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Will Whale Wars See Its Next Season?

June 17, 2013

(WHALE WARS) It’s summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, and for the last five years, this has typically meant a new season of Animal Planet’s popular reality show, “Whale Wars.” This coming season, however, has been pushed back to fall, or possibly even early 2014. It will be the show’s sixth season on air, and will exhibit a new, exciting twist. Rather than an Animal Planet crew shooting on deck, it will stitch together episodes from footage the activists shot of themselves. Read on for more information on Sea Shepherd and the advancement of “Whale Wars.” — Global Animal

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Sea Shepherd’s ‘Relentless’ Campaign (VIDEO)

May 27, 2013

(ANIMAL ACTIVISM) Sea Shepherd introduced the world to their 10th Antarctic whale defense campaign, Operation Relentless, via YouTube this month. The new operation is coming off the back of Sea Shepherd’s most successful campaign to date, Operation Zero Tolerance, which saved the lives of 932 whales. The campaign name is influenced by Japan’s claim that their attempt to kill whales in the Antarctic was rejected due to ‘relentless interference’ by Sea Shepherd. Read on for more information regarding Sea Shepherd’s newest pursuit to bring peace to at-risk whales. — Global Animal

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Sea Shepherd Calls Off Operation Zero Tolerance

March 14, 2013

(OCEANS) November 5, 2012 marked the official launch date of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s (SSCS) ninth annual Southern Ocean campaign, Operation Zero Tolerance (OZT). The extremely successful mission to stop Japanese whalers in their tracks consisted of the organization’s strongest fleet yet, including four ships—Steve Irwin, Bob Barker, Brigitte Bardot, and Sam Simon—as well as a helicopter, eight small RIB’s, three drones, and over 100 international volunteers. Now, Sea Shepherd volunteers can pack up their bags after Captain Paul Watson announced late last week that the Operation Zero Tolerance campaign has prematurely come to an end. Read on to learn more about Sea Shepherd Australia’s success in what is being coined as the most successful Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign yet. — Global Animal

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Sea Shepherd Intercepts Poachers, Not A Single Whale Killed

January 29, 2013

(OCEANS) According to a press release, Sea Shepherd Australia’s vessel, the SSS Brigitte Bardot, has successfully intercepted the Japanese whaling ship, Tushin Maru No. 3 in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Though it is appalling that the whaling fleet has been detected in Whale Sanctuary to begin with, Operation Zero Tolerance co-campaign leader Bob Brown believes, “It is likely that we have intercepted these whale poachers before a single harpoon has been fired.” Sea Shepherd will continue to do its part in upholding the Australian Federal Court ruling that bans Japanese whaling, while Operation Zero Tolerance co-campaign Leader Jeff Hansen reassures, “We will not tolerate a single whale death inside the established whale sanctuary by these poachers.” Read on to learn more about this great success. — Global Animal

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Animal Planet Set To Debut Rhino Wars

January 14, 2013

(ANIMAL CONSERVATION) Along with the recent announcement that Animal Planet was renewing the sixth season of the hit program ”Whale Wars,” was the revealing of another conservation-themed reality mini-series titled “Battleground: Rhino Wars.” The program follows the work of a group of former-military commandos fighting against rhinoceros poaching in South Africa. Marjorie Kaplan, the president and general manager of Animal Planet, states “Battleground: Rhino Wars is the next evolution in Animal Planet’s muscular conservation strand.” Read on to learn more about the progressive show and take our poll, “Will you watch Animal Planet’s ‘Rhino Wars’?” — Global Animal

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Operation Zero Tolerance Takes Sail

November 9, 2012

(OCEAN CONSERVATION) Defenders of the ocean’s wildlife no longer have any tolerance for whale poachers. November 5th launched Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s (SSCS) ninth annual Southern Ocean campaign “Operation Zero Tolerance (OZT)” with the departure of flagship Steve Irwin from Melbourne.  This year, SSCS has taken on a substantial goal: to send the illegal Japanese whalers home with zero whale kills. Read on to learn more about Sea Shepherd’s endeavors. — Global Animal

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Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson Arrested

May 14, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) Paul Watson, the famous founder and captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, over the weekend. The charges against him are related to an incident in Costa Rica from 2002, when Sea Shepherd protested shark finning. The outstanding warrant for his arrest was also for attempted murder, which Sea Shepherd is calling a “fallacy.” Sea Shepherd, the subject of the Animal Planet reality show Whale Wars, is hoping that the charges against him will be dropped. —Global Animal

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Sea Shepherd’s Operation Divine Wind Set To Blow Whaling Away

October 4, 2011

(SEA SHEPHERD/WHALE WARS) The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society announced Friday that they are returning to the Southern Ocean Sanctuary this December with the launch of Operation Divine Wind to protect the great whales from Japan’s hunting fleet. Sea Shepherd, an international non-profit and marine wildlife conservation organization, is mobilizing in response to Japanese news sources that have confirmed that the country’s whaling fleet will resume hunting for the protected animals at the end of the year. Read on for more information about the organization’s upcoming campaign. — Global Animal

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