From The Daily Telegraph:
JAPANESE “Yakuza” gangsters have launched a campaign of intimidation to force a media blackout on the furore surrounding the country’s killing of dolphins and whales, it was claimed yesterday.
Australian surfer Dave Rastovich attracted world headlines after he and conservationists including actress Isabel Lucas travelled to the Japanese fishing village of Taiji last year to protest at its annual dolphin kill.
Rasta says:
“These are the goons from the fishing industry who are visiting surf stores intimidating people and threatening to punish them financially,” Rastovich said.
“People are feeling it. They are washing their hands of us. They don’t feel safe”.
[Link: The Daily Telegraph]
