Whale Wars

Sea Shepherd is pleased to announce that on Friday, November 7 premiere of whale wars Animal Planet to the 9 PM ET/PT on the United States and internationally in early 2009. (Check local listings, times may vary depending on the provider of satellite or cable)

During the campaign for Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic whale defense: operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a crew of camera aboard a campaign that saved the life of nearly 500 whales, which the Japanese fleet with less than half of their evaluations and them tens of millions of dollars cost. This new hour of seven parties, long by series follows the crew of the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin as wide of means of direct action attention non-violent techniques world in an attempt to join the illegal Japanese whaling fleet left and compliance with the law of Conservation International.

The series draws attention to this problem, which has led to a worldwide controversy over the practice of illegal whaling under the guise of research and has a political tensions between the different Nations. This campaign was very successful. For the third consecutive year that is Shepherd can reach their self-imposed quota to save hundreds of whales with the Japanese whaling fleet. Operation Migaloo was very intense with multiple statements with the whaling fleet, were taken hostage and shot distress, and Animal Planet crew aboard the document, which has taken place.

The programme will focus on the crew of the dedication of the Sea Shepherd unlawful purpose of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The number of documents of the campaign for three months in the icy waters of Antarctica.

“This is a chance for millions of people around the world to awaken to the fact that hundreds of whales illegal sacrifice under the guise of research and the human species has to say enough is enough already,” said Jonny Vasic, Director of Video and film projects for Sea Shepherd. Captain Paul Watson is the red wine in your glass and launch on Libya.

“I think the other party of this desire for operation of the knives,” he said. He sits in the corner of a large table in a restaurant in Chelsea vegan with some members of his crew for a dinner in his honor by Animal Planet, Whale wars that its programme and plan to shoot a new season on his campaign to save the bluefin tuna off the coast of Libya are transferred.

Watson is the activista-pirata part. Wearing a white blouse bucanero-estilo (which you buy from a provider of yoga), combining his belly and sides are silver white hair. For many years, Watson was co-founder of Greenpeace, but felt that the Group did not go far enough to create it were new and Sea Shepherd conversation society, and a following for their exercise without fear of poachers has attracted. A few years ago, was shot in the chest by a member of the Japanese coastguard (only his Kevlarlo vest saved); Bridgette Bardot, Anthony Keidis, Martin Sheen, Pierce Brosnan and many other listers to sit on your plate.

Although known for his fight against whaling, recently his sights on the protection of bluefin tuna giant, conservationists are extinct. Last summer, Watson believes that his crew was able to save 800 blue fins, that each of them a treasure trove of 70,000 dollar on the markets for fish from Japan.

This year will be different. Of the protests and military intervention in Libya, Watson and other marine conservationists involved. A side effect of no-fly zones imposed by NATO is that it is difficult for the international observers of the fishing waters Libyans to patrolling their will, because they don’t use their helicopters. The result, Watson fears, will be a free-for-all by poachers of bluefin tuna. But will the vacuum room to work so well: tense Libyan army not be hunting him and his crew, just as in the past.

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