Qld: Greens demand to know why Sea Shepherd was raided

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2009
Qld: Greens demand to know why Sea Shepherd was raided

By David Barbeler

BRISBANE, Feb 21 AAP - Australian Greens leader Bob Brown is demanding the federal
government explains why the Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided the Sea Shepherd's
anti-whaling ship Steve Irwin in Hobart.

After violent clashes with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, the Steve Irwin
was met by the AFP when it docked in Hobart on Friday afternoon (AEDT) and officers confiscated
the ship's log book and video footage.

The footage taken by wildlife documentary group Animal Planet depicted some of the
most …