Sea Shepherd E-News: Operation Zero Tolerance 15MAR13

HERE is an update on Sea Shepherd's Operation Zero Tolerance, including video of the Japanese whaling fleet's acts of violence against Sea Shepherd and the whales of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Please support Sea Shepherd's Operation Zero Tolerance with a donation if you can, just click the link. And be sure to check out the Sea Shepherd video page at http://www.seashepherd.org.au/zero-tolerance/video.html

http://youtu.be/M31RJqpuoZg  Dear Friend of Sea Shepherd, We cannot thank you enough for your amazing support throughout Operation Zero Tolerance. It would not have been nearly as successful without you. Our mighty vessles are finally en route to their homeport of Melbourne and scheduled for arrival next week, following our most successful Antarctic whale defence campaign to date. Sea Shepherd Australia still need your support as all four ships were heavily battered during their long and arduous ordeal in the Australian Antarctic waters defending our magnificent whales. Once More Into the Southern Ocean Breach! The events that unfolded before the end of campaign were like watching a bad horror movie - when the heroes turn their back and the credits are about to roll, the killer rises up again, this time with harpoon in hand to kill another defenseless whale. Find out what crazy events unfolded before the end of the whaling season. Sea Shepherd Fleet Sets Sail for Homeport After being escorted out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by Sea Shepherd Australia, the Japanese whaling fleet made an about-face and headed back toward the whale sanctuary, though not for practicality. Read the rest of this article! Again, we cannot show our gratitude enough to all of you that have shown tremendous support throughout Operation Zero Tolerance. We are very excited to welcome our crew home next Wednesday into Melbourne, and are looking forward to having ship tours start up again soon after they arrive. We would love to see you all down there! Thanks to you, this has been our most successful campaign and we have gained so much more support and awareness for the plight of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. This illegal slaughter will no longer go unnoticed and you can help us continue to fight poachers worldwide, ending this once and for all! For the oceans, Jeff Hansen Australian Director Shop & Support Show your support for the Oceans with an Operation Zero Tolerance T-shirt! Wishlists Our Ships and Crew  Need You!  Video Check out footage from Operation Zero Tolerance! Give Photo Gallery Check out amazing photos from this season! Follow Us Sea Shepherd Australia 7/288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Vic 3065, Australia Tel: +61 3 9445 0323 Email: australia@seashepherd.org    Share on Facebook Not on our list? Sign up for the Sea Shepherd e-News!

Sea Shepherd Call to Action: Your Signature Needed Fast 22FEB13

SEA SHEPHERD needs people to sign their petitions on the We The People website by 28 FEB 13. One is asking the U.S. government to grant save haven to Capt Paul Watson. The other is calling on the American government to impose economic sanctions on Japan in response to Japanese whaling, in violation of international law, in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Click the links below to sign the petitions, and more information on these issues is available on the Sea Shepherd website and at Sea Shepherd Needs Your Help To Save Whales & Help Captain Watson 29JAN13 http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/sea-shepherd-needs-your-help-to-save.html

Time is running out! ACT FAST − the deadline is February 28th and we urgently need your signature on two petitions to help Captain Watson and the whales! The United States government has created a quick and easy way for the people's voice to be heard − and you don't even have to be a US citizen or resident to voice your opinion! Official petitions can be created on White House's website, and once a petition receives 100,000 signatures within 30 days, it elicits an official response from the President. This is urgent! We need the President of the United States to seriously consider the following: Take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary: http://wh.gov/Vnbu Provide safe haven to Captain Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd:http://wh.gov/VnRf It only takes two minutes. Please sign these petitions. You can be part of an historic effort to provide safe haven to one of the greatest environmentalists of our era AND enact real change via the United States government to see whaling in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary come to an end!     Anyone over age 13 can sign the petitions and you do not have to be a US citizen. However, you must create an account on the White House's website, but only name and email are required fields.Please sign and share today! Time is running out! For the oceans, Your friends at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society P.S. We only have until February 28th to gather the required 100,000 signatures! For more information on this situation, please visit our website.

Sea Shepherd E-News: Operation Zero Tolerance 6FEB13

UPDATE on Operation Zero Tolerance and a video of Capt Paul Watson in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) from Sea Shepherd....

Dear Craig, Thanks to you we have managed to ensure the illegal Japanese whalers have killed no whales this season. Operation Zero Tolerance is living up to its name! That was the first January that zero whales have been killed! With your continuing support of Operation Zero Tolerance, we are sure we can make this campaign a massive success. Please keep us in Antarctic waters as long as necessary and donate to the Whales Navy. SSS Bob Barker Tailed by the Attack Dog of the Whaling Fleet Following the first no-kill January, the SSS Bob Barker found itself being tailed by the Japanese whaler's ship the Shonan Maru 2. In order to escape the armed Japanese Government vessel, which is known as the attack dog of Japan's illegal whaling fleet, the SSS Bob Barker travelled into the Australian territorial waters of Macquarie Island. The Macquarie Base commander had been notified by the Australian Antarctic Division to expect the potential arrival of the Shonan Maru No. 2. Learn what happened next... Australian Government Orders Japanese Whalers to Leave Australian Waters The Japanese security vessel, the Shonan Maru No. 2, which is carrying armed coast guards, entered the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone around Macquarie Island in pursuit of the SSS Bob Barker. The Australian government has officially notified the Japanese government to order their vessel to remain outside of Australian waters. Find out if the whalers followed the orders... With increasing support from the Australian government, due to your zero tolerance of whales being murdered, we are getting that much closer to keeping the Whale Sanctuary safe. Unfortunately it's not over yet, but with your help I truly believe we can make this campaign live up to its name- Operation Zero Tolerance! For the oceans, Jeff Hansen Australian Director	Captain's Blog Regular updates from our four inspiring captains! Photo Gallery Check out the amazing photos coming in from Operation Zero Tolerance! Give Video Catch all the videos from Operation Zero Tolerance! Follow Us
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Sea Shepherd Needs Your Help To Save Whales & Help Captain Watson 29JAN13

HERE are the links for the We The People petitions started by Sea Shepherd and the reasons behind the petitions. More information on this is available at Sea Shepherd E-News: What you can do for the oceans 1FEB13 http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/sea-shepherd-e-news-what-you-can-do-for.html

Conservation Group Launches Two White House Petitions; Has 30 Days to Collect 100,000 Signatures

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the world’s leading direct-action conservation non-profit, today has filed two petitions on the White House  “We The People” page of the website which seek the U.S. Government’s support in upholding conservation law regarding protecting at-risk whales in the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and with ensuring safe haven for the organization’s respected founder, Captain Paul Watson.

The first petition is titled, “Take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary” and can be found at:http://wh.gov/Vnbu. The full text of the petition language follows:

“The President must take swift and decisive action against Japan's illegal whaling.

Under the Pelly Amendment and the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment, the President has the power to apply economic sanctions against Japan for its continued whale slaughter in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary. The United States asserts that it resolutely opposes whale hunting by Japan, but does little to actually bring a halt to the practice.

The U.S. State Dept. has declared: “We remain resolute in our opposition to commercial whaling, including so-called ‘scientific’ whaling, in particular in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary established by the International Whaling Commission. In this context we wish to emphasize that lethal techniques are not required in modern whale conservation and management.”

The second petition is titled, “Provide Safe Haven to Captain Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society” and can be found at: http://wh.gov/VnRf. The full text of the petition language follows: 

We request the U.S. not extradite U.S citizen Paul F. Watson.

There are two active Interpol Red Notices issued against Captain Watson at the request of Costa Rica and Japan. Underlying these notices are non-lethal acts in defense of marine life suffering from illegal shark fishing and whaling operations. The warrants are politically motivated.

Captain Watson is a world-renowned and highly respected leader in environmental issues. In 1999, he was awarded President George H.W. Bush’s "Daily Points of Light" Award and in 2000, he was named one of Time Magazine’s “Top 20 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century.” In 2012, he became only the second person ever to be honored with the Jules Verne Award for environmentalists and adventurers. Captain Watson is a national treasure.

According to the procedures on the “We the People” White House Petitions page, Sea Shepherd has until close of business on February 28^th (30 days) to garner 100,000 bonafide signatures from individuals 13 years and older who support these motions in order for the White House to consider taking action on the petitions.

Sea Shepherd has been engaging in interventions on the high seas in defense of marine wildlife for 35 years and for the last eight seasons against Japan’s Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) — a front for illegal, government-subsidized whaling — all within the confines of the law and without causing serious injury. Launching of the petitions is the latest effort by the conservation group to fight the ICR’s efforts to kill whales in a designated sanctuary and persecute the group’s founder, Captain Paul Watson.

“The majority of citizens in the free world have demonstrated time and again they are against the killing of intelligent, sentient whales, particularly when it involves killing in an internationally designated sanctuary,” said Scott West, Director of Investigations for Sea Shepherd. “Now is the time for everyone who values majestic marine wildlife in our oceans to sign this petition and encourage the Obama Administration to act to protect these at-risk whales who should not have to be subjected to harassment and a cruel, painful death from grenade-tipped harpoons shot within the confines of a sanctuary,” he added.

The second petition, which focuses on the legal status of Sea Shepherd founder, Captain Watson, asks for him to be provided safe haven in the U.S. Captain Watson is currently at sea as an observer with this season’s current Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign, on the SSS Steve Irwin. He cannot make landfall due to being the target of two ‘red notices’ issued by Interpol put forth at the request of Costa Rica and Japan, which seek to extradite him to those nations for trial on trumped up, politically motivated charges related to defending marine wildlife from poachers.

“Captain Watson is an eco-hero doing the job of enforcing marine conservation law that governments have shown they lack the political will or economic means to do,” said Susan Hartland, Administrative Director, Sea Shepherd. “He has won countless awards including President George H.W. Bush’s ‘Daily Points of Light Award’ for his conservation work and should be on a list of national heroes, not on Interpol’s “Red List,” she said. “The charges against him are clearly politically motivated and we, as a society, should be asking why, instead of Captain Watson, are the illegal whale poachers and shark-finners not being targeted by authorities and put on Interpol’s ‘Red List’?,” she added.

To sign “Take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary,” go to: http://wh.gov/Vnbu. Credit: White House We The People Petition Page

To sign “Provide Safe Haven to Captain Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,” go to:http://wh.gov/VnRf.  Credit: White House We The People Petition Page

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Sea Shepherd E-News: What you can do for the oceans 1FEB13

HERE is the latest e mail newsletter from Sea Shepherd with a few important calls to action to support the work they do. Two involve We The People petitions. One of these is a petition calling on the US government to take action against the japanese whaling industry's whaling in the Southern Whale Sanctuary, violating international law covering the sanctuary. The second is calling on the US government to provide a  a safe haven for Capt Paul Watson in his ongoing legal battles with the German, and Costa Rican governments, Interpol and the shark fining industry. You can find out more about this issue by going to Captain Paul Watson Arrested In Frankfurt, Germany on Warrant Issued by Costa Rica 13MAI12 & Update on the Arrest of Captain Watson: Day 2 in Custody 14MAI12 http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/captain-paul-watson-arrested-in.html
and Urgent Call to Sea Shepherd Supporters - Help Save Captain Watson from Extradition to Costa Rica! 15MAI12 & Germany Considers Sending Whale Defender to What Will be a Death Sentence in Costa Rica 16MAI12 http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/urgent-call-to-sea-shepherd-supporters.html
and Attorney for Captain Paul Watson Confirms the Activist has Departed Germany 25JUL12 & Attorney for Captain Paul Watson Confirms Sea Shepherd's Beliefs: Japan is Seeking to Extradite Watson 26JUL12 & Captain Paul Watson Sends Sea Shepherd First Message for Supporters Since Departing Germany 30JUL12
http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/attorney-for-captain-paul-watson.html
and Sea Shepherd E-News: Operation Zero Tolerance 25JAN13 & Statement from Captain Paul Watson 7JAN13 & Sea Shepherd Ordered By U.S. Appeals Court To Keep 500 Yards Away From Japanese Whalers 18DEZ12
http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/sea-shepherd-e-news-operation-zero.html
The persecution of Captain Watson has gone on long enough, and We The People have the right and responsibility to tell our government to grant him safe haven / sanctuary. Please sign the petitions. And there are others actions and updates in this newsletter, there is much to be done because Sea Shepherd is such an affective defender of our oceans and all who live in them.

Dear Friend of Sea Shepherd, There's so much you can do to defend marine wildlife, no matter where you are in the world. Not everyone can join a Sea Shepherd campaign, and many people aren't able to financially support the conservation efforts so close to their hearts. In this edition of the Sea Shepherd E-News, we present many ways that you can make an impact for our mission and the animals at no cost to yourself. If you are someone who is fortunate enough to be able to help finance our mission, please keep us in your heart. Your contributions are the very lifeblood that keeps our organization on top as the world's leading direct-action conservation non-profit. Each person in this world can do something to contribute to the greater good, whether it is a financial contribution and/or the contribution of your time and energy in person or even online. Have you thought about what you can do to help defend, conserve, and protect the oceans? Save Whales and Help Captain Watson The United States White House has created a modern and easy way for the people's voice to be heard. Official petitions can be created on their website, and once a petition receives 100,000 signatures it elicits an official response from the White House. Sea Shepherd has created two very important petitions, one of which could provide safe haven for Captain Watson and the other asks the United States to take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. We only have until February 28th to reach the required number of signatures. You don't have to be a US citizen to sign the petitions, but you do need to create a user account on their website. Help us! Secret Rooftops Hiding Shameful Atrocities Can you guess what those light and dark grey things on the roof of the building pictured below are? Each speck represents a shark's fin! In fact, you are looking at more than 10,000 shark fins drying on a roof in Hong Kong during the month of January! Gary Stokes, Sea Shepherd Hong Kong Coordinator, broke the story, garnering worldwide news coverage. Sharks need protection now, and they need CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) to do the right thing and base their protection status on scientific facts rather than financial greed. Only when the killing and trade of this apex predator, which is so vital to the health of the oceans, become officially illegal will we see a stop to this atrocity. Learn more! You Can Help Sea Shepherd Win €25,000! The BiLLe Celeb Charity Challenge is a great way that you can be involved on a daily basis and help fund Sea Shepherd campaigns with a simple, free vote. Each month, one charity wins big − and we need your help during the month of February to take home the prize. It takes just two minutes to create an account, and then you can vote once a day (or as often as you are able) to help us secure the win! Thanks to dedicated Sea Shepherd supporters around the world, we just won the January BiLLe Celeb Charity Challenge with a prize of €25,000! Our campaigns are very costly − and effective! Every bit helps the animals, and another win in February would do so much for our mission. We're currently in 2nd place. Vote now! Visit Our Marketplace Our virtual Marketplace highlights a wide variety of environmentally conscious vendors that donate a portion of their profits to Sea Shepherd. Featuring items such as beauty products, music, and apparel, the Marketplace is a wonderful venue to support these ethical companies that help fund our mission to defend ocean wildlife worldwide. Be sure to check out the limited edition Sea Shepherd Watchby Tempvs Compvtare. This is a true collector's item, as only a very small quantity was produced! What we do is not easy. Sea Shepherd works on the cutting edge of activism. We go where others dare not go and take on tasks that no one else has ever done, and we do it all within the boundaries of the law, and without causing harm to any sentient beings. Yes, we push the envelope and we take chances, and we have been doing so for thirty-five years, but in that time we have achieved some amazing victories, yet there is still so much work to be done. We operate on a relatively small budget with a predominately volunteer crew, and we are able to do so much because of your generosity and compassion. Thank you for standing strong with Sea Shepherd. Your support inspires us to take action each and every day.  For the oceans, Your Friends at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shop   Show your support for the oceans and the animals who live in them with thisVintage Classic Full-Zip Sweatshirt! 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