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2008 Summer TCA Tour - Day 3

To kick off the season, the Whale Wars crew celebrated and mingled with Discovery Channel and Animal Planet Executives at Arianna Huffington’s home.

Vegan Mini-Cheeseburgers were the hors d oeuvres for the day.

It’s almost dinner time for some of you and we’re sorry if you’re reading this before logging off your computer and going home for the day, but still have an hour’s commute to get there.

Captain Paul Watson and his crew eat vegan during the show’s adventures, which consists of numerous tactics to prevent Japanese whalers from killing whales in the name of research.

The second season of Whale Wars premiers today at 9 PM E/P on Animal Planet, so there’s still time to make your own vegan mini-cheeseburgers before the show starts.

via treehugger.com

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Written by Vegetarian Star on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in Animal Issues, Misc Artists and Performers, Reality TV, Videos.

Paul Watson and his crew are at it again for another season!

The eco-pirate Animal Planet show Whale Wars is a portrayal of Watson and his shipmates attempting to stop Japanese Whalers from killing whales.

Whaling is normally illegal, the but whalers claim they are capturing the creatures for research purposes. 

Watson’s got a nice record. The whalers have consistently failed to make their “quota” of captured whales since Watson’s Steve Irwin boat has sailed the seas.

This season, actress Daryl Hannah came along for the ride. Will there be another guest celebrity this year? You’ll have to tune in and find out!

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2008 Summer TCA Tour - Day 3
“People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture so why on earth wouldn’t I? What we do is provide the media with the kind of stories they can’t resist, even if they really try, and this is how we bring attention to what’s happening to the whales, the seals, the sharks and the other marine conservation campaigns we’re involved in. The oceans are dying in our lifetime and it’s not for want of laws and regulations. The problem is enforcement. Governments are not enforcing the laws, so we have to.”

—-Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and leader of the Steve Irwin boat that sails the Southern Ocean and attempts to stop Japanese whalers from capturing and killing whales.

The Sea Shepherd crew’s adventures can be seen on the Animal Planet reality TV show Whale Wars.

via telegraph.co.uk

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2008 Summer TCA Tour - Day 3

If you followed the Whale Wars series on Animal Planet, you know Captain Paul Watson and his crew on the Steve Irwin ship, which included actress Daryl Hannah, used prank-like tactics to throw off the whalers to try to keep them from killing whales in what they claim is for research purposes, including throwing rancid stink butter bombs at the ship.

Now, the whalers have fought back. After the Steve Irwin collided with the Japanese whaler ship, the hunters decided to get even by throwing chunks of bloodied whale and whale fat at the Captain and his crew.

Interestingly enough, if the whales are captured for research purposes, why are the whalers throwing away good study material? If they’re allowed to capture them, surely they’d find a good use for the materials besides blubber bombs. 

Captain Watson claims the collision was accidental. Japanese whalers say otherwise. Take a look and tell us what you think. 

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