All posts tagged Captain Paul Watson

Paul Watson, Captain Paul Watson Foundation

By | February 1, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Captain Paul Watson–a major figure for decades in the realm of animal rights, he founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977—describes what he sees as the initial events that led to his ouster from his own organization. Read more…

Jason M. Colby, author of “Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator”

By | October 31, 2018 | Authors, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Jason M. Colby—an environmental and international historian, and professor, at the University of Victoria and author, most recently of  “Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator”—recounts the impetus for writing the new book, acknowledging that “Orca” was hardly telegraphed by his academic fields, or his previous book. Read more…

Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

By | October 17, 2018 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Captain Paul Watson—the founder, president, and executive director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the marine conservation organization he launched in 1977, and whose profile rose dramatically in the wake of the Animal Planet series “Whale Wars”—discusses his recent period of exile in France, and the international legal troubles that led to it. Read more…

Barbara Trask Lovett, president of Save Nosey Now!

By | July 25, 2018 | Advocates, Captive, Elephants, General | No comments

Barbara Trask Lovett—the president of Save Nosey Now! (SNN), an organization that helped a high-profile, long-suffering circus elephant (Nosey) win freedom from the neglectful, exploitative treatment of her owner…and seeks to educate the public about the plight of captive elephants, and pursue elephant-related litigation, legislation, protests, and other measures designed to improve their lives—recounts a childhood replete with animals, including on a family farm in Maine. Read more…

Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, also known from television’s “Whale Wars.”

By | March 9, 2011 | Actors & Filmmakers | No comments

Captain Paul Watson–the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a co-founder of Greenpeace, and the reluctant star of the reality TV series “Whale Wars”–discusses how he and his mostly-volunteer Sea Shepherd colleagues recently made international news by halting the Japanese whale hunt, mid-season, in the Southern Ocean. Read more…

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