Subject: makah whale hunt heats up
Date: May 15 09:53:52 1999
From: Deborah Wisti-Peterson - nyneve at u.washington.edu



hello tweeters.

the makah indians have been hunting grey whale this morning
off the coast of washington state. even though protesters,
newscrews and the coast guard weren't present when the makah
started out this morning, it didn't take long for all of them
to materialize.

according to aerial film footage shot this morning, it appears
that one of the animal rights activists' "protest boats" ran
over the top of a surfaced grey whale. it is not clear if the
whale was actually struck by the boat's prop, but this whale,
and its two pals, immediately vanished and haven't been seen
in more than an hour.

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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