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SEA SHEPHERD NEWS
 Antarctic Campaign: Success Defending Whales!
After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6th, 2010. Sea Shepherd just completed the most ambitious and effective campaign to defend the great whales that we have ever undertaken and Operation Waltzing Matilda, the sixth voyage to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to oppose the illegal whaling activities of the Japanese whaling fleet, was astoundingly effective....read more
Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the "Forests" of the Southern Ocean - The Antarctic Treaty clearly prohibits any activity the damages the Antarctic marine and atmospheric eco-systems. The slaughter of whales by the Japanese whalers is not only a violation of the Treaty that prohibits commercial activity, it is also a factor in releasing large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere by removing whales as significant repositories of carbon.....read more
Sea Shepherd Ships Complete Operations in Southern Ocean for 2010 - Captain Paul Watson has ordered the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker to disengage from further pursuit of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru and to set a course for Hobart, Tasmania....read more
Captain Peter Bethune and Captors Spotted Approaching the Lombok Straits - The Shonan Maru 2 transporting Sea Shepherd prisoner Captain Peter Bethune is heading towards the Lombok Strait at 12 knots and is at a position 450 kilometers west of the Exmouth Lighthouse. This position was relayed from observations by private yachts reporting to the Taz Patrol and posted on Twitter...read more
Recent News
• 24 Feb 10 Bob Barker Confiscates Gill Net, Engages Whalers
• 24 Feb 10 Sea Shepherd Does Not Condone the Use of Firearms
• 23 Feb 10 Bob Barker Continues Pursuit of Japanese Whaling Fleet
• 22 Feb 10 Sea Shepherd Pursuit of Whalers Enters 17th Day
• 19 Feb 10 Japan Cites Sea Shepherd as Reason for Killing Whales
• 19 Feb 10 Sea Shepherd Receives an additional €1 Million Euros from the Dutch National Postcode Lottery
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COMMENTARY & EDITORIAL
• The Drowning of the Ice Babies
• Sea Shepherd is Safer than Sea World
• Former Japanese Whaling Commissioner Validates Sea Shepherd Intervention
• Whales and the Absurdity of a Diplomatic Solution
• Politics Vs Results in the Whale Wars
• Sea Shepherd Confirms the Non-Existence of Pingvin Island
• Letter To the Editor - The Australian
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