Sea Shepherd and fugitive Paul Watson
are made an offer
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| Sea Shepherd ramming a vessel in the Southern Ocean |
Currently Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research is seeking
damages from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society of violating a U.S. Court
injunction. The court proceedings are in
Seattle, Washington, USA.
In December, 2012 the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit (United States District The injunction
prohibited Sea Shepherd from sailing within five-hundred yards (457 meters) of
the Japanese whaling fleet.
Court for the Western District of
Washington) issued an injunction. |
| Sea Shepherd ramming a vessel |
After the injunction was issued, Sea Shepherd violated that
order on numerous occasions in the Southern Ocean. As a result of ignore the Court’s injunction
the ICR (Institute of Cetacean Research) brought Sea Shepherd back into court
seeking $100,000 in fines for each violation for about ten violations.
The ICR offered to drop their request for the fines if Sea
Shepherd / Paul Watson would agree to end their campaign against the Japanese
whalers in the Southern Ocean. Why would
the ICR make such an offer?
Possible reasons:
1 - If Sea Shepherd / Watson accept the offer it will
illustrate their so-called mission is money and not saving the whales.
2 - If Sea Shepherd rejects the offer, then the ICR has a
publicity coup by illustrating they offered a compromise and it was declined.
December, 2012 Court injunction:
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| Paul Watson (fugitive) appearing in court |
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