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The Cetacean Brain and Hominid Perceptions of Cetacean Intelligence

The Cetacean Brain and Hominid Perceptions of Cetacean Intelligence

February 15, 2024 “What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason!How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable!In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god!The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!”– William Shakespeare, Hamlet In November 2023, scientists from the University of California Davis utilizing AI initiated a conversation with a female Humpback whale. The whale named Twain responded. Since 1976 I have predicted that one day,…

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THE SWIRLING MISTS OF MADNESS

THE SWIRLING MISTS OF MADNESS

February 11, 2024 When I was with Sea Shepherd before I was ousted, I was told over and over again to not have opinions on religion, politics or culture so as not to offend supporters. Each and every time I posted about genocide, about the racist residential schools in Canada or about pipelines running through native land or the on-going tragedy of missing Native Americans I was told I would be upsetting donors. I was told to stick to saving…

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Un Nouveau Départ Pour le Captain Paul Watson

Un Nouveau Départ Pour le Captain Paul Watson

Feb 2,2024 This week’s Paris Match featured myself, my family and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation and Sea Shepherd France. The interview took place last year onboard the John Paul DeJoria in New York City but was just published this week.  Paris Match: Since the conflict with Sea Shepherd Global, have there been any attempts at reconciliation on their part or yours? Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd Global removed me from the Global Board of Directors on September 2, 2022 without…

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THE OATH THAT NEVER WAS

THE OATH THAT NEVER WAS

Feb 2, 2024 In the latest edition of Outside magazine, Peter Hammarsted is quoted, making a very bizarre statement. It was his justification for unlawfully dismissing me from the Sea Shepherd Global Board of Directors. The Dismissal was ruled in December, 2023 by a Dutch Judge to have been illegal because Sea Shepherd France President Lamya Essemlali and I were not invited to the meeting or allowed to participate in the vote. In the interview, he said he had to…

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THANK YOU STEVE CEPELLO

THANK YOU STEVE CEPELLO

The Original Sea Shepherd Artist January 26, 2024 In 1985, I personally commissioned artist Steve Cepello to do the artwork for the first Sea Shepherd Logo – the classic Humpback whale and dolphin logo. I paid Steve $500 of my own money for the artwork and it was worth every penny. The Amazing Steve Cepello was a professional wrestler and an actor. As Steve Strong, he played Tarzan in a movie with Bo Derek. His greatest talent however is art and…

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Lies, Spies and WTF? The Bizarre Outside Fluff Piece on Peter Hammarstedt

Lies, Spies and WTF? The Bizarre Outside Fluff Piece on Peter Hammarstedt

January 24, 2024 Outside magazine decided to do a fluff piece on Peter Hammarstedt, overlooking his deceit and the fact that he betrayed the entire Sea Shepherd movement.  Of course, the story needs a rebuttal and this is it: OUTSIDE: Both Watson and Hammarstedt were members of the U.S. board, and as the internal strife spilled onto social media, Sea Shepherd Global asked Watson to stop publicly criticizing the U.S. chapter. When he wouldn’t—at least not to the board’s satisfaction—they called…

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CALL ME A MISANTHROPE

CALL ME A MISANTHROPE

January 19, 2024 Call me a misanthrope if you like, For inoculating that tree with a spike, I prefer to be called a dendrophile, When I hear that name, I smile. Call me a misanthrope if you like, For cutting open a purse seine net, I prefer to be called an ichthyophile, That was my defense at my trial. Ok, I monkeywrenched that plough, I had to save the bees and flowers somehow. After all, I’m an Apiarist Anthophile, And…

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The Greatest Power You Can Have Is To Not Be Controlled By Any Other Person’s Opinion.

The Greatest Power You Can Have Is To Not Be Controlled By Any Other Person’s Opinion.

January 19, 2024 No matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how pure and honorable your intentions, no matter how successful you are, how kind, how noble, how honest or how generous you are, there will always be hostile critics, negative naysayers, irritating detractors. Such people are simply the weeds that choke the seeds of the goals you have planted. Do not let such weeds stifle your personal growth. Such people are simply unimportant. Be true…

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Self-Appointed Gate Keepers

Self-Appointed Gate Keepers

January 13, 2024 Once there were six, Until four exposed their bag of tricks, Ousting the other two, Giving them the eighty-six. They spat on the movement, Said it needed improvement, Their autocratic solution A demand for dissolution. They set the wheels in motion, To betray the defenders of the Ocean, Demanding total control Authority over the whole, Denigrating what was good, For service to their own hood, Betraying their comrades, Posting deceitful ads Pretending to be what they are…

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XX Compromise – 86,000 Seals Will Die in Namibia

XX Compromise – 86,000 Seals Will Die in Namibia

Less than a hundred miles from the 2nd largest slaughter of seals on the planet, and Sea Shepherd Global decided to send a ship, the Allan Kay, thousands of miles away to film krill trawlers leaving two other ships (Ocean Warrior and Age of Union) berthed free of charge at the Namibian government docks, in exchange for saying and doing nothing about the killing of 90,000 South African Fur seals.