Whaling protest captain Paul Watson honoured
 

On Mar 21, 8:42 am, "( _ /)" wrote:
Whaling protest captain honoured

March 20 2008 at 02:01PM http://tinyurl.com/39xv6u
Sydney - The captain of a militant protest ship involved in a series
of high-seas clashes with Japanese whalers received an award on
Thursday from the widow of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was named "Wildlife Warrior"
of the year by the conservation foundation set up by Irwin, who died
from a stingray barb in 2006.

Watson captained the ship "Steve Irwin" - named after the
conservationist - in the Southern Ocean, harassing Japanese whalers
pursuing the giant mammals.

The International Whaling Commission has condemned Watson's tactics,
which include throwing stink bombs on whalers and boarding the
Japanese vessels, but he was unrepentant.

Watson also claimed he was shot earlier in March in a clash with a
whaling ship when flash grenades were thrown in the direction of the
protesters.

"Paul is a wildlife warrior in every sense of the world," Irwin's
widow Terri said at the award ceremony in Queensland state.

Watson said his critics were "talking about what to do to save whales
while we're down there saving whales".

"It was an extremely successful campaign, the Japanese have admitted
they're not even going to get half their quota," Watson said.

"If you find a whale that criticises or is upset about what we do,
we'll pay attention."

Japan had planned to kill 850 minke whales and 50 fin whales in this
year's hunt, which is carried out under a loophole in international
rules allowing whaling for scientific purposes. - Sapa-AFP

Not by the native americans...and thier suporters. Fuking western
egoiser.