Puntarenas -
In Costa Rica, pirates are alive and well, but instead of searching for gold, they are finding ways around legal loopholes and killing thousands of sharks. They are doing this so that people in China can impress guests with a bowl of shark fin soup.
Seattle -
Canadian anti-whaling fugitive activist Paul Watson addressed the U.S. appeals court on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Seattle, WA. The court will decide whether Watson should be held in contempt for confronting and attacking Japanese whaling vessels.
To comply with with the ruling of the United States 9th District Court and to keep Operation Zero Tolerance on track, Capt. Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), makes some surprising moves.
Friday Harbor -
After losing a beloved brother to cancer, Sea Shepherd founder, Capt. Paul Watson, vows to return to his ships to launch 'Operation Zero Tolerance' in December.
Frankfurt -
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has skipped out on bail in Germany, fleeing the country over fears he would face extradition to Japan over his anti-whaling crusade.
Frankfurt -
Reports are surfacing that Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been arrested at a Frankfurt airport on a warrant from Costa Rica.
New Zealand native Peter Bethune was sentenced by a Japanese court Wednesday, after being found guilty of five different charges that were laid against him earlier this year.
Tokyo -
The Japanese Coast Guard is armed with an international arrest warrant for Sea Shepherd's Captain, Paul Watson. Watson led Sea Shepherd in interfering with Japan's whaling expedition this past winter.
Anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune has been slammed with five charges from Japan after an incident in February when Bethune attempted to stop Japanese whaling in the Antarctic earlier this year.
The Ady Gil was lost after its bow sheered off in a collision with a Japanese ship that was protecting Japanese research ships. Sea Shepherd was trying to tow the boat but said the Gil sank after the towline snapped.
