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Whale watch war at Mirissa
March 12, 2016, 9:02 pm
The vessel ‘Raja and the Whales’ approaching the other boat while sandwiching a whale.
by Suresh Perera
A nasty incident where a whale watching vessel carrying a group of tourists was rammed and battered with projectiles by another boat at sea off Mirissa was reported last Thursday, but a police official in the area said he was aware of the attack, though no formal complaint has been lodged.
"I was informed by wild life officers that the confrontation happened after two persons on the boat attempted to dive, which is not permitted on whale watching tours", says Weligama OIC, Nilan Lasantha Buddhika.
The vessel, ‘Mandala II’, had on board a group of four tourists, with tour leader and photographer Patrick Dykstra and Howard Martenstyn, Director of Research at CRIOMM, when it was targeted by another boat, ‘Raja and the Whales’.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=141921
March 12, 2016, 9:02 pm
The vessel ‘Raja and the Whales’ approaching the other boat while sandwiching a whale.
by Suresh Perera
A nasty incident where a whale watching vessel carrying a group of tourists was rammed and battered with projectiles by another boat at sea off Mirissa was reported last Thursday, but a police official in the area said he was aware of the attack, though no formal complaint has been lodged.
"I was informed by wild life officers that the confrontation happened after two persons on the boat attempted to dive, which is not permitted on whale watching tours", says Weligama OIC, Nilan Lasantha Buddhika.
The vessel, ‘Mandala II’, had on board a group of four tourists, with tour leader and photographer Patrick Dykstra and Howard Martenstyn, Director of Research at CRIOMM, when it was targeted by another boat, ‘Raja and the Whales’.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=141921