Sea Shepherd Acknowledges the Guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Captain Watson responds here to the comments made by the Dalia Lama at the end of his 11 day tour of Japan.
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.
Seal Savers Sentenced for “Egregious Crime” of Seeing a Seal Slain George Orwell Would Understand The final verdict was delivered today in the Canadian government’s case against Sea Shepherd Captain Alex Cornelissen of the Netherlands and 1st Officer Peter Hammarstedt of Sweden. Both men were denied the right to attend their own trial in April 2009 because they had been deported and were not allowed to return to Canada to appear in their defense. Despite this, the Court in Nova Scotia proceeded with the trial, hearing only the testimony of the Crown Prosecutor.
Captain Watson Presents David Rastovich at the Waterman’s Ball Captain Paul Watson was honored to present the Environmentalist of the Year Award to freesurfer and activist David Rastovich at the 20th Annual SIMA Waterman’s Ball held at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel, CA on August 7, 2009. David Rastovich, known simply as “Rasta” in the surfing world, has been a long time supporter of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, participating in a past campaign to the Galapagos Islands to seize illegal longlines and joining forces with members of Sea Shepherd in Taiji in 2007 to bring worldwide media attention to the annual dolphin slaughter.
Q&A with Captain Watson of The Cove and Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Animal Planet’s hit television series Whale Wars also plays a prominent role in the new film The Cove .
Posted on June 23, 2009 by Whale Wars .
The International Wacky Whaling Commission Gets Underway in Madeira Report from Captain Paul Watson Captain Watson lands in Portugal and is promptly detained in Customs for four hours The trip to the 61st annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission became an adventure as soon as the TAP airliner landed at Funchal airport and Deborah Bassett and I walked from the runway into the arrival lounge.
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Whale Wars .
Sea Shepherd Victory in the Canadian Courts Canada Fails to Keep Captain Paul Watson from Going to Sea, All Transportation Charges Dropped in Canada The government of Canada has once again failed in their attempts to maroon Captain Paul Watson on the shore. Captain Watson was scheduled to appear in court on July 13th, 2009 on charges of operating a Canadian registered ship without a commercial license
