Sea Shepherd pulls plug on Japan whale hunt

Activist group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday pulled the plug on its annual campaign to disrupt Japanese whaling, saying it can no longer match the country's military and economic power.The organisation has waged an often violent 12-year high-seas battle against whaling in the Southern Ocean, claiming success for saving thousands of the giant mammals and bringing the slaughter to world attention."What we discovered is that Japan is now employing military surveillance to watch Sea Shepherd ship movement