{"id":155718,"date":"2010-01-08T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bob-barkers-boat-saves-conservationists-rammed-by-japanese-whalers-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-08T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T22:20:00","slug":"bob-barkers-boat-saves-conservationists-rammed-by-japanese-whalers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/155718","title":{"rendered":"Bob Barker&#8217;s Boat Saves Conservationists Rammed By Japanese Whalers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4b47ad5a0000000000fb81c7\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AP Bob Barker\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/video-japanese-whaling-ship-slices-anti-whaling-boat-in-two-2010-1\">video<\/a> of a Japanese whaling ship ramming into anti-whaling protester boat the <em>Ady Gil <\/em>and slicing it in two.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the craft that rescued the six activists on board the <em>Ady Gil<\/em> was the <em>Bob Barker<\/em>, a fellow anti-whaling vessel purchased with a $5 million donation from the former host of <em>The Price Is Right<\/em>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-whale-boat7-2010jan07,0,4710554.story\"><em>LA Times<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barker, &#8220;one of the entertainment industry&#8217;s top animal-cause philanthropists,&#8221; got involved in the anti-whaling cause after the head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation society, Paul Watson, told him $5 million could pay for a boat that would help &#8220;put Japanese whalers out of business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barker made the commitment for his namesake ship on the spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bob-barkers-boat-saves-conservationists-rammed-by-japanese-whalers-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/video-japanese-whaling-ship-slices-anti-whaling-boat-in-two-2010-1\">Amazing Footage Of Japanese Whaling Ship Slicing Anti-Whaling Protester Boat In Two<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ew3KME9tb_NdPOTG0niu45ZdCBI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ew3KME9tb_NdPOTG0niu45ZdCBI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ew3KME9tb_NdPOTG0niu45ZdCBI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ew3KME9tb_NdPOTG0niu45ZdCBI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=7RwexYTo-Lg:B23a2HTtwTc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/7RwexYTo-Lg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we posted a video of a Japanese whaling ship ramming into anti-whaling protester boat the Ady Gil and slicing it in two. 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