What is a sea shepherd?
Sea Shepherd, a correctly named SEA Shepherd Conservation Society, is a highly controversial non -profit organization for the protection of the sea seas. The organization supports active enforcement of international environmental regulations. The group is notorious for saboting efforts for whaling ships, some of them call eco-terrorism in events.
Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd, was a founding member of the Greenpeace Group. After meeting with whales, which had convinced him of their intelligence and inherent value, Watson began to defend the form of protests that did not exclude the use of property damage or even violence against animal protection. In 1978 he was elected from Greenpeace and founded his own organization.
The organization's supporters insist on the fact that their direct action techniques are in correspondence with the UN World Charter for nature acceptedThe participating countries are entitled and the obligation to meet the requirements of the Charter. According to this charter, members are considered to be an international civil militia, sometimes referred to as the "whale of the whale".
Members of the company do not mention the damage to property that caused what they consider to be illegal ships whales and fishing boats. Proponents are often referred to as "ecological pirates" and the official website of the organization maintains a detailed list of successful attacks on ships. Many critics of society methods believe that their work is obviously advertised by vandalism and should be persecuted by law.
Normal tactics of a sea shepherd includes attacking fishing or whale ships in 1979, starting with an attack on a whale ship Sierra .2005 and 2006, the vessels belonging to the organization against the Japanese whales in the South Ocean. Two ships surrounded a whaling ship Kaiko Maru and came across a nearby supply ship, Oriental Bluebird . Sea shepherds eventually ran out of supplies and were forced to return to the port.
Not all efforts for organizations include direct action techniques. One of the recent great efforts is a boycott against all Canadian seafood products after quotas for seal hunting were increased in 2005. It is no wonder that extreme measures taken by a group and a pity caused by some nations have created considerable opponents of a seabed shepherd. Several whaling nations, including Japan, have tried to get the United States to classify the group as a terrorist organization and a potential danger to human life. So far, these attempts have unsuccessful and several nations, including Indonesia and Ecuador, are maintained by groups of friendly relations.
other environmentalist agencies, including Greenpeace, also opposed society. Many groups claim that Sea Shepherd threatens the lives of people and createThe bad picture of the public for nature. The organizations insist that their work is legal under international law and that it truly protects marine animals is more important than maintaining a good public image.