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Mr Rattenbury said Greenpeace was achieving results.
"It's certainly our intention to protect as many whales as possible, and we are working on the theory that so long as it takes them even longer to kill a whale, they are not killing another one," he said.
"It has been our focus and our strategy to slow them down as much as we can"
"What is more important? Preventing the death of some number of whales, or ensuring that those that are killed are killed as humanely as possible?"I personally suspect that Greenpeace is going to suffer quite a backlash from Animal Rights advocates for their efforts, as their only success currently appears to be a gory propaganda campaign.
"It [the harpoon] struck the whale and fortunately it died immediately."But then he goes on to reveal why he believes it was fortunate:
"We have seen some kills that go on for a long time, with the whale thrashing about, in which case the whole boat would have capsized."Just when you thought they might spare a thought for the whales, it turns out they're just worried about their own self-preservation.
"Shane Rattenbury from Greenpeace says the activists follow the practice of moving aside once a whale had been hit to allow the harpoonist to finish the kill."Yet again Rattenbury displays his irresponsible attitude. The goal is for the whale to die instantaneously, not anything less. The harpoonist's job should ideally be done as soon as the harpoon has been released, not after Greenpeace protestors have been good enough to get out of the way. The harpoonists aren't there to oblige Greenpeace protestors with nice camera shots of them between the harpoons and the whales, they are there to kill the whales cleanly and swiftly.
Labels: Greenpeace, Shane Rattenbury, Whaling
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