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NEWS ABOUT: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society stories: 6 news summaries

Nations Mull Secret Whaling Compromise

Plan would let Japan hunt legally, but decrease slaughter

Mar 9, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Representatives from more than 70 governments gathered last week at a secret meeting in London to hash out a compromise that would allow Japan to resume commercial whaling for the first time in more than 20 years. Pro- and anti-whaling nations discussed plans to lift the worldwide ban on whaling,... More »

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Japan • Antarctica • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • Paul Watson • whaling • anti-whaling activists • International Whaling Commission • scientific research

Whaling Protester Says He Was Shot

Japanese vessel denies using bullets against activists

Mar 7, 08 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - An anti-whaling activist says he was shot during a clash with a Japanese ship on the high seas, the Guardian reports. Japanese officials deny the allegations from the captain of the Sea Shepherd and say they fired only flash grenades, not bullets. Paul Watson, though, says he pulled one from... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • Japan • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • Paul Watson • whaling • anti-whaling activists • International Whaling Commission

Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

Action draws condemnation from Japan, Australia

Mar 3, 08 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - In the latest clash between Japanese whalers and activists in Antarctic waters, members of a militant anti-whaling group threw bottles of a slick, foul-smelling rancid butter concoction onto the whaling fleet's flagship. Japanese officials said three sailors were injured when butyric acid, found in spoiled butter, splashed into their eyes,... More »

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Australia • Japan • Antarctica • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • Nisshin Maru • whaler • anti-whaling activists

Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

With Greenpeace gone to refuel, fleet harpoons 5 more

Feb 1, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Japanese whalers have resumed their hunt in Antarctic waters, killing at least five whales when protest ships pulled back to refuel, the Australian News Network reports. Witnesses reported seeing the whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean after ships from Greenpeace and another protest group withdrew. In Tokyo, the Australian foreign... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • Japan • whale • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • whaler • cull

Judge Bans Japanese Whalers in Aussie Waters

Eco-warriors 'kidnapped,' tied to ship's mast

Jan 15, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - An Australian judge has banned hunting by Japanese whalers in a large section of their traditional grounds in Australian-claimed waters off Antarctica. The ruling came today just hours after crew members of a militant eco-ship boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean to deliver a protest note—then... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • Japan • Antarctica • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • whaling • whaler

This Seafarer Hunts Whalers, Not Whales

‘Sea Shepherd’ enforces own marine rules, ignores others

Oct 30, 07 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Watson is far too radical for Greenpeace, the group he co-founded. His vigilante group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a roving pack of eco-saboteurs, trolling international waters for whalers—and ramming the offending ships. Watson usually operates illegally, and his theatrical and violent defense of aquatic life is credited... More »

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Greenpeace • Dalai Lama • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society • Paul Watson • whaling • Mick Jagger • whaler

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