Sea Shepherd returns to Antarctica in December to stop illegal Japanese Whalers

[Annces]

Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Migaloo to Defend Whales in Antarctic Whale Sanctuary

This December, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will embark on its fourth expedition to the remote southern waters off the coast of Antarctica, with the launch of its latest Antarctic whale defense campaign: Operation Migaloo. The campaign is named in honor of Migaloo, an endangered albino humpback who has become a national icon in Australia.

Captain Paul Watson, will soon embark with an international crew on the ship, the Robert Hunter, to enforce international conservation law and prevent the illegal slaughter of endangered species by an outlaw whaling fleet. As the relentless Japanese whalers seek to hunt down and kill Migaloo and his family, Sea Shepherd will be hunting the whalers with the firm objective of intervention against their illegal activities.

In 2005-2006, Sea Shepherd harried the Japanese fleet enough to ensure they went home 83 whales short of their self-appointed quota. In 2006-2007, the Japanese whalers fell over 500 whales short of their illegal quota. Sea Shepherd will return this year with a ship to match the speed of the Japanese fleet, new equipment for intervention, and an international crew of dedicated volunteers willing to spend their holidays at the bottom of the earth on a historic voyage to save whales.


http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_070920_1.html







Take me for a ride gray whale.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. What an awe-inspiring, courageous group of people..........

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. Sea Shepherd

does a great service--for the whales, and for us.

[judaspriestess]

3. Go Sea Shepard

I'm going to donate some money to them right now!!

on edit: I JUST DONATED!!!

[Annces]

4. He has a Myspace page too

http://www.myspace.com/captainpaulwatson


They are having a fundraiser in California pretty soon.

[hankthecrank]

5. K&R n/t

[CrispyQ]

6. Great organization!

Just sent them some money.

[flvegan]

7. I'm wearing their t-shirt right now.

This one:



Gift from DUer LeftyMom (thanks again!).

I luvs me some Sea Shepherd.