Update: Captain Pete Bethune’s Trial – First Phase Complete The first phase of Captain Pete Bethune’s trial in Japan has ended and he remains both unbowed and in good spirits. Captain Bethune is being represented by a highly capable team of Japanese lawyers. Though some in the media have written that Captain Bethune pleaded guilty to four out of five counts against him, this is incorrect, as Captain Bethune continues to maintain his innocence on all counts. He contested some of the facts claimed by the Japanese prosecutor, including, most importantly, that anyone on the Japanese vessel the Shonan Maru 2 was ever injured by anything done by anyone on a Sea Shepherd vessel. A crewmember from the Shonan Maru 2 claimed to have been injured by rancid butter tossed onto the Shonan Maru 2 by Sea Shepherd volunteers, but the evidence revealed that no doctor ever actually saw the alleged injury and there was no dispute that this crewmember was fine before his vessel ever arrived back in port.

Update: Captain Pete Bethune’s Trial – First Phase Complete The first phase of Captain Pete Bethune’s trial in Japan has ended and he remains both unbowed and in good spirits.

Agenda 21 Strikes Again Reprinted from IndyMedia : Struggle stepped up as another whaling ship is sabotaged in Norway “Norway announced an increased quota of minke whales so we decided to increase our quota of sunken whalers” - AGENDA 21 Another whaling vessel was sabotaged a few days ago, on April 2nd, nearly a year since the last attempted sinking of the Skarbakk, another Norwegian whaling vessel.

Sea Shepherd Urges the Boycott of the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit In October, Japan will host the Biodiversity Summit to be held in Nagoya, Japan. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is urging non-governmental organizations to boycott this meeting if they truly are concerned about the protection of biodiversity

Sea Shepherd Welcomes Dr. Sidney Holt to the Advisory Board Dr.

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.

The Steve Irwin Docks in Fremantle Peter Garret called on to visit ship The Steve Irwin arrived in Fremantle at Victoria Quay at 3:15 PM on Thursday, November 5th.  Supporters were able to see the ship entering the harbor. Captain Alex Cornelissen said,  “Peter Garret is in town and we call on him to come to the ship, and tell us what he intends to do to end the whale slaughter this year.  What is he going to do to uphold his government’s election promises?

Ian Campbell Calls for Boycott of Japanese Bid for the 2016 Olympics Sea Shepherd Advisor Calls Japanese Dolphin Slaughter a “Travesty” Former Australian Senator and Environment Minister Ian Campbell is calling for a boycott of Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, in protest at Japan’s alleged annual slaughter of 23,000 dolphins. Ian Campbell is now an advisor to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.