美國，04-21-2000 - 兩位環保人士在本週試圖阻止馬卡(Makah)原住民部落獵補灰鯨時受傷。此部落的獵鯨活動在數天前於華盛頓州開始。根據一項在1997年訂立的協議，美國政府允許馬卡人一年獵捕五隻灰鯨。去年這項引發爭議的行動在媒體的大幅報導之下，只有一隻灰鯨被馬卡族人獵殺。海洋防禦國際協會(Ocean Defense International)的艾琳阿伯特(Erin Abbott)昨天在一艘私人船隻上警告馬卡獨木舟上的原住民，但隨即遭到試圖將抗議者趕出狩獵保護區外的美國海岸防衛隊的壓制。她的肩膀與肋骨因而受傷。星期一時，另一位抗議者在其所搭乘船隻遭到海岸防衛隊船隻快速逼近時受到輕傷。反對獵鯨者誓言要抗爭到底。

資料來源 : Seattle Post-Intelligencer，記者Michael Barber 和Paul Shukovsky報導。
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Two environmental protestors have been injured this week while trying to interfere with the gray whale hunt that the Makah native tribe in Washington state started up a few days ago. Under a 1997 deal, the U.S. is allowing the Makahs to kill up to five gray whales a year. In a highly publicized and controversial hunt last year, the tribe killed one. Erin Abbott of Ocean Defense International yesterday buzzed the Makahs' canoe while on a personal watercraft and was subsequently rammed by a U.S. Coast Guard boat that was trying to keep protestors out of a protected hunting zone; she suffered a broken shoulder and ribs. Another protestor received minor injuries on Monday when a Coast Guard vessel came right up next to the boat in which she was riding. Opponents of the hunt vow to continue their protests.

straight to the source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Michael Barber and Paul Shukovsky, 04.21.00
http://www.seattlep-i.com/local/maka21.shtml