Singer Bryan Adams reveals he paddled between a whale and the ship illegally hunting it to act as a human shield while holidaying on Mustique
- Rocker Bryan Adams used his body as human shield to stop a whale being killed
- Canadian musician was off the island of Mustique when he intervened in hunt
- Creature was swimming in a 1,000-metre conservation zone around the private Caribbean island
After decades selling out stadiums, he has turned his hand to saving the planet.
And now Bryan Adams has used his body as a human shield to prevent a whale being killed off the island of Mustique.
The Canadian rock star, 59, intervened last week when he saw local hunters going after the creature, which was swimming within a 1,000-metre sea conservation zone around the private Caribbean island.
'I was witness to a whale boat and speed boats corralling a whale; several boats going around and hurting it,' he told local newspaper Searchlight.
Canadian rock star Bryan Adams used his body as a human shield to stop a whale being killed off the island of Mustique last week
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'I saw it... and I got out on my paddle board, and I was in between the whale and the whaler. I was there on a peaceful mission, it was big sea, the moment may have been lost. But the whale was beside me for a moment and it was gone.'
The singer has a home on Mustique, as do other celebrities such as Sir Mick Jagger and Tommy Hilfiger. It was a favourite of Princess Margaret.
Adams has got involved in the area's conservation work, becoming chairman of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Environment Fund.
