About The Sea Shepherds

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an International non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the worlds oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for fututre generations. Founder and President Captain Paul Watson, is a renowned, respected leader in environmental issues. Visit http://www.seashepherd.org/ for more information.

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On July 19, 2010 the Sea Shepherds sent an undercover operative, Peter Hammerstedt (also 1st mate on the Sea Shepherds Bob Barker) to document the grind of a pod of 236 pilot whales in the town of Klaksvik in the Danish Faeroe islands. the grind is a cruel anf barbarick method of whaling that involves stranding pods of cetaceans in coves before severing their spinal chords with knives.

Peter Hammerstedt had been living among the ferocious islanders for a week with the identity of a Swedish film student. Hammerstedt heard of a grinding on the radio and headed there immediately. Grossly outnumbered anu unable to phsically stop the grinding, Hammerstedt documented the bloodshed upon arrival. The government said the deaths of the whales were quick and painless but the newly released footage showed otherwise.

"One whale had 5 to 6 chops in her head", reported Hammerstedt," She was basically used as a chopping board. Her death would have been slow and painful. Some whales are hacked repeatedly for up to four minutes before they finally died. Bodies had been cut out of their mothers and left to rot on the docks.

dead baby whale :(

Pilot whales are considered "strictly protected" onder the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. Denmark fails to abide by these obligations by letting the slaughtering continue.

whale grinding

Hammerstedt was ultimately recognized by several hunters due to his role on the Animal Planet TV Series Whale Wars. When the whale killers began following

hammerstedt at a distance of a foot he quickly escaped to his car, left and uploaded images and footage to get them safely out of the country. Pictures of the grind are posted below.

whales on the docks

whales on the docks

men standing by whales on the docks

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Captain Paul Watson, With the Steve Irwin

The Sea Shepherds are an environmental orgonization that works to protect and to stop the killing of marine wildlife in our oceans. Captain Paul Watson is the founder of the Sea Shepherds and has been involved in protecting our marine wildlife his whole life and plans to keep doing it until the day he dies. Paul Watson is also captain of the Sea Shepherds "Steve Irwin". (picture posted above.) There are 60 billion people on this planet and paul watson was the only one that actually stood up and said,"hey,this is wrong. we need to actually do something to stop it." Paul was the co-founder of the greenpeace orgonization but was later kicked out for actually wanting to do something about it. to this day,greenpeace just sits back and watches animals die. but paul intervenes, and puts all his willpower towards stopping it. Paul has a deep passion for our wildlife. If you want to be part of stopping killing, then go to seashepherd.org and sign up to volunteer or donate some money...where any amount helps save the life of a whale.