March 12, 2024 I have spent my entire life exposing destructive activities in our ocean, from documenting crimes on the beach of Soviet Siberia to forcing the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. When I see a destructive marine eco-system threat I intervene. Always have and always will. I never thought I would be intervening to expose the hypocrisy and the enabling of a destructive industry by the very movement that I founded decades ago. But…
In a few months time, the ships and the crews will be ready to protect this magnificent species – the Fin whale. Icelandic serial whale killer Kristjan Loftsson has publicly promised that he will kill up to 200 Fin whales beginning in June 0f 2024. We intend to stop him. I have dedicated my entire life to defending and protecting whales and this summer we will do what we must to stop the killing, to silence the harpoons and to…
March 10, 2024 Look at this man He’s a whale killer His name is Kristján Loftsson He is 80 years old and obsessed with murdering whales He has slaughtered thousands of whales And wants to kill whales for another ten years This year he wants to kill 200 endangered fin whales This miserable man owns two Icelandic whaling ships He used to own four. The wealthiest, most politically influential man in Iceland. What Loftsson wants, he usually gets He fancies…
March 6, 2024 18 years later, I hate to say I told them so, but I did tell them so. Back in 2006, I debated Dr. Ricaurte Vasquez, the chairman of the Board for the Panama Canal Authority about the proposed expansion of the Panama Canal. I said that “I would like to see just what kind of technology can accomplish using less water with deeper, wider, longer locks.” Dr. Ricaurte Vasquez argued that the solution was “European technology” which…
March 6, 2024 With my daughter Lani in 1985 at Wolf Haven in Washington State with a Wolf pup. Earlier in that year I had led a campaign to defend wolves in Northern British Columbia. My 4-year old daughter, however, did her own campaign in Victoria while I was snowshoeing down the Kechika River to disrupt the government aerial wolf killing. Her mother Starlet brought a petition to Anthony Brummet, the British Columbian Minister for the Environment. Lani came with…
March 5, 2024 The Northern lights were dancing, On the waves across the sea. The stars of heaven hovered, Across our shimmering galaxy. �A refrain from down the ages, So haunting in its song. These ancient isles shall tell us, Our love must make us strong. �The wind it swirled around me, As we stood there off the shore, And listened to their song, Like we never heard before. The whalers they may find them, No choice may ours to…
March 4, 2024 Sea Shepherd Global Directors Will Never Escape the Shame and the Stigma of their Craven Betrayal Some have asked how do I deal with the lies and betrayal, of being stabbed in the back by men I once trusted, men who are where they are and who they are because I made it possible for them to have the jobs and the positions they now have? Words always work for me, the opportunity to craft words together…
February 27, 2024 I’ve had a few people ask me why I am not speaking at the World Ocean Summit and Expo in Lisbon, Portugal being held March 11th to March 13th, 2024. And they are asking why Sea Shepherd Global Director Peter Hammarstedt will be speaking and I will not be speaking. In my opinion, the answer to this is simple. One of the primary sponsors of this summit is The Nippon Foundation of Japan. Back in 2015, I…
February 21, 2024 I think that one of the happiest periods of my life was my exile. With my 2 passports and ID papers confiscated, I escaped from Germany, crossing two oceans and North America to board my ship the STEVE IRWIN off American Samoa, to voyage onward to the Southern Ocean to disrupt illegal Japanese whaling and cutting their kill quota by 90%. With two Interpol Red Notices, 21 charges of contempt of a U.S. Federal court injunction, I…
February 18, 2024 There are those who betray for gold. There are those who betray for fame. There are those who betray for hate. Betrayal sprouts from hearts gone cold. The shame of the betrayal game. There is no expiry date. The betrayer can never have peace. Malfeasance and perfidy. Haunted by sin until the end. The guilt festers and does not cease. Those traitors who deserted me. The ones who I once did call friend. I gave them the…