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Whale Wars was a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and the crew aboard their various vessels attempted to stop the killing of whales by Japanese vessels (whalers) off the coast of Antarctica.
Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008, on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and his crew aboard their various vessels attempt to deter Japanese whaling off the coast of Antarctica. [1]
The Yūshin Maru No. 2 (第二勇新丸, Daini Yūshin Maru) is a Japanese-registered whale catcher that undertakes whaling operations in the North Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. Along with other vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet, she has been featured on American television since 2008, in the documentary-style reality series Whale Wars. [3]
Pierce Brosnan showing his support for former "Whale Wars" star Paul Watson. The Remington Steele star has previously spoken out in support of Watson in May 2012.
Watson, Whale Wars, and the Japanese whaling industry were satirized in the South Park episode "Whale Whores". In its fictional Larry King show, Watson himself was called "an unorganized incompetent media whore who thought lying to everyone was OK as long as it served his cause" and "A smug, narcoleptic liar with no credibility". [157] [158] [159]
The ship and her crew, and their efforts for conservation, were the subject of the Animal Planet show Whale Wars. The MV Steve Irwin is now in the ownership of the not for profit Ship4Good. In late 2024, Ship4Good announced a new long-term partnership with marine debris prevention charity - Tangaroa Blue Foundation. In 2025, the MV Steve Irwin ...
Sea Shepherd suspected police involvement, and were forced to flee the country when a raid was about to take place. They managed to capture footage of dead seals being unloaded for processing. The footage was used in the Whale Wars special Seal Wars. [6] In 2012, Sea Shepherd launched Operation Desert Seal II.
Whale wars: How dead whales became the symbol of a political battle in NJ and elsewhere "(The rule) would impose unprecedented, unrealistic and unsafe speed restrictions on small vessels like mine ...