Australian Federal Police Return Sea Shepherd’s Logbooks No Charges and All Crew are Free to Go Where They Wish On March 11, the Australian Federal police returned the logbooks for the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker . No arrests have been made following the raid on the two ships based on a request by the Japanese government. Sea Shepherd expects no arrests.

Urgent Reforms Needed of Environmental Criminal Law for Galapagos Last week, during an inspection by the environmental police K9 unit, a foreign tourist was caught trying to smuggle a lava lizard (Microlophus albermaflensis) past the airport checkpoint and out of Ecuador. Lava lizards are endemic to Galapagos and are a protected species in Ecuador

The Sea Shepherd Dilemma Down Under By Captain Paul Watson Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett’s Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling

Third Phase of the K9 Project in the Galapagos Completed The construction of the dog kennel on Isabela Island has been completed and the guides and dogs have been transported to the island. The dogs will commence their inspection on Isabela, which has the highest level of poaching in the Galapagos, in an effort to reduce crime there.

First Wave of Opposition Hits Taiji Shores In the wake of the controversial and highly acclaimed movie “The Cove,” the first wave of opposition has arrived in Taiji, Japan on the opening day of the dolphin slaughter season. Ric O’Barry, the star of “The Cove,” successfully made it into Japan and to Taiji along with other Save Japan Dolphins staff and news crews from the U.S., Germany, and the U.K., and for the first time ever – three Japanese television crews

Journalists Attacked and Arrested in Namibia for Filming Seal Slaughter On July 16th at 7 AM on the coast of Namibia, award winning journalists Bart Smithers (South Africa) and Jim Wickens (United Kingdom) were physically assaulted and arrested for filming the Namibian seal cull. They are currently being held at Henties Bay Police Station