Steve Irwin Rejoins Pursuit of Illegal Whalers The Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin arrived back in Fremantle on Thursday, January 28th, to make emergency helicopter repairs, refuel, re-provision, and drop off rescued crew from the Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil , which sank after being deliberately rammed and cut in two by the Japanese vessel Shonan Maru No.

Sea Shepherd Announces Mediterranean Campaign for the Bluefin Tuna The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will not be getting much rest after the Japanese whaling season is ended following Operation Waltzing Matilda . Both Sea Shepherd ships, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, will head for the Mediterranean from the Southern Ocean. The objective will be to intercept and oppose the illegal operations of Bluefin tuna poachers.

The Cove is the Critics Choice The Cove directed by Louie Psihoyos has won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles. The film about the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan features interviews with Sea Shepherd President and Founder Captain Paul Watson as well as footage of Sea Shepherd crewmembers Allison Lance and Alex Cornelissen releasing dolphins from the nets at Taiji. The Cove won out over four other nominees including Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

Ady Gil Captain Attempts to Serve Arrest Warrant to Captain of the Shonan Maru No. 2 On Friday, January 15, 2010, the crew of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s vessel Bob Barker surprised, chased, and engaged the Shonan Maru No. 2 , a security ship from the illegal Japanese whaling fleet

The Polls Demonstrate that Sea Shepherd Has the Support of the Australian People The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society would not be able to interfere without the support of the concerned citizens of Australia. We have called this year’s campaign Operation Waltzing Matilda to honor the passion that Australians have for the defense of the whales. “The ports of Fremantle, Hobart, Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane have been extremely welcoming and I am proud to see that we have the support of the Australian public,” said Captain Paul Watson.

Canada Harnesses Racism to use Anti-democracy Platform to Peddle Seal Pelts, Penises, and Meat In an effort to get around the European ban on seal products, the sealing industry and the Canadian government have partnered with the devil to promote their obscene product using racism as a marketing tool and taking advantage of an anti-democratic platform to present their sales pitch to China.

Broken Promises Lead to Broken Boats Statement from Captain Paul Watson The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is not unreasonable, nor irresponsible as claimed by the Japanese government, the New Zealand Foreign Minister, and some Australian media mouthpieces. For the last five years, we have conducted high seas physical opposition to illegal Japanese whaling operations without injuring a single person, without being charged with any crimes, without being charged with any maritime violations. We are down in these waters for two reasons

McCully Gives Green Light to Japanese Whalers to Kill Kiwi’s Kiwi Foreign Affairs Minister Should Apologize or Resign Demands on Sea Shepherd Kiwi Crew New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has basically given the Japanese the green light to escalate their violence at sea against eleven New Zealand crewmembers onboard Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s marine conservation ships Bob Barker and Steve Irwin. A New Zealand vessel with four New Zealand crew and one New Zealand cameraman was deliberately rammed by a Japanese whaling vessel.

The Busy Little Japanese Kiwi Office of Absurd Propaganda After suffering the total loss of our ship the Ady Gil , Glen Inwood, the public relations mouthpiece for the Japanese whaling industry, issued a very bizarre media release. Inwood accuses Sea Shepherd of lying about the Ady Gil sinking.

Rammed Vessel Ady Gil Sinks Sea Shepherd Resumes Pursuit of Illegal Whalers On January 8, 2010 at 17:20 (GMT) the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Bob Barker reported the last known position of another Sea Shepherd vessel, the Ady Gil , to the Australian Rescue Coordination Center (ARCC).  This report was made because the Ady Gil —which was originally going to be towed to a nearby base—is now sinking and could pose a navigation hazard for the next two to three hours. Having barely survived a vicious attack by the illegal Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on January 6, 2010, the Ady Gil began taking on water.  Since that time, Bob Barker crew members have been working around the clock in an attempt to save the ship and remove possible environmental hazards in case the vessel had further complications while being towed.