A second encounter with the Nisshin Maru takes a turn for the worse as one Sea Sheperd appears to have been shot! [Season 1]
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A second encounter with the Nisshin Maru takes a turn for the worse as one Sea Sheperd appears to have been shot! [Season 1]
Added: Jun 4, 2009
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