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One interesting turn of events certainly deserves another.
Last week, it was announced that anti-whaling activist, Captain Pete Bethune, would be heading back to his New Zealand home. The Japanese court sentenced him to 2 years in jail, but that sentence was also suspended for 5 years, which means if he can stay out of trouble [...]
We all know of the ongoing feud between Sea Shepherd and the Japanese whalers. We all know that Captain Pete Bethune was arrested and put on trial, but none of the Japanese were (even though it was Bethune’s ship that was destroyed). And despite all the loyal Sea Shepherd supporters, we all expected the trial [...]
It seems that whenever there is a major (or at least rather anticipated) conference or meeting that is supposed to solve some ongoing environmental issue, it always fails. Either the people at the meeting can’t agree on anything and it’s all called off, or they scrap up some last minute deal that really amounts to [...]
Sea Shepherd recently freed 800 threatened bluefin tuna from the nets of fishing vessels operating in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.
The crew of the Steve Irwin vessel threw rotten butter onto the crew of a Maltese ship after being rammed; then proceeded to examine the contents of their underwater cages. The Sea [...]
The whaling issue is creeping back into the news more often again and this article is no exception.
In recent news, Australia announced plans to take legal action against Japanese whaling, which includes the involvement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). It has been known for a long time that Australia has an issue [...]
The latest season of Whale Wars was nothing short of chaotic.
To make a long story short: the Ady Gil was destroyed and now rests at the bottom of the sea, a gash was torn through part of the Bob Barker, annoyance tactics (on either side) included used of the LRAD system, pepper spray, dangling ropes, [...]
The whaling season has ended, but there is still much happening in the world of the Sea Shepherd crew.
First, if you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that the captain of the Ady Gil, Pete Bethune, hopped aboard the Shonan Maru #2 last month to make a citizen’s arrest of their captain and issue a [...]
Two months ago, the Ady Gil was rammed, severed in half, and destroyed.
About a month ago, Captain Pete Bethune of the Ady Gil, jumped aboard the Shonan Maru #2, with the intentions of handing over a bill for the cost of his ship plus making a citizen’s arrest of the Shonan Maru #2’s captain. However, [...]
The law works in mysterious ways, especially when it comes to the Sea Shepherd crew.
Yesterday, the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker arrived in Tasmania. Both vessels were immediately searched by Australian police, at the request of Japanese authorities. Although the police had a search warrant, none of them would divulge and details of the warrant [...]
Yesterday, it was announced on the official Sea Shepherd blog that they are bringing this year’s whaling campaign to an end.
With one ship sunk and the Steve Irwin heading back to port, that only left the Bob Barker left to contend with the whalers. Fortunately, there were hardly any of the Japanese ships left to [...]
The Japanese whaling season in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is drawing to a close. Sea Shepherd has managed to keep the Japanese from killing any whale for the past 19 days and it looks to stay that way until their campaign ends. On an even more positive note, there has been no further ship [...]
In an effort to finally put a stop to the whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, issued a November deadline for Japan to stop their research whaling program.
The whaling program is sponsored by the Institute for Cetacean Research and while it’s possible a portion of the whales might be [...]
I am happy to announce that the Sea Shepherd crew have finally managed to successfully escort the majority of the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary!
While there has not been any further sighting of the Yushin Maru 3 since the collision last week, Sea Shepherd managed to get the other 4 [...]
Is Sea Shepherd finally successful in shutting down this year’s Japanese whaling campaign?
Maybe.
For 3 days now, the Japanese have been unable to kill a single whale. Sea Shepherd’s 2 remaining ships, Steve Irwin and Bob Barker, have been closely tailing the Nisshin Maru—Japan’s factory ship. They are currently on a northeastwardly pursuit and have enough [...]
Right when you think: ‘things couldn’t get any worse’, another clash between the Sea Shepherd crew and the Japanese happens.
The Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 collided with Sea Shepherd’s latest fleet addition, Bob Barker. The collision tore a 3 foot, 4 inch (1 meter) deep hole above the waterline of Bob Barker’s hull.
The [...]
Earlier this month, there was an incident involving the Ady Gil vessel (of the Sea Shepherd fleet) and the Shonan Maru No. 2 (which is with the Japanese whalers). To make a long explanation very short, the Shonan Maru No. 2 rammed the Ady Gil, causing irreparable damage to the vessel and now the Ady [...]
Ever since we heard about the destruction of the Ady Gil and Sea Shepherd’s attempts to take legal action against Japan, they seemed to have slipped out of the news. Well, that isn’t entirely so.
Last Friday (January 15, 2010), they decided to take legal action one step further. The Ady Gil is basically from New [...]
Piracy on the high seas is something you usually hear about happening with Somalians these days, or it’s turned into an epic Disney trilogy. Now it’s taken on another meaning through Whale Wars.
The Sea Shepherd crew is now looking into placing criminal charges against the Japanese whalers for the destruction of their ship, the Ady [...]
It has already been a week since the bow of the Ady Gil was destroyed and tension between the Sea Shepherd crew and Japanese whalers is still high; some would even say they’ve escalated since the incident.
The Sea Shepherd crew sent their helicopter out on Thursday to search for one of the main Japanese whaling [...]
Taking part in anti-whaling activities can be extremely dangerous work, as those in the Sea Shepherd crew recently found out.
The Ady Gil—a New Zealand based ship that joined Sea Shepherd last year—was rammed by Japan’s Shonan Maru vessel, near Commonwealth Bay. The clash tore 10 feet (3 meters) of the Ady Gil’s bow off their [...]
The newest season of Whale Wars is underway and it already looks to be quite the volatile one.
The Sea Shepherd crew has embarked on their 6th Whale Defense Campaign, this time through southern arctic waters. The campaign—appropriately named “Operation Waltzing Matilda”—launched from Australia on December 7th. The ship, named Steve Irwin after the late “Crocodile [...]
Avid watchers and followers of the hit Animal Planet TV show Whale Wars will be ecstatic to hear that the Sea Shepherd crew finally has another ally to help them in their war against commercial whaling on the high seas. This past week, it was announced that New Zealand’s Earthrace crew will be joining the [...]
