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In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.

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If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.

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To me extremism is targeting endangered whales in a whale sanctuary in violation of a moratorium. That, to me, is extreme.

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Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling.

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The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.

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A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.

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I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.

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I don't think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and all I see WikiLeaks doing is exposing the truth.

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That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

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When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Environmentalist

Born: December 2nd, 1950

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