Sea Shepherd E-Newsletter
Defending Ocean Wildlife Worldwide

In This Issue

Sea Shepherd documents the seal slaughter

Canadian Coast Guard rams the Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat attacked by mob in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Join the Direct Action Crew

News & Commentary

Captain Watson named Wildlife Warrior

I'm Not Ready to Make Nice

Sea Shop

--NOW AVAILABLE--
Seal Defense Campaign Merchandise (Shirts, Stickers, Patches)

Organic Merchandise

Join our list

April 10, 2008

Dear Roger,

The last two weeks have certainly proved to be interesting for Sea Shepherd as we continue to oppose the Canadian seal slaughter. In two weeks, we have been rammed twice by a Coast Guard ship, kept under survellience by a Coast Guard plane, and assaulted by a mob of angry fishermen in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Apparently, the Canadian government and the sealers do not want us to expose this slaughter for what it is: the largest marine mammal slaughter in the world. Keep reading for more details on our current Seal Defense Campaign 2008...

Sea Shepherd documents the seal slaughter
After traveling north from Bermuda through stormy seas, Sea Shepherd's ship Farley Mowat arrived at Canada's eastern ice floes to witness and document the horrendous seal slaughter despite opposition from the Canadian government. For eye witness accounts from our volunteer crew, click here

Canadian Coast Guard rams the Farley Mowat
On March 30, 2008 the Canadian Coast Guard ship Des Groseilliers twice rammed the Farley Mowat while it was documenting the seal slaughter. The Coast Guard has demonstrated extreme recklessness with this move. The crew of the Farley Mowat were engaged in documenting the slaughter of seals. They were not interfering with the hunt. To watch the video of the ramming, click here

Farley Mowat attacked by mob in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Sea Shepherd's ship, the Farley Mowat, was attacked on April 4th by a mob of 30-40 angry fishermen. The attack took place while berthed in the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. The Farley Mowat was berthed in St. Pierre to transfer video footage of the Canadian seal slaughter onto shore and await the resumption of the slaughter, which was temporarily suspended after the death of four sealers.

The mob proceeded to harass the ship, attacking one crewmember who made it back on board safely before the mob threw the gangplank into the water and cut the ship's mooring lines with an axe while police stood by watching.

Click here for a full report and photos

Sharkwater released on DVD in the US
Sharkwater, the internationally acclaimed documentary featuring Sea Shepherd, made its way to DVD and Blu-Ray on April 8th. Click here to order your copy!

Canada has started killing 325,000 seals without any moral or scientific justification. However, the seals will not suffer in silence, they will not be wiped out in a vacuum of apathy. They will be heard even if we have to outrage an entire nation by insisting on documenting the slaughter and showing the world what is happening to the seals in Canada. I thank-you for helping to make it possible.

For the Oceans,

Watson Signature

Captain Paul Watson
Founder and President

-------------------------------------

email: captainwatson@seashepherd.org

phone: +1 (360) 370-5650

fax: +1 (360) 370-5651

website: www.seashepherd.org

Join the Direct Action Crew and get a FREE Sea Shepherd T-shirt!	When you join the Direct Action Crew, our monthly donation program, you will receive a free t-shirt and 20% off of all Sea Shepherd merchandise for the duration of your participation in the program. Put your donations directly to work to protect marine wildlife in peril! Now you can sign up online.
Sign Up Now Online!