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Archive for the tag 'sea shepherd'

Feb 04 2010

Baby Seal Hunt? Still? Really?

Published by Laureen under Uncategorized

Anyone who’s read this blog for more than a few days knows I adore Paul Watson. But clearly he’s feeling a bit put out that he’s still, fercryingoutloud, having to talk about the Canadian seal hunt, which is barbarism and butchery on a truly rattling scale. I couldn’t resist sharing this latest tirade, where The [...]

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Jan 30 2010

Watching The Cove

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I finally did it.
As a mom of three small kids, I don’t get out much, and despite having promoted the screenings of the film “The Cove”, I never actually got the chance to go, myself. I had to wait for it to be available on Netflix, fercryingoutloud. But wait I did, and watch it, we [...]

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Aug 20 2009

An action request for my Australian readers

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UPDATE: They did it!!!
A big thanks to Broome, Australia

Broome, Australia booted their twisted sister city of Taiji this weekend. This is an exciting step toward ending the dolphin drives!
Thank you to the citizens of Broome for sending many many letters to the council, and to the Shire’s councillors for voting unanimously to suspend their relationship [...]

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Jul 09 2009

The Realm of the Ridiculous

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There are days when I think the world with regards to finance, government, and the things that directly impact my life has gone utterly mad. And then, there are days when I know it to be a fact:

Canuck Kangaroo Court Condemns Seal Savers
Captain Alex Cornelissen and 1st Officer Peter Hammarstedt have now been judged [...]

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Feb 13 2009

The Outspoken Captain

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I adore Paul Watson, for many reasons, but this particular diatribe is just priceless.
A Kiwi Corporate Whore in the Land of the Rising Sun

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Feb 09 2009

An Overtaking Situation

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Update: Here’s what Captain Watson has to say about it:
Steve Irwin Suffers Second Collision with the Japanese Fleet
From the Spectacular Capt. Richard J. Rodriguez, over at Bitter End:

RULE 13
OVERTAKING
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Rules [of Part B, Sections I [...]

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Nov 05 2008

Whale Wars!

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From the site, http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-081002-1.html,
Sea Shepherd is very excited to announce that on Friday, November 7th Animal Planet will premiere Whale Wars at 9 PM ET/PT in the US, and internationally in early 2009.
During Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign [...]

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Oct 06 2008

Whale Wars

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This just in, from Sea Shepherd:
Sea Shepherd is very excited to announce that on Friday, November 7th Animal Planet will premiere Whale Wars at 9 PM ET/PT in the US, and internationally in early 2009.
During Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign [...]

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Aug 15 2008

Operation Musashi Begins

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Y‘all know I’m a Paul Watson fan. So it’s with great glee I announce the launch of Operation Musashi, this year’s Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary/Antarctic whale protection campaign.
From the press release:
This year’s campaign, Sea Shepherd’s fifth campaign to Antarctic waters, will be called Operation Musashi in reference to the legendary Japanese strategist, Miyamoto [...]

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Mar 13 2008

And This Is Why…

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The last post in this blog was raving about how wonderful Paul Watson is. And this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7294564.stm
is why we need him, more like him, legions of people willing to do what he does. Because they will not stop, the whalers. And I still cannot figure out why.

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Mar 08 2008

Sea Shepherd

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When I have gotten older, and the boys have grown up and moved on to adventures of their own, I want to be Paul Watson’s henchman.
Y‘know, people talk all the time about how “when I am an old woman, I shall wear purple“, and they expect you to get all old and eccentric and [...]

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