 Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, d… |
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 For more than 20 years, Captain Paul Watson has been at the helm of the world's most active marine conservation organization. Watson's love for animals was apparent from the age of 9 when he joined the “Kindness Club,” dismantling traps and caring for local wildlife in his native New Brunswick, Canada. As a young adult, Watson’s passion for the sea developed… |
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 In 1982, Sea Shepherd president Paul Watson was invited to Japan to discuss the Iki Island dolphin slaughter with the local fishermen's cooperative. We were able to successfully negotiate an end to the slaughter. From 1987 to 1992, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society exposed, documented, and seized illegal destructive drift nets in the Eastern Tropical, No… |
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 Sea Shepherd volunteers have slept among Grey seals on the “Irish Islands” to protect them from hunters, and escorted a BBC documentary film crew to the site of the Faeroe Islands Pilot whale sport hunt, where we successfully drove several pods of long-finned Pilot whales away from the hunters' knives. In 1981, we landed on Soviet beaches at the height of th… |
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 Sure, it sounds dangerous. And sometimes it is. But, just as you would intervene if you saw someone beating an innocent dog, we at Sea Shepherd sometimes put ourselves in harm’s way to enforce laws where no enforcement body exists. We have to. Your support will help Sea Shepherd continue its fight. Below are just a few of our current projects – testament to… |
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Sea Shepherd, Whaling and Direct Action Tactics |
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 The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action … |
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 Canada's commercial seal "hunt" is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world. During the previous three years, the government of Canada delivered the death sentence to over one million baby harp seals. Sea Shepherd continues to oppose this annual obscenity called a "hunt." It is not a hunt because the sealers simply walk up to the seals (who … |
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 In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) enacted a moratorium on all commercial whaling. Since then, three nations – Iceland, Norway, and Japan – have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and for commercial purposes. The IWC does not have the capacity to enforce the moratorium. Sea Shepherd, guided by the … |
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