Whale Kills Fisherman Who Tried to Save It

A Japanese fisherman drowned on Tuesday after a whale he was trying to rescue capsized his small fishing boat, a coastguard official said.

Three fishermen tried to rescue the sperm whale, about 10-meter long, after it strayed into a bay off the southwestern island of Shikoku, about 500 miles southwest of Tokyo.

But the panicked creature turned on them and struck the vessel, the coastguard official said.

A 58-year-old fisherman drowned while two other fishermen were rescued, he added.

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By Sun Tzu on 14-03-2007

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Comments (5)

  1. Comment by schwelty

    July 18th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    That’s what you get when you keep on killing them for ’scientific purposes’!

  2. Comment by Cent changes coins

    July 26th, 2007 at 6:04 am

    Karma strikes again!!!

  3. Comment by zkippy

    August 13th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    im sick of this bullshit when will the governments of the world do somthing about this whale menace? nuke em all i say!

  4. Comment by dk

    October 6th, 2008 at 7:19 am

    3 man’s effort isnt gonna make a difference of wat the thousand whale eater has done..

    although i pity japanese who doesnt enjoy eating whale @@

  5. Comment by REALPLAYA

    June 30th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    WE HAVE OUR FIRST TERRORIST WHALES:)

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