Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson Remembers Brother
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 4th, 2012 in Animal Issues.
Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson has experienced the tragic loss of his brother, Stephen Michael Watson, to cancer.
Watson took the time to remember his brother on a recent post online, discussing both his family loyalty and support of Sea Shepherd missions.
“My brother was devoted to Sea Shepherd and for years hosted fundraisers in Toronto and London, Ontario. His eldest son Sean first joined the crew of the Sea Shepherd II when he was fourteen on our drift net campaigns. His youngest daughter Hillary will soon be joining the crew of the Steve Irwin. Stephen himself participated in an important but legal secret mission for Sea Shepherd and was instrumental in its success.”
“In many ways the man who was born and died in St. Stephen was himself a saint as a kind and gentle lover of animals, of the environment, of beauty and creativity, as a loving husband and devoted father and a loyal brother to my sisters and me.”
Watson will be gearing up for the Sea Shepherd’s “Operation Zero Tolerance” mission in December, the annual anti-whaling campaign that aims to reduce the number of whales killed in the Southern Ocean, a goal Watson said his brother was very adamant he continue with.
“When I left Germany he asked only one thing of me and that was, if he died before the next campaign to the Southern Ocean, would I take his ashes to Antarctica. I intend to do so,” Watson said, according to the Digital Journal.
Photo: PR Photos
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