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MEETING WITH THE FRENCH MINISTER OF THE SEA AND BIODIVERSITY

MEETING WITH THE FRENCH MINISTER OF THE SEA AND BIODIVERSITY

March 29, 2024 Lamya Essemlali, the President of Sea Shepherd France, and I met today with the French Minister for the Sea and Biodiversity, Hervé Berville, to discuss finding a solution to protecting the two surviving Orcas at Marineland Antibes. We are proposing a sea pen sanctuary in France and we are working with an international group of experts and advisors to make such a sanctuary a reality. #orcasanctuary #orcas #SeaShepherdFrance #CPWF#captainpaulwatsonfoundationuk#captainpaulwatsonfoundation #herveberville#MarinelandAntibes

Honouring Lamya Essemlali

Honouring Lamya Essemlali

December 29, 2023 Excellent profile on Lamya Essemlali, the President of Sea Shepherd France in the French publication Reporterre. At the top of the article is a connection for an English translation. The translation is not great but understandable. When people ask me who do I think should replace me as the leader of the Sea Shepherd movement, the answer is easy. Lamya Essemlali has been the most dynamic and tireless Sea Shepherd leader for years. What she has done…

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Loyalty and Dedication

Loyalty and Dedication

June 5, 2023 Last summer when Sea Shepherd France President Lamya Essemlali told Sea Shepherd Global director Alex Cornelissen that I was forming the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Alex laughed and said, “Right, who’s going to organize that? Omar Todd? Good luck with that!!” Alex told Lamya that I was no longer the face of Sea Shepherd, that he and Peter Hammarstedt were the new face of Sea Shepherd. “When we go to events, no one knows who Paul Watson is…

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A Challenge to the Mutineers for an Open and Transparent Debate

A Challenge to the Mutineers for an Open and Transparent Debate

May 12, 2023 To Peter, Alex, Jeff and Geert, It has come to my attention that some of you (Jeff and Peter for sure) have been giving false and misleading information to supporters about both myself and Lamya and the reasons you unlawfully dismissed the two of us from the Global Board. I have not had any response from any of you since the email I received last summer dismissing me from the Board, a dismissal where there was no…

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