Paul Watson

Sea Shepherd Founder Freed

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

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FRANKFURT, Germany -- The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pend...

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Free Paul Watson!

Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.17.2012

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Peter Jay Brown

While people around the world revere Captain Paul Watson for the stands he takes to save whales, the German government has him under arrest for a 2005 complaint for the very actions millions cheer for each week.

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Joanna Zelman

'Confessions Of An Eco-Terrorist' Chronicles Controversial Marine Activist Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 04.19.2012

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"The camera is the most powerful weapon ever invented." Captain Paul Watson delivered this well-groomed line by phone to The Huffington Post while ...

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Minds in the Water: A Surfer's Journey From Apathy to Activism

Deborah Bassett | Posted 04.06.2012

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Deborah Bassett

Rasta quickly moved forward in recruiting a team of filmmakers, journalists, musicians, eco-activists and celebrity surfers. He embarked upon the journey that has led him to be one of the most outspoken environmentalists in the surfing world today.

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'Whale Wars' Launches Spin-Off

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.25.2011

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After patrolling the waters of the Southern Ocean for whaling boats, Paul Watson and other regulars of the hit Animal Planet reality TV show "Whale Wa...

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Joanna Zelman

The 'Whale Wars' Star They Call An 'Eco-Terrorist'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 08.03.2011

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Hidden in the intimate upstairs room of a posh vegan restaurant in New York sat a man deemed an "eco-terrorist." He prefers "eco-terraist." Paul Wa...

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Activists Head Into War Zone To Protect Bluefin Tuna

AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 07.19.2011

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BRUSSELS — A U.S.-based organization of environmental activists plans to steam into Libyan waters to stop poachers from netting bluefin tuna. T...

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Tears for the Land of the Rising Sun

Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Watson

The Sea Shepherd crew headed for high ground when they saw the waters receding. They spent a very cold night on a hill and had no choice but to watch the total obliteration of the town below them.

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The Terrible, Troubling Tribulations of Being Called an Eco-terrorist

Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Watson

This constant, misguided yammering about alleged terrorism every time someone tries to nonviolently stop someone from harpooning whales or finning sharks is downright ignorant, and just plain silly.

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What Next for Japanese Whaling?

Hardy Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hardy Jones

Tokyo confirms the whaling fleet has been called home, ending the 2010 - 11 season, but leaves open possibilities of returning to the Antarctic next year.

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"Sealing" the Deal: Canada's Legacy of Government Subsidized Cruelty Continues

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Bassett

Just when environmentalists were beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, Canada's Fisheries Minister announced that restrictions on exporting seal meat to China had been lifted.

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Sea Shepherds Locate Japanese Whaling Factory Ship

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Cope

For the past seven years, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) under the leadership of Captain Paul Watson, has launched an annual campaign in...

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Former 'Whale Wars' Star Alleges He Was Ordered To Sink Boat 'To Create Better TV'

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sea Shepherd deliberately sank its own high-tech protest boat after a January collision with a Japanese whaling ship t...

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Expanding the Public's Wealth and Defending the Interests of the Common Good

Max Keiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Max Keiser

The job of expanding and defending the public's domain is falling on the shoulders of a few hearty souls. We all have an enormous amount of wealth to gain from expanding our public domain.

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Bob Barker Rammed by Japanese Whalers; Interview with Captain Paul Watson of the Steve Irwin

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Cope

Captain Paul Watson of the SSCS flagship the Steve Irwin, which has now joined the Bob Barker in efforts to prevent the Japanese Whaling fleet from killing whales provided an update via satellite phone.

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Ship Funded By Bob Barker For $5 Million Fights Whaling In Antarctica

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Five million dollars for an anti-whaling ship? Bob Barker says the price is right. Barker donated that amount to the Sea Shepherd...

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Ady Gil Sinks in Southern Ocean -- An Exclusive Interview With Captain Chuck Swift of the Sea Shepherd Vessel Bob Barker

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Cope

"The Ady Gil, when it was hit, sent out a Mayday. We weren't sure how quickly it was going to sink, and they [the crew] weren't either... The same vessel that capsized the Ady Gil is still tailing us, in fact."

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The Cold War Over the Hottest of Blood

Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Watson

The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.

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Police Board Vegan Pirate Vessel, Seize Video

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY — Police boarded the ship of a militant anti-whaling group and seized videotapes of violent clashes between the activists and Japanese wh...

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Sea Shepherd's, Whalers' Boat Collide In Antarctic

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY — A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber after their boat collided ...

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Protesters, Whalers Fight Over Use Of Illegal Weapons

The Japan Times Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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The hardline antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Monday accused Japanese whalers of using illegal weapons systems to repel its vess...

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Plan Would Save Antarctic Whales At Expense Of Australian Whales

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANBERRA, Australia — The International Whaling Commission may ease its ban on commercial whaling to allow Japan to hunt whales off its coast in...

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Sea Shepherds Offers Truce If Whalers Go To Court

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anti-whaling activists are prepared to end aggressive protests against Japan's scientific whale cull if Australia or New Zealand agree to challenge th...

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Anti-Whaling Activists, Japanese Whalers At Odds Over Missing Sailor

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sea Shepherd, the Greenpeace splinter group that sails around Antarctic waters harassing a Japanese whaling fleet in hopes of reducing its whaling act...

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Daryl Hannah Joins Conservationist Pirates, Prepares For Battle With Japanese

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANBERRA, Australia — A radical conservationist said Wednesday he will not shy away from violent confrontation with Japanese whalers, even thoug...

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