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Sea Shepherd on KSLG
Humboldt County marine life lovers likely know about Sea Shepherd — the activist group that works to disrupt whale hunts in the antarctic. KSLG‘s John Matthews will talk to Sea Shepherd Capt. Paul Watson Friday @11am about the dramatic collision between a whaling ship and Sea Shepherd’s version of the bat mobile.
[h/t Mike D.]
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Sea Shepherd is a direct action group that has the courage to put their lives on the
line to protect the oceans for generations to come. They are a group that deserves
support from all good people that want the oceans to remain healthy and believe
animal cruelty is wrong.
Sea Shepherd is a group of extremeists whose actions amount to nothing more than lunacy. They got what they had coming.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was introduced by the Japanese blog.
Who in their right mind justifies killing whales?
The Inuit. That’s about it I think.
and Gib Hunter, (Dennis Hunter father) the last of the
american whaling captains who passed away a few years back. peace be with you Gib.
somewhere in the middle lies the truth here…
Da Professor…that’s a great Humboldt historical reference to Gib Hunter. Humboldt had a very vibrant whaling industry in it’s past as did most maritime locations up and down the coast. Many, many, many, Eureka families worked for Eureka Fisheries, The Tom Lazio Fish Company and other seafood processors. (My grandmother, great aunts and cousins included).
All part of Humboldt Counties rich, colorful, and some say, extremely destructive past.
The Wailers was once a favorite bar of mine…
Watching Whale Wars was excruciating the first season watching all the blunders from the inexperienced crew…
I wish Paul Watson would get away from the vegan hippy thing on his boats a recruit more X-marine-navy types. I think his operation would be much more effective if his force was more professional.
I agree, but if he had an experienced crew there would be no reason for him and that goofy first mate to complain about the volunteers.
Having actually been on the briny, the rule at sea = If I am in a bigger boat and can sink you, get out of my way. If you are in the smaller boat, crank up the engines and move it. The reason = the small boat is more manuverable thatn the big boat. It can turn, accelerate and stop faster than the big boat. This is not rocket science, just common sense. If the eco-warriors get in the way of the big boat, maybe it couldn’t aviod hitting them. Just a thought.
it did look like they thrust themselves forward at the last second, perhaps to try move out of the way but misjudged the speeds.
hard to tell because it was shot from another moving boat
The reason the crew is inexperienced is that the are all volunteers. They are
not a big wealth and greed industry like the professional whaling business. Their
equipment is donated by caring citizens who want to see the ocean and it’s
inhabitants protected. The Sea Shepherds are a group of selfless people out to
right the wrongs being done in the oceans. The groups equipment is donated
so if you see they need faster boats, help them by sending some money or
equipment that will help.
looked like that was a fast boat…
Sea Shepherds need experienced crew, volunteer if your able.
Every time my axe comes down on the chicken’s neck no one else has ever thrown their neck in there to save the chicken.
No one has ever shoved their finger up it’s ass to stop the egg from becoming breakfast either.
My point is: Don’t these whalers EAT the whales?
Where’s Bob Marley when you really need him?
The Japanese crews are just laborers. Why blame them as being greedy? Blame the laws and cultural differences.
Some of the whale meat ends up in pet food and fertilizer and the rest is sold to
high end restaurants. The whales are wild animals that have a special place in the web of life. Chickens are a domesticated animal manipulated into the breeds we
see today. Chickens are not wild animals that play a role in a healthy earth.
These whalers are killing whales in sanctuaries that are off limits to whaling.
In other words the whalers are poachers.
Is there any business you people don’t want to close down?
The whaling industry over exploited one species of whale after another, pushing many to the brink of extinction. Some species may never recover. Blue whales of the Antarctic are at less than 1% of their historic numbers. The West Pacific gray whale population hovers near 100 individuals. Once a specie’s gene pool shrinks beyond a certain point, extinction becomes almost certain. If you add the known environmental threats of pollution, over fishing, entanglement in commercial fishing nets, and the noise from Navy sonar to the equation, then the romantic history of whaling no longer has any relevance in today’s world except as a lesson that cannot be repeated.
Hey businessman, let me ask you a question. Is there any species that doesn’t have a $ attached to it?
Sounds like the “bm” would kill and eat the last whale (or any other species) if he could catch it. That’s the mentality that got us where we are today.
In answer to the question posed by businessman @ 12:57, I would say that any business that does not dump its costs- e.g. pollution, ecosystem destruction, child labor and other forms of worker exploitation, etc., etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum,(negative externalities in econo-speak)- would be a good business to support.
The autism of the proponents/boosters of the neo-classical theory of economics have brought us to the current state of resource depletion, massive global poverty and accelerating instability of both human and natural systems.
NATURE BATS LAST!
Isn’t whaling legal? Isn’t there a more reasonable sane and safe way to protest?
This is just ridiculous and is like tree sitters and PETA bombings. It just makes the protesters ( and their cause) look ridiculous and insane.
I’m with the whalers here.
Good point about the Inuit people hunting whales from their kayaks and boats. I should have added: “…for money.”
I’m pretty sure the whales killed by the Eskimos are done to keep their culture alive. If I remember right, all the parts are given and used by the tribal members.
And then again, there is a truth that if the whale and I were the only two members of each species left on the planet. I would kill him, to keep myself alive a little longer.
But that is not the case here. The whalers kill the whales for packaging while saying they are doing “research.” The whalers are not starving.
(Anderson/Squire)
You’re first I’m last
You’re thirst I’m asked to justify
Killing our last heaven beast
Don’t hunt the whale
In beauty Vision
Do we Offer much
If we reason with destiny, gonna lose our touch
Don’t kill the whale
— | —
Rejoice They sing
They worship their own space
In a moment of love, they will die for their grace
Don’t kill the whale
If time will allow
We will judge all who came
In the wake of our new age to stand for the frail
Don’t kill the whale
CETACEI
In other words, there is no business that you don’t want to shut down. And since nobody is going to pay you for writing bad poetry, it’s back to gutting rentals and turning them into pot grows. THAT business you support.
pee wee,
what PETA bombings? This last is strictly a rhetorical question based on the FACT that there have NEVER been any PETA bombings.
So either you are speaking out of ignorrance or you are perpetrating an intentional lie.
I recommend that you either get your facts straight or work harder to manufacture a convincing lie.
to promote violence against another and then protest the return of violence is just ignorant. Personally, while not for whale hunting unless by use of traditional aborigine means (canoe, spear, loin cloth, no guns or motors), I would treat sea shepard crew as pirates and exterminate as such.
People who volunteer for such organizations are generally directionless kids with a good idea but no life skills or experience to get anything done without pissing off the opposition. They are better served fighting this another way, and with professionals. They are a danger to themselves without helping the whales.
Unfortunately, the perfectly stable adults have so far failed to stop the whale poaching.
True, and directionless kids seem to have unlimited time, whereas idealistic adults working for a cause need to go back to work on Monday.
These are not directionless kids some of them are in their sixty’s and have a
mortgage to pay. They arrange their jobs to be able to donate time. Someone
else might take a vacation to Yosemite, a few choose to go to sea to save the
oceans inhabitants. Whale meat is very expensive, a luxury food that is very
expensive and only the very wealthy can afford to eat it. This is not meat that
available to the working person. There are sights where these whales are protected by international law, but are so remote they are almost impossible to
patrol. Thanks to Sea Shepherd at least some of the whales are saved from the
greedy poachers. Sea Shepherd also protects the Galapagos Islands and more.
BM asks, “Is there any business you people don’t want to close down?”
Well in addition to severely limiting the destructive industries as noted in comments above, in which the “burn rate” historically is in “overshoot” (that is, destroying the very capital or resource on which they are based) we would like to close down, the criminal exploitation of children and other vulnerable populations, etc.
And wouldn’t it be nice to be able to shut down all those derivative / hedge fund / offshore haven shell companies / speculative markets in which absolutely nothing of value is created, but which absorb more and more of the economy?
Oh, and want to shut down those clandestine grow houses? Legalize it, Mr. Businessman, bud!
Apart from that, there are many businesses we don’t want to close down, such as the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. In fact, any business that does real, useful work without force or fraud.
Been to a lot of expensive restaurants and have never seen “whale meat”. C’mon MEME.
You won’t see “whale meat” advertised on restaurant menus in the U.S., but you will in other places. There IS a whole world outside our borders, you know?