LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Hunt saboteurs join Greenpeace to fight seal cull

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

David Watton, Secretary of the Hunt Saboteurs Association, on the organisation’s plans to join Greenpeace in protest against a seal cull near the Orkney Islands. Watton insists that there are no plans to blow up the Norwegian ship carrying the hunters but admits that there are rumours circulating. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

David Watton

Keywords

Deaths; Death; Scotland; Seals (animals); Animals; Greenpeace; Ships; Peaceful protest; Animal rights movement; Hunt Saboteurs Association; Orkney Islands

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