AFP SEARCH SECOND SEA SHEPHERD BOAT

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE (AFP) SEARCH
SECOND ANTI-WHALING SHIP DOCKED IN HOBART

SYDNEY, Australia - (AP) Australian police searched two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean, at the request of Japanese authorities on Saturday, seizing log books and videos, after activists called a halt to their turbulent harassment campaign. Federal police with search warrants boarded the “Steve Irwin” and the “Bob Barker”, environmental ships belonging to the activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, due to a formal referral from Japanese authorities. The search took place in Hobart, Tasmania - an Australian island lying off the southeast corner of the mainland - where the ships docked Saturday after returning from their pursuit of Japanese whalers in their annual, three-month hunt for the sea mammals. The hunt is conducted in the name of research although some of the whale meat is then sold in Japan.

Jeff Hansen, Australian director of Sea Shepherd, said police had confiscated log books, video footage, charts and laptops, as well as interviewing some of the crew. He said police would not reveal the reason for their search, and the group had no idea what the Japanese complaints could be. "We'd love to see something get into the courts because the reality is ... (the Japanese) have been the aggressors this year. We'd love to get it in the courts and get their illegal activity into the courts as well," Hansen said. Bob Brown, leader of Australia's Green party, condemned the move as "outrageous" and said at least five police had boarded the ship. "This is outrageous that Australian police are at the disposal of the Japanese whale killers," he said.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

The sense of ownership is extremely dangerous since it confuses us in our relationship with God. ... Krishna says: “Renounce the fruits of action, this is also a sense of ownership.” You think, “I am the only one who have right to enjoy this because I did my best to get it.” No, you are Das or Dasi, a servant. When we think, “I am the owner and because it is mine, I have the right to enjoy it.” But that way you will never own anything and never enjoy. But Krishna says: “When you understand that I am the owner of all, everything belongs to Me and I am the enjoyer, then even you'll be My owner and enjoyer.”

Śrīla Atulananda Ācārya :
“Sense of Ownership”
“Words of Gurudeva”
http://www.atulanandadas.cl/