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Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

Action draws condemnation from Japan, Australia

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(Newser) – In the latest clash between Japanese whalers and activists in Antarctic waters, members of a militant anti-whaling group threw bottles of a slick, foul-smelling rancid butter concoction onto the whaling fleet's flagship. Japanese officials said three sailors were injured when butyric acid, found in spoiled butter, splashed into their eyes, Reuters reports. "It's an unforgivable act and we protest strongly," said a Japanese government spokesman.

Tokyo complained to the anti-whaling Australian government about the attack by the Sea Shepherd ship, and Australia rebuked the activists. A Sea Shepherd spokesman called the action "non-violent chemical warfare," and said members hurled "organic, non-toxic materials," telling CNN they'd lobbed more than "two dozen bottles of rotten butter" at "the whale killing ship."

In this photo released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, activists aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd hurl some objects at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Institute of Cetacean Research, HO)
In this photo released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, activists aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd hurl some objects at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, Japan Coast Guard official stands guard on a Japanese whaling ship as activists aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd approaches in Antarctic waters Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Institute of Cetacean Research, HO)
In this photo released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, Japan Coast Guard official stands guard on a Japanese whaling ship as activists aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd approaches in Antarctic...   (Associated Press)
Greenpeace activists hold up a mock Japanese yen banknote with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's portrait, reading,
Greenpeace activists hold up a mock Japanese yen banknote with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's portrait, reading, "Please join the IWC," as a bus with delegates arrive at a venue for a seminar for sustainable...   (Associated Press)
Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera presides over a seminar on sustainable use of whales in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2008. As Japan pushes for an end to the IWC ban on commercial whaling that began in 1986, it invited African and Asian countries that either joined the commission...
Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera presides over a seminar on sustainable use of whales in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2008. As Japan pushes for an end to the IWC ban on commercial whaling...   (Associated Press)
In this photo taken from video released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, an activist, center, aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd prepares to throw some objects at a Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in Antarctic waters Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Institute of Cetacean Research, HO)
In this photo taken from video released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, an activist, center, aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd prepares to throw some objects at a Japanese whaling ship Nisshin...   (Associated Press)
In this photo taken from video released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, activists, left side, aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd prepare to throw some objects at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Institute of Cetacean Research, HO)
In this photo taken from video released by The Institute of Cetacean Research, activists, left side, aboard a boat operated by Sea Shepherd prepare to throw some objects at a Japanese whaling ship in...   (Associated Press)
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