Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Overview “We’re not a protest organization, we’re a policing organization,” Paul Watson has said of his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS). A pirate organization is more like it. Sporting the skull and crossbones, his black or battleship-gray ships sail menacingly through the waves. They are painted with the names of the boats Watson has rammed and sunk. The ships are fitted with water cannons, a concrete-filled bow made for ramming, and an attachment dubbed the “can opener” that can tear open a boat’s hull. In his book Earth Warrior, David Morris writes that Watson wears a long bowie knife at his side and carries AK-47s on board. He blasts Richard Wagner’s rousing “Ride of the Valkyries” to herald his arrival and terrify his victims. SSCS’s mission is to stop fishing of which it disapproves. Its preferred methods? Ramming and sinking fishing ships, throwing butyric acid on…
Green fascism
Sea Shepherd Australia and the Greens publicity stunt creates mass hysteria in Western Australia In Western Australia, seven fatal shark attacks in three years have given many beach lovers and surfers serious concerns about entering the water. Attendances at popular beaches, such as Cotteloe, have dropped by as much as two thirds, according to some estimates. Not so long ago, the water off Cottesloe beach was full of early morning swimmers. A swim at that time of day was part of life there for residents as well as visitors. For more than 100 years Cottesloe has been the traditional place for West Australian country families to holiday. The key players Jeff Hansen, Managing Director, Sea Shepherd Australia, part of the militant international group that has been described as an eco-terrorist organisation. Sea Shepherd founder, Paul Watson, believes that humans should be culled, not sharks. “We need to radically and…