Captured short-finned pilot whales are seen on the deck of a whaling ship at Taiji Port in Japan's oldest whaling village of Taiji, 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Tokyo in this June 4, 2008 file photo.
Captured short-finned pilot whales are seen on the deck of a whaling ship at Taiji Port in Japan's oldest whaling village of Taiji, 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Tokyo in this June 4, 2008 file photo. Reuters

Danish authorities were crticised by Hollywood star, Charlie Sheen, as fourteen anti-whaling activists were arrested in North Atlantic, reported The Guardian.

One of the three boats that were being used by the Sea Shepherd members in an attempt to save thirty-three pilot whales was donated by Sheen himself. The whales were being driven towards hunters present on the Faroe island against which the Sea Shepherd members were acting.

Danish officials arrested fourteen activists in total, eight on water and six on land, and their boats were seized as well. Among the arrested, there are eight French, two South Africans, one Australian, one Italian and two Spaniards. The Australian is a film maker by the name Krystal Keynes.

Ms. Keynes, from Western Australia, said that she was arrested and then was marched past the whales that were killed in the whale hunt. She told Fairfax Media that the people who were involved in the mass slaughter were walking around with their children, and they were laughing and joking.

Sheen has made accusations that the authorities were being complicit in the slaughter of the pilot whales. The 'Two And A Half Men' star, whose 40-foot Zodiac known as BS Sheen was donated to the activists, said that he was proud that a vessel with his name was there and that he did everything he could to stop the atrocity.

The Sea Shepherd leader, Paul Watson's, heroic efforts were appreciated by Charlie. Charlie continued that the boat he had donated for the cause was seized.

Talking about the corruption of the authorities, he said that it had to be dealt swiftly and harshly. He claimed that one of the activists, Spaniard Sergio Toribo, was assaulted after being pulled out from a car, suffering from a broken finger.

In Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory in Denmark, every year, a huge number of mammals are killed. The mammals are forced into a bay by small boats and then hacked to death with the help of hooks and knives.

Animal rights activists have called the killing a 'brutal and archaic mass slaughter' while the locals defend it.