able to hunt as many animals due to the actions of the Sea Shepherd). As the same resolution that prohibits hunting allows the meat of whales killed for scientific purposes is intended for human consumption, they see themselves "forced" to sell this byproduct of his "scientific research". After killing thousands of animals over many years, producing hundreds of tons of "by-product" that sell, o programa científico japonês foi incapaz de publicar qualquer artigo científico.

All this, of course, in order to better "understand" these animals so they can be "preserved"! The Japanese program cetacean research is not just a joke, but it is also an affront to governments worked to ban commercial whaling. However, these governments do nothing to stop this criminal activity, even governments of countries near the area where the killing occurs (Australia and New Zealand). To further aggravate the situation, hunting occurs in an area defined as Whale Sanctuary, in other words, a place where animals should be left alone! Of course it would not be right to hunt whales wherever, but as there is a violation of international treaties, a Sea Shepherd é capaz de intervir de maneira direta para fazer valer esses tratados.

This is the seventh consecutive year of intervention Sea Shepherd against whaling in Antarctica and every year the number of whales killed by the Japanese fleet is reduced incrementally. In the first year the Japanese returned home with a few dozen to less than its share of self-established 1.000 whales. Last year, they returned to Japan with less than half that quota, This shows that the methods work by Sea Shepherd. This year, the goal is to reduce the number of animals killed to zero. Apparently, esse objetivo está sendo alcançado.

With 3 large vessels, 1 helicopter and 3 small boats in operation, Sea Shepherd this year is stronger than ever. I'm on board the Steve Irwin, the main ship of the fleet, over 40 volunteers composing the crew. The Bob Barker has other 40 crew and the Gojira (meaning Godzilla in Japanese), fast a vessel that has been holding the world record navigation around the planet, Full team 88 volunteers representing 22 nationalities. Small boats and the helicopter are launched from large ships. Already the Japanese fleet has 5 ships: 3 ships arpoeiros, responsible for the capture of whales using harpoons fitted with explosives (leads to a whale 30 minutes to die, drowning in the water stained with his own blood while his companions surround); a tanker, responsible for transferring fuel and; 1 factory ship, responsible for receiving the animals killed, transformando uma baleia que pode pesar várias toneladas em caixas de carne congelada em menos de uma hora.

I'm aboard the Steve Irwin the company of others 4 Brazilian: Barbara (official photographer of the campaign), Gunter (First Official veteran Steve Irwin), Luis (According to Officer) and Roberta (senior assistant at the Bridge Command). In the early days aboard, I worked on the deck in cleanup activities, maintenance, Small boat launch, and all functions dealing with metal deck, ropes and other heavy. Then I was transferred to the Command Bridge, where I am working as an assistant. In addition to information regarding the activities of the vessel, é dessa Ponte de Comando que o Capitão Paul Watson comanda a frota.

The work in all sectors of the ship great demand dedication and responsibility and life aboard a ship of a non-profit NGO manned by volunteers is full of restrictions. Added to this the extreme climate of the Antarctic region that is where the most dangerous waters on the planet and the resulting situation is not the most comfortable. However, we are not here for comfort, but the results for animals and the environment. Despite the hardships of life at sea, Our soul is recovered every day with the sight of whales and icebergs that remind us of the reason that brought us here. At the time of writing this article, Sea Shepherd is now completing the fourth week of action in the icy waters of Antarctica intervening in the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet in the most remote and dangerous planet, a duas semanas de navegação do ponto civilizatório mais próximo.

After a few days of sailing, whaling fleet was intercepted in the day 31 December 2010, before they have started hunting activity. This is the first time that the fleet is intercepted at this stage, which is great news for the whales. Since, two ships arpoeiros keep busy following the Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin to report their positions to the factory ship (so he departs), the main target of the Sea Shepherd. When we find the factory ship, the activity of vessels arpoeiros have been stopped immediately, pois eles não poderão transferir o animal morto para o navio-fábrica uma vez que estaremos bloqueando a sua rampa.

Since we were stopped two weeks ago, whalers have assaulted us with powerful cannons pressurized water is thrown against the crew at a temperature below zero degree Celsius, What is the water temperature in this region of the world. The Sea Shepherd crew retaliates by throwing smoke bombs and bottles containing butyric acid, non-toxic substance which is nauseating odor impregnated for several days on the deck. These are launched from small boats, that dribble bravely icebergs and growlers (fragments of icebergs difficult to visualize) that undermine the waters south of here 60 Graus sul latitude. Em anos anteriores já fomos atacados com projéteis de metal e o Capitão já foi baleado co u projétil de arma de fogo enqaunto estava a bordo do Steve Irwin durante um dos embates.

Two days ago the helicopter located the tanker and since then we are escorting him along with Bob Barker out of the area of ​​the Antarctic Treaty. With the fame that Sea Shepherd has won in recent years, often even need to intervene. Once the tanker spotted the Sea Shepherd ships, not slow to change their route towards the north. As there are so many rules and international treaties violates the whaling fleet in the region devoid of monitoring governments and organizations, ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker are watching it a few miles away as he runs away from the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, that is where whales are most vulnerable. While the tanker is escorted, two ships arpoeiros follow the Sea Shepherd ships and Gojira continues sweeping the Southern Ocean in search of the factory vessel. There is a ship arpoeiro free, mas ele the probability of being hunting is small, because the factory ship was fleeing from Gojira and helicopter in recent days and, while it is running, não é capaz de receber a transferência de uma baleia morta pelo navio arpoeiro.

Two years ago a ship arpoeiro tried to transfer a whale in the presence of Steve Irwin and as a result there was a collision between two ships, thousands of tons of metal clashing at sea, which put at risk the lives of the crew of both vessels. This served to show that the Japanese spare no effort even if it endangers human life and also served to show that the Sea Shepherd crew is up to it, uma vez que não recuou diante da iminência da colisão.

The fact is that hunting days are numbered, because without access to tanker, can not resupply. Furthermore, we will be there until the end of March and this time find the factory ship to end once the hunting activity (thereafter, the icy waters of the Southern Ocean begin to freeze and navigation is impossible for all). returning to Japan with the greatest economic loss in its history, the Japanese whaling fleet economically may well sink and never have to return to the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary, onde jamais deveriam ter navegado.

See the reports with photos and details directly from the front of the War accessing Frost http://guerragelida.blogspot.com

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