Showing posts with label Sea Shepherd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sea Shepherd. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

THE SEA SHEPHERD FAMILY~SARA PRISCILA





Courtesy Olaf Janssen


These are the words of Sara Priscila.
She is SeaShepherd.
She speaks for us all, and I feel blessed to hear this incredible voice from our family of SeaShepherd.


Discussion  -  3:34 AM
 #DONTBUYATICKET

 #DONTBUYATICKET  to SeaWorld
Let our dolphin #Swimfree  because #captivitykills

Sara Priscila 7:44 AM+1

Lugar de cetáceos, peixes, moluscos, etc não é em aquários nem em laboratórios pra experiência nem tão pouco em panelas ou em lojas de shopping. Eles merecem viver livres em seu habitat natural!!! Assim como o lugar de todos os outros animais da fauna não é em cativeiro pois a jaula só deve aprisionar criminosos!!! Sou a favor do fechamento dos circos com animais, dos zoológicos, dos cativeiros e tanques particulares, laboratórios de pesquisas, lojas e marcas que comercializem qualquer animal ou derivado animal, parques que mantenham animais obrigados a trabalhar com entretenimento humano, etc. Querem conhecer os animais? Façam trilhas em grupos nas florestas com biólogos e botânicos que será bem mais instrutivo. Querem que suas crianças conheçam golfinhos, pinguins, leões marinhos, etc? Reunam as famílias de seus amigos e aluguem uma embarcação legalizada que os leve para passearem no final de semana, feriado ou férias em alto mar. Mergulhem com instrutores profissionais e seus filhos aprenderão mais sobre a natureza em poucos dias do que acham que aprenderam em anos dentro das escolas... Incentivem a educação ambiental e o respeito mesmo ao desconhecido pois o temido nem sempre é o vilão na realidade. Dessa forma, os pescadores poderão viver da renda que receberão em levar famílias pra conhecer os animais vivos e em seu habitat natural sem recorrem ao finning ou outras práticas abomináveis e será muito mais interessante e emocionante conhecer os animais livres do que aprisionados. Vamos tentar mudar a consciência dos outros a partir de nós? Só assim obteremos êxito!!! Façam o correto que valerá a pena. Abraço

Olaf Janssen9:53 AM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

Place of cetaceans, fish, shellfish, etc. is not in aquariums or in laboratories to experience nor in pots or in mall stores. They deserve to live free in their natural habitat!! As the place of all other animals fauna in captivity is not only because the cage to imprison criminals!! I favor the close of animal circuses, zoos, captivity by tanks and private research laboratories, stores and brands that sell any animal derived or animal parks to keep animals forced to work with human entertainment, etc.. Want to know the animals? Make tracks in groups in forests with biologists and botanists who will be far more instructive. Want their children know dolphins, penguins, sea lions, etc.? Gather your families and friends to rent a vessel that legalized mild to roam over the weekend, holiday or vacation at sea. Dive with professional instructors and their children learn more about nature in a few days they think they have learned in years within schools ... Encourage environmental education and respect even when

Adelheid Adelliam10:01 AM+2
Obrigado!
+Sara Priscila 
Suas palavras são poderosas, bonito e totalmente inspirador. Tenho a honra de conhecê-lo e abençoado que vocês estão aqui como parte da família SSCS.

Thank you!!!
+Sara Priscila 
Your words are powerful,  beautiful, and totally inspiring. I am honored to know you and blessed that you are here as part of the SSCS family.

Thank you +Olaf Janssen for allowing me to understand. :) *

Sara Priscila12:02 PM+2

Eu que me sinto agraciada pelo Criador por me permitir conhecer o trabalho mais que maravilhoso da Sea Shepherd. Mais que piratas, cada voluntário da Sea Shepherd é um anjo de guerra que luta pela vida, pelo respeito, pela justiça e sinto que fui contemplada com a amizade de vocês. Sou Sea Shepherd na alma, no espírito, no DNA... Só depende de nós que nossos "inimigos" de hoje podem se tornar nossos aliados amanhã!!! Nós que temos a consciência ambiental devidamente fundamentada e as ideias revolucionárias é que devemos apresentá-las à eles ao invés de esperar que eles se comovam com nossa luta. Oque na realidade os move é o dinheiro para sustentar suas famílias, precisamos adaptar nosso combate ao que nos trará resultado efetivo. Se eles precisam do dinheiro e nós temos as ideias, vamos unir nossas forças por um bem maior: salvar os oceanos conscientizando e também salvando famílias de milênios de anos de tradições equivocadas e que mesmo adotando práticas erradas na tentativa de alcançar mais lucros ainda assim vivem em situação de miséria ou pobreza. Se mudarmos a forma de pensar a economia desde as pequenas vilas de pescadores, mudaremos o conceito de uso dos oceanos e com maior número de cidadãos conscientes ao nosso lado poderemos abalar o mundo e reescrever nossas leis e fazer a fiscalização acontecer de fato, não para os que se vendem para a injustiça mas as nações poderão pressionar o Japão e quem for necessário para que as futuras gerações conheçam a natureza fora da tela de um computador ou de livros antigos com histórias contadas por um povo que não reagiu à extinção do planeta. É nossa responsabilidade mudar a linha de raciocínio deles e não somente combatê-los e, mudar o jeito de pensar deles é muito mais difícil e árduo para nós que para eles, porém os resultados valerão mais que os confrontos. Necessitamos e podemos fazer a diferença e vamos fazê-la porque somos abençoados e munidos de uma arma que nem todos sabem utilizar: nossa capacidade de criar saídas onde não há e nossa coragem que mesmo em momentos de terror nos alerta para não desistirmos de lutar pela única coisa que vale à pena: dignidade e amor pela vida!!! Sem oceanos nós não somos nada... Obrigada por existirem e me estimularem a manter a cabeça erguida mesmo em momentos de tristeza em que parece que a esperança nos abandonou. Vocês são meus amados companheiros de causa e fé e luta constante. Podemos não estar precisamente do jeito que queremos mas haveremos de conquistar além de tudo que sonhamos se nunca esmorecermos. A Sea Shepherd é o coração dos oceanos que bate através de cada um de nós... A Sea Shepherd não pode esperar que governos nos apoiem. Precisamos sair da nossa zona de conforto. Deveriamos estar palestrando dentro das escolas das crianças, nas tribos indígenas, nos quilombos, nas universidades... Lá estão nossas gerações de guerreiros que atuarão juntamente conosco em todos os lugares deste mundo sem fronteiras. Chegou a vez dos voluntários também baterem nas portas das creches, das escolinhas de surf, nas alas infanto-juvenis de hospitais, das ongs que "se dizem" protetoras da natureza... Vamos sacudir a sociedade atual e cobrar de quem se diz protetor da natureza que se faça a parte que lhes cabe. Hoje, não podemos só cobrar a fiscalização das entidades responsáveis, nós somos os fiscais!!! Cada um armado com sua câmera no celular ou profissional, com seu blog, com seu perfil de protesto, com seus encontros nas ruas, nos meios de transporte...enfim... só depende de nós!!! Eu amo todos vocês, família Sea Shepherd!!!

Olaf Janssen12:24 PM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

That I feel honored by the Creator for allowing me to know the work that most wonderful of Sea Shepherd. More than pirates, each volunteer Sea Shepherd is an angel of war who struggle for life, respect, justice and feel that I have been awarded your friendship. Sea Shepherd'm the soul, the spirit, the DNA ... It's up to us who our "enemies" today can become our allies tomorrow!! We have reasoned environmental awareness and revolutionary ideas is that we should present them to them rather than expecting them to be moved by our struggle. What did actually moves them is the money to support their families, we need to adapt our fight we will bring effective results. If they need the money and we have ideas, let us unite our forces for the greater good: save the oceans and also saving families aware of millennia of years of traditions and misleading that even adopting wrong practices in an attempt to achieve more profits still live in extreme poverty or poverty. If we change the way we think the economy from small fishing villages, we will change the concept of use of the oceans and large number of concerned citizens on our side we can shake the world and rewrite our laws and exercise oversight actually happen, not for those who sell to the injustice but nations could push Japan and who needed so that future generations know the nature off the screen of a computer or old books with stories told by people who did not react to the extinction of the planet. It is our responsibility to change the line of thinking of them and not just fight them and change the way of thinking of them is much more difficult and arduous for us than for them, but the results will be worth more than the clashes. We need and we can make a difference and we do it because we are blessed and having a weapon that not everyone knows to use: our ability to create solutions where there and our courage that even in times of terror alerts us to not give up the fight for only thing worth it: dignity and love for life!! No oceans we are nothing ... Thanks for stimulating me there and keep your head up even in moments of sadness when it seems that hope has abandoned us. You are my beloved companions of cause and faith and constant struggle. We may not be exactly the way we want but we will conquer beyond anything ever dreamed up esmorecermos. Sea Shepherd is the heart of the oceans hitting through each one of us ... The Sea Shepherd can not expect governments to support us. We need to get out of our comfort zone. We should be lecturing in schools of children in indigenous tribes, the runaway slave, universities ... There are generations of our warriors who will work together with us everywhere this borderless world. Came the turn of the volunteers also knocking on the doors of kindergartens, schools for the surf, in the wards of hospitals for children and teenagers, the NGOs who "say" protective nature ... Let's shake up the company's current and charge who is said protector of nature that make their fair share. Today, we can not only charge the supervision of the responsible entities, we are the tax!! Each armed with his camera on mobile or professional blog, with your profile protest, with their encounters on the streets, in transport ... finally ... only depends on us! I love you all, family Sea Shepherd!!

Olaf Janssen12:25 PM+1
obrigado por essas palavras fortes e maravilhoso +Sara Priscila :)

Adelheid Adelliam12:33 PM+1

Oh. +Sara Priscila Eu nunca li nada na minha vida que me fez chorar como suas palavras fizeram. Estou honrado de estar a sua família em Sea Shepherd. xxx

Adelheid Adelliam1:51 PM

Posso postar esse incrível escrita de vocês neste blog, http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com para que as pessoas possam lê-lo e venha se juntar a nossa família em Sea Shepherd? Sua escrita me trouxe lágrimas de esperança, orgulho, gratidão e alegria Sara. Obrigado, Heidi +Sara Priscila 

Sara Priscila2:36 PM

Claro!!! Devemos disseminar nossa filosofia e incentivar as novas e velhas gerações a começarem a fazer o que é certo desde já... Abração!!!

Sure! We spread our philosophy and encourage new and old generations to start doing the right thing already ... Abrasive!!
























Wednesday, April 24, 2013

ACTIONS: Help Bonneville Dam Sea Lions and Dam Guardians






http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120315_sealion.html



Dam Guardian Campaign - Call to Action for the Sea Lions of the Columbia River! Please call M-F between 9-5 PST:

Oregon Governor Kitzhaber 503-378-4582

Washington Governor Inslee #360-902-4111

Tell them that killing sea lions won't save salmon!
http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians/columbia-river-sea-lion-kill.html


Dam Guardians report "Hope", Sea Lion #781 finally gets assessment, but no intervention.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/26/dam-guardians-report-hope-sea-lion-781-finally-gets-assessment-but-no-intervention-1498

Please help the Dam Guardians by taking the actions listed below.
Thank you!

EMAIL.    FAX.     CALL.   TWEET.   PETITION.  

TELL  Everyone who will listen!

These photos are going to break your heart. Count on it.
http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians

Can you imagine what it does to the sweet pea Sea lion who was simply trying to eat his lunch?
How about what it does to our SSCS Dam Guardians,  and Aaron Hall to be our witness to this?

I wish I could be that strong. I am not.

The BEST thing we all can to do is to follow @DamGuardians .
They are right there, no second hand news.

They recommend that we champion a Sea lion.
http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians/champion-a-sea-lion.html

We need to ramp up the action effort here folks. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Updated Friday April 26~2013

Astoria - No Help for Hope: We would like thank all of the caring people around the world who have been calling various state and federal agencies asking that someone with authority to do so, come and check on Hope. A biologist from Portland State University did come out this afternoon to assess this wounded sea lion, but offered no intervention. Oregon has no facilities to treat an animal such as this. It is our understanding that in the event that Hope dies, a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. That is all the state of Oregon has to offer for Hope at this time. Meanwhile, as the biologist was on-site, the ODFW worker was nearby scaring the other sea lions off of the docks.

Current federal and state laws permit the branding, harassing and lethal removal of sea lions for eating fish, but do not provide care for injured sea lions like Hope. Something is very fishy in Oregon. Please contact Governor Kitzhaber and NOAA. Tell them it is time to move away from bad policies and to give a damn about the sea lions of the Columbia River. 

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber
State Capitol Building
900 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301
phone: (503) 378-4582
fax: (503) 378-6827
Internet: http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber
twitter: @govkitz

Helen Golde
Acting Director
Office of Protected Resources
NOAA Fisheries
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-427-8400
fax: 301-713-0376
helen.golde@noaa.gov

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/23/sea-shepherd-dam-guardians-report-sea-lion-in-severe-distress-at-port-of-astoria-1497


Below courtesy Fins And Flukes
https://www.facebook.com/FinsAndFluke

URGENT CALL TO ACTION! 
We need your daily actions to end the cruel and unjust Sea Lion cull at Bonneville Dam. We must apply constant pressure on Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and Washington Governor Jay Inslee in hopes that they will end the suffering, cruelty and death of the innocent Sea Lions. Please use hashtag #DamTweet on all correspondence and be sure to follow your Dam Guardians on Twitter, SSCS Dam Guardians @DamGuardians. Please feel free to copy and paste tweets to send to them and please Re-Tweet the Dam Gaurdians. Thank you in advance for your much needed help!

Please also fax, email and call the Governors offices. There is no limit on actions that you may take. Please invite your friends and share this event. Together we can end this!

http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians

https://www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdUSA?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/

http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php

WHO TO CONTACT AND HOW TO REACH THEM

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber

State Capitol Building
900 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301
phone: (503) 378-4582
fax: (503) 378-6827
Internet: http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber
twitter: @govkitz

Washington Governor Jay Inslee

Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
phone: (360) 902-4111
fax: 360-753-4110
Internet: http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov?ref=ts&fref=ts
twitter: @govInslee

EMAIL.   

Sample email from Danette:
Borrow, steal, edit.
It's a good write!

I'm very concerned about the less than humane way the sealions at Astoria are being treated. Hazing and harassing is one thing, but to shoot at, and then leave to suffer...that's far beyond the call of conservation and safe-guarding of the precious salmon of the Columbia River.
Please take some time to consider the plight of for instance "Hope" a sealion currently suffering from gunshots, bleeding on the shore of the river!
I urge you to help this animal, and to re-consider how you go about saving salmons for the enjoyment of the public. Nature usually very well manages to balance itself, without interference like this. Or is it perhaps another agenda behind this? To extinguish any competition for the precious salmon?..
yeah I know I'm public, but I can't be bothered... help please?
Still, I hereby request that assistance is forwarded to  the fitting instances so this sealion "Hope" and others like him will not need to suffer needlessly like this.
Than you for your time, and with the hope of a swift and positive action to follow.....

Contact form to submit to Governor John Kitzhaber
http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx


TWEET.

You may also follow Governor John Kitzhaber on Twitter at @GovKitz
I do. And I talk to him via tweet.
I'm not very polite though, and I don't set a decent precedent for diplomacy. At all.

If you do care to tweet to him, Steve Jack has compiled a list of tweets for #DamTweet storms here:
https://sites.google.com/site/sealioncampaign/

Rock The #DamTweet  for Sea Lions
https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like

Sample Tweets-
SEA LIONS BRANDED WITH HOT IRONS The crime? Eating Fish! Tweet @GovKitz & @JayInslee Tell them to stop it! #DamTweet pic.twitter.com/rxjAHfzZRE

STOP #hazing sea lions in #Astoria NOW !!! @GovKitz @govInslee have you no #compassion? #DamTweet

@GovKitz @GovInslee PLEASE SHARE THE RIVER WITH THE SEA LIONS! There are better options than #Killing #DamTweet @DamGuardians #sealions

@GovKitz @jayinslee There's no excuse for animal abuse! Save the #SeaLions at #BonnevilleDam! You can stop this! #DamTweet

@govkitz Branding Sea Lions for doing what they do naturally is a disgusting case of animal cruelty. #DamTweet #YouShouldBeAshamed

DFW employee Matt Tennis https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539960852693793&set=a.510751328948079.107668.507053622651183&type=1&theater … burning the flesh of#sealions #DamTweet

Rock The #DamTweet for Sea Lions! Event to help them on FB! Plz join!https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/?notif_t=plan_user_joined …

#Oregon @GovKitz grants clemency to #murderers but not 2 #California sea lions who eat #Salmon #WTH #DamTweet @DamGuardians @SeaShepherd

@DamGuardians @seashepherd branded, bleeding & burnt #California sea lions brought 2 you courtesy of @GovKitz & our #Taxpayer $$$ #DamTweet

Plz support #DamTweet & Sea Shepherd @DamGuardians as they fight to protect Sea Lions being tortured & killed in USA

@GovKitz STOP THE TORTURE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR STATE! #DAMTWEET

@JayInslee STOP THE TORTURE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR STATE! #damtweet

Plz support #DamTweet & @SeaShepherd @DamGuardians as they fight to protect Sea Lions being tortured & killed in USA !

@govkitz Branding Sea Lions for doing what they do naturally is a disgusting case of animal cruelty. #DamTweet #YouShouldBeAshamed

FAX.
http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php

https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like

Sample Letter to fax both Governor John Kitzhaber (Oregon) Fax# 5033786827 and Governor Jay Inslee (Washington) Fax# 3607534110.

I am contacting you to take immediate action to stop the hazing, branding, and death of Sea Lions. I strongly urge you to find alternative and humane solutions to save the endangered salmon and halt the lethal removal of California Sea Lions at the Bonneville Dam. Thank you.

Name
City, State
Country

http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php
(Two free faxes per day)

Courtesy Fins and Flukes
https://www.facebook.com/FinsAndFluke


PETITION
Petition to STOP Hazing, Branding and Killing Columbia River Sea Lions
http://signon.org/sign/stop-hazing-branding

PETITION: U.S. District Judge Boasberg: #Oregon — Stop Killing Sea Lions  http://www.thepetitionsite.com/871/540/062/oregon-stop-killing-sea-lions/

BACKGROUND
http://www.idausa.org/saving-oregons-sea-lions/

This news was from March 5, 2010 so you can see how long this has been going on.

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Please tell Australia not to send Captain Paul Watson to Japan

March 8, 2013

Hello Sea Shepherd Folks!

Here are email samples to send to Australian Government officials to support Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson, urging them not to surrender Captain Paul Watson to the Japanese officials who have been planning to meet Sea Shepherd upon their arrival in Australia.
Please note that the email text extends beyond the signature & date line to include news & links to document the details pertaining to our request.

Please use these samples and if you decide to edit, polite speech will best reflect the fact that 
Sea Shepherd operates on policy of not advocating racism, causing personal injury or falsifying facts. 

In addition to saving our Whales, Dolphins, Sharks and Seals, that's why we love them.

Thank you @AlysonHypnotik1 for Australian government contact info and news sharing @blubdha for editing ~format~research @foreveroceans for news sharing~editing @OrcaSOS @SaveMisty for news sharing


Email to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard:


Email form to Julia Gillard
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm

Fax (03) 9741 6213
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83L

Greetings Prime Minister Gillard,

I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Prime Minister to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.

Captain Paul Watson has protected the internationally established Southern Ocean Sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.

During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.

I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.

While I understand that there are differences of opinion and points of view held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.

Please find documentation and news with links below, regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.

I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.

Sincerely,

*Please add date of your email, thank you!

Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..

http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html

"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.

Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.”  In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."

February 17, 2013
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed

http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500

Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be
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Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

Australian Whale Sanctuary
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.

Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Australian legal action toward Japan:
The Hague Justice Portal

Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter


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Email to the Honorable Tony Burke MP :

Paste email in web contact form here:
http://www.tonyburke.com.au/get-in-touch/

Or email directly here:
tony.burke.mp@environment.gov.au.

Greetings Honorable Tony Burke MP,

I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Member for Watson Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.

Captain Paul Watson has protected internationally established whale sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.

During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.

I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of such a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.

Please find documentation and news below with links regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.

You have been quoted on record that you find the act of whaling to be disgusting.

Tony Burke, Australia's environment minister, has called the Japanese whale hunt a "disgusting operation." Japan's fisheries minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, complains that Australian criticism represents "a cultural attack, a kind of prejudice against Japanese culture". Source:

28 February 2013 Last updated at 19:44 ET
Politics at play in Sea Shepherd-Japan whaling wars
By Nick Bryant
Sydney correspondent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

While I understand that there are differences of opinion held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.

I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.

Sincerely,

*Please add date of your email, thank you!

Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..
http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html

"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.

Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.”  In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."

February 17, 2013
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed

http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500

Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be
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Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

Australian Whale Sanctuary
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.

Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Australian legal action toward Japan:
The Hague Justice Portal

Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter



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Here you'll find the background story leading to our request to support Captain Paul Watson.
March 8, 2013

Germany Drops Sea Shepherd warrant
"Watson, though, says he will remain at sea and continue his seven-month exile unless the Australian government backs its anti-whaling stance by guaranteeing he won't be sent to Japan."

Published: 7:23PM Friday March 08, 2013 Source: AAP

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/germany-drops-sea-shepherd-warrant-5363854

Thank you to:
Save Misty the Dolphin @SaveMisty

March 7, 2013

https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin/posts/518421814862627

Thank you to:
Save Misty the Dolphin 

Update from Paul Watson:

Adverse weather has put an end to the whaling season. The whalers returned South more for show than practicality. Monitoring the weather and it is joyfully stormy. The Sea Shepherd ships have just enough fuel to reach Melbourne and should arrive in 12 days. This has been the most successful campaign undertaken and Sea Shepherd Australia has done an incredible job of coordinating it. A very courageous job by the three crews of the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Sam Simon. The Australian Federal Police are expected to raid the ships but they do that every year because Japan asks them to. Not sure why Australia never asks the police to raid the Japanese vessels. Sea Shepherd always cooperates with the authorities. Japan never does. They can destroy a boat and get away with it without having to answer questions while Sea Shepherd is expected to justify saving endangered whales in an internationally established whale sanctuary from whalers who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.

Police Await Ships
by Michelle Pain

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.
https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199

Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!

Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1
http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament


Julia Gillard @JuliaGillard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia


Tony Burke   @Tony_Burke  http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke
Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities




Tweet to Australian Government Officials and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.

.@JuliaGillard Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be

.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does!  #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights

.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html

.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!


.@Tony_Burke Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be

.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html

.@Tony_Burke  Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS

@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling

Also, some very relevant PETITIONS to sign:

*** United Nations: Propose the OCEAN PROTECTION RESOLUTION ACT for a General Assembly vote
by Rogerio Mariani
Séte, France

*Petitioning Interpol
Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON
Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France
http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition


* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists
by Bruce Berry
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists

* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications
by Stephen Hambrik
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/



Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Support Sea Shepherd! Brigitte Bardot Wish list ~ SSCA


http://www.seashepherd.org.au/support-us/brigitte-bardot-wish-list.html


Brigitte Bardot Wish list updated March 2013

Brigitte Bardot Supplies Needed
This list is a priority donation list of supplies needed on the Brigitte Bardot.  Donating supplies enables our crew to keep working and helps ensure our ship will be ready to protect marine wildlife worldwide!

The main and most urgent request is for fresh fruit and veg, soy or other non-dairy milks, tinned
tomatoes, baked beans and spreads (PEANUT BUTTER)

Fresh produce

Bunnings vouchers

Woolworths/coles vouchers

Eco friendly (grey water friendly) dish washing liquid

Eco friendly laundry detergent (liquid)

Garbage bags

Soy and other non dairy milks

Toilet paper

Eco friendly bathroom cleaner/all purpose surface cleaner spray

Vegan Cereals (Weet bix, corn-flakes, bran etc)

Loaves of bread

Chux cleaning cloths, sponges etc

Canned goods (baked beans, tomatoes, tinned veggies etc)

Tea & coffee

Sugar

Spreads (Peanut butter, Vegemite, Jams etc)

Rice

20 inch LCD flat screen TV



Please contact anna@seashepherd.org.au with any enquiries and please send donations to:
Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown 3016



Thank you very much for your support!

Monday, March 04, 2013

Whale Sanctuary & Australian Whale Sanctuary & International Protection of Whales

Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary

Protecting the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary: Development of a Management Plan
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition ~ ASOC
PDF format below:
http://www.asoc.org/storage/documents/Meetings/CCAMLR/XXVII/ASOC_IP_Whale_Sanctuary_Management_Plan092208.pdf

Australian Whale Sanctuaries
Whale Conservation
Australian Government ~ Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and
Communities
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html

Whale Sanctuaries
International Protection of Whales
International Whaling Commission
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#sanctuaries

International Protection of Whales
International Whaling Commission  IWC
Legal Action ~ May ~ 31 ~ 2010
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#legal

Australia takes Whaling Case against Japan to the International Court of Justice
The Hague Justice Portal  ~ May ~ 9 ~ 2011
http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter

Sunday, March 03, 2013

Captain Paul Watson Rocks & Sea Shepherd News

"Sea Shepherd Stood Fast for our Clients"
by Captain Paul Watson
March 4, 2013
https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson?group_id=0

Police Await Sea Shepherd ships as Watson slams critics
by Elizabeth Batt
Digital Journal 
March 3, 2013
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344734#

BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd ~ Japan Whaling Wars
by Nick Bryant
Sydney Correspondant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ships force Japanese whalers to withdraw from Antarctic waters
By: Russell Piffer News reporter 
Published on Sat Mar 02 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/02/antiwhaling_ships_chase_off_japanese_ship_in_antarctica_farley_mowat.html

Op-Ed: Sea Shepherd '80 percent sure' whaling season 'may be over'
by Elizabeth Batt
Digital Journal
March 1, 2013
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344601

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Let's Support Sea Shepherd with Action March 2~2013

These folks are supposed to be watching out for the welfare of our Whales.
Please contact them and tell them that allowing the Japanese Whaling Industry or
The Institute of Cetacean Research, if you prefer, to continue to slaughter whales in
the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is really not acceptable. 
At all. 
It's illegal, as a matter of fact.

International Whaling Commission
http://iwc.int/home

The main contacts for the IWC Secretariat
Postal Address:

The International Whaling Commission
The Red House,
135 Station Road,
Impington,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.
Tel:  +44 (0) 1223 233 971
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 876

Email:
for general enquiries: secretariat@iwc.int
for editorial correspondence: iwcjournal@iwc.int
for comments on this website: webmaster@iwc.int
http://iwc.int/contacts


BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd Japan Whaling Wars
by Nick Bryant
Sydney Correspondant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740

Sea Shepherd ships set to be raided by Australian Federal Police

by: Michelle Paine
From: The Mercury
March 03, 2013 10:51AM

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherd-fleet-set-to-be-raided-by-australian-federal-police/story-fncynkc6-1226589262705

In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.
https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199


Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!
Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1

http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament


Police Await Ships 
by Michelle Pain

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Tweet to these folks and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help
those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.


.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does!  #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights

.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!

Julia Gillard 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia

.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …
 @SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary

.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …

.@Tony_Burke  Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega

@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS

@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling

Tony Burke   @Tony_Burke  http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke
Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

*Petitioning Interpol 
Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON

Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France
http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition


* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists
by Bruce Berry
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists

* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications
by Stephen Hambrik
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/


Friday, March 01, 2013

Thank you Sea Shepherd Australia!


March 1, 2013
Sea Shepherd Australia Escorts the Japanese Whaling Fleet Out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
POSITION AT MARCH 1ST AT 1858 HOURS AEDT  59°59’ SOUTH AND 60° 32’ EAST

Commentary By Paul Watson - Observer