Two Sea Shepherd whale hunt protesters arrested in Faroe islands

Greenpeace co-founder and Sea Shepherd president, Paul Watson, condems pilot whale hunt as two of his volunteers face up to two years in jail if found guilty of obstructing the cull

Two international volunteers with the Sea Shepherd conservation society face prison if found guilty on Thursday of interfering with a hunt for pilot whales in the Faroe islands.

Susan Larsen of San Francisco and Tom Strearth of Bremen, Germany, were arrested by the Danish navy earlier this week after following a flotilla of small Faroese boats thought to be heading for a "grindadrip" - a traditional Faroese hunt where dozens of migrating pilot whales are herded into a bay where they are then slaughtered by hand.