Update: Captain Paul Watson Flees Germany
Recently, I posted an action alert asking you to show support for Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson. He had been arrested in Germany for interfering with a shark finning operation off the coast of Guatemala back in 2002. The official charge was “violating navigational regulations.”
The actual reason for his recent arrest, according to Captain Watson, is that his Sea Shepherd organization, documented on the show “Whale Wars,” has cost the Japanese whaling industry millions of dollars as a result of Sea Shepherd’s annual battle to stop illegal whale hunting off the coast of Japan. While under house arrest, Watson was tipped off that the German government had negotiated to extradite Watson to Japan – even though the official charge against him had to do with an event that happened off the coast of Guatemala.
Watson has now fled Germany and is in an undisclosed location. He has posted a letter to his supporters about the ordeal, and he plans to go forward with the next season of Whale Wars.
Stay tuned for more updates on Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd. Do you plan to watch Whale Wars this season?
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As always, when justice is present the greedy vice lord of corporations step in and pay big bucks to silence the good. The Good Sea Shepherd's Captain Watson is a good man. A man that has been called to take action for the sea before man destroys it and kills all of it's life. He doesn't just protect whales and sea creatures, but also the eco system. A system that has a balance. But if that balance is not maintained; human death will be greed's joke. Go Sea Shepherd. You are God's Shepherd. -
Umm It isn't Illegal, It is the reason for cause yes maybe they think it is illegal but not there and they don't own the waters. A for effort though, By the way it is so bad other countries acttualy believe the hear say law, but really on camera they are under arest for some thing else. It's a mixed ball of emotions this whole thing is. Like deer season they should wait for over population and then hunt again. -
I love Sea Shepherd .... it's great to read that supporters of Captain Watson tipped him off and helped to protect him!! I think he'll find that support wherever he goes.
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