Sea Shepherd activists being arrested for obstructing a whale hunt in the Faroe Islands. Photo: Sea Shepherd. <\/p>\n
An Australian filmmaker arrested in a Faroe Islands protest has described as horrendous apilot whale hunt she was trying to prevent. <\/p>\n
Krystal Keynes, 28, was driving a Sea Shepherd speedboat, donated to the campaign by US actor Charlie Sheen, when she was chased down by the Danish navy. <\/p>\n
Ms Keynes, from Exmouth in Western Australia, said she was brought ashore under arrest and marched past whales killed in the local community's \"grind\", or whale hunt. <\/p>\n
\"We were led past a pile of dead whales, and the people who did it were walking around with their children, laughing and joking,\" Ms Keynes told Fairfax Media. <\/p>\n
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\"It was one of the most horrendous things I've ever seen in my whole life. It's as ifthe Faroese live in a bubble where this is all right.\" <\/p>\n
The WA woman was among activists attempting to end the controversial tradition in the North Atlantic islands. <\/p>\n
The hunt involves men in small boats herding passing pilot whales onshore at outlying islands of the Danish dependency. The whale meat is eaten. <\/p>\n
The activists claim to have driven three pods of pilot whales away from the islands successfully until last Saturday when a large pod was surrounded. <\/p>\n
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