Whalers, activists clash again in Antarctic waters
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A group of conservationists threw bottles of butyric acid at Japanese whalers and blasted their ship with paint balls, while the Japanese fired water cannons in their latest Antarctic Ocean clash, both sides said Thursday.
No one was injured in Wednesday's confrontation, the most recent in a string of increasingly aggressive clashes between US-based activist group Sea Shepherd and the whaling fleet. Japan condemned the conservationists' actions as dangerous and violent. Sea Shepherd said they are simply doing what is necessary to protect whales. (AP)
