Brad

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has a new high tech weapon against whalers, the Ady Gil. The Ady Gil is the newly renamed vessel formerly known as the Earth Race that set a speed record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe in 2008. The high tech vessel is outfitted with a Kevlar skin and a matte black paint that will help to hide it from radar. The unique trimaran design of the ship makes it look futuristic and fearsome in keeping with the SSCS flag which it will fly. The SSCS flag of course is s stylized rendition of the old skull and crossbones flown by colonial era pirates. The SSCS has used tactics similar to those pirates in the past. Boarding ships, ramming them, and cutting fishing nets loose from vessels they felt were operating illegally. This time, the SSCS is aiming the Ady Gil and the vessel Steve Irwin at the Japanese whaling fleet, which holds an International Whaling Commission permit to harvest 1000 whales this year as a part of a “research” mission. The SSCS claims that the research permit is just an excuse to kill and harvest whales for the commercial market in Japan. Watch the web for future events related to this showdown. It should happen some time in December.