Australia & Japan: Video heats up whaling quarrel

Anti-whaling activists released new video backing up their claims a Japanese whaling vessel rammed their protest boat Wednesday. Japan says the protest boat's life-threatening behavior caused the collision.

The hardline Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No.2 deliberately rammed into the protest ship Ady Gil after the powerboat stopped moving.

All six crew members were rescued, but the collision left one activist with broken ribs. The boat was also cut in half.

The video quickly sparked Australian sentiment against Japanese Whaling.

A protest ship has been holed in a collision with Japanese whalers on the high seas, Australian Associated Press reports Wednesday.