Sea Shepherd Visits Monaco The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin arrived in Port Hercule in Monaco on July 20th for a three day visit before proceeding on to Barcelona, the final stop in the Mediterranean campaign before the ship returns to Australia for final preparations for Operation No Compromise – our return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to defend the whales from illegal Japanese whaling operations. The last time a Sea Shepherd ship visited Monaco was in 1997 when the Sea Shepherd III was a guest of Prince Rainer on the occasion that Monaco hosted the 1997 International Whaling Commission meeting.
France Stands Up for the Whales PRESS RELEASE Jean-Louis Borloo calls for a strong and ambitious European Union stand on the Protection of Whales The International Whaling Commission (IWC), which is responsible for the conservation of whale species, is meeting in Agadir, Morocco, 21 to 25 June. Despite the moratorium on commercial whaling that was adopted in 1982, various types of whaling still take place: whaling under scientific permits, whaling “under objection” (commercial whaling) and aboriginal subsistence whaling.
Finally- Australia Government Initiates Legal Action On Japanese Whaling It has taken three years, but finally the government of Kevin Rudd has decided to act on their election promise of 2007. Australia is officially initiating a legal action against Japanese whaling in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands.
Japan Accuses Captain Paul Watson of Obstructing Japanese Whaling Operations: “Duh, ya think?” Japan Discovers that Sea Shepherd Obstructs Illegal Whaling Operations By Captain Paul Watson Kyodo News Service http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=498414 TOKYO, April 30 KYODO The Japan Coast Guard has obtained an arrest warrant for the head of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for allegedly ordering members of the group to obstruct operations by Japan’s whaling fleet, investigative sources said Friday. I discovered today that the Japanese Coast Guard has issued an arrest warrant against myself for ordering my crew to obstruct Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. It does seem amazing that it has taken five years for the Japanese Coast Guard to discover that Sea Shepherd volunteers have obstructed illegal Japanese whaling operations
Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign Saves 528 Whales Operation Waltzing Matilda is a Spectacular Success The Japanese whaling fleet set out for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with a permit issued by the Japanese government to kill 935 protected Minke whales, 50 endangered fin whales and 50 endangered humpback whales. Their objective was to kill 1035 whales in total Intervention by the three ships of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society prevented them from taking that number
Captain Bethune Now Declared a Political Prisoner News reaches us today from Japan that Captain Pete Bethune of New Zealand will face no less than five separate charges related to his boarding of the illegal whaling vessel Shonan Maru No.
Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Bethune Takes on Japan The Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru 2 arrived in Tokyo today with the first New Zealand prisoner of war to be transported to Japan as a political prisoner since World War II.
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.
Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales! Ships are expendable, endangered whales species are not 2009-2010 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Waltzing Matilda After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6 th , 2010.
Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern Ocean Intelligence willfully destroyed to read books Moby Dick read by the light of burning whales, Without a thought, blind to the connections By death’s bright light, is read another book Thou shalt not kill is one of the lying tales.
