US anti-whaling group to stop interfering with Japanese vessels:Canadian founder
WOODSTOCK, Vt. — The Canadian founder of a radical conservation group made famous by the television show “Whale Wars” says a settlement over anti-whaling activities only prevents the group’s U.S. organization from interfering with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.
This week, Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research and a whale ship operator announced they’d reached an agreement with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its founder Paul Watson.
“What it means is Sea Shepherd USA cannot contribute money toward the Southern Ocean campaign, cannot be involved in the Southern Ocean campaign, and that’s fine. We’ve got plenty of other campaigns to do,” said Watson, who recently returned to the U.S. and is living in Vermont. But he said the settlement doesn’t affect the group’s other entities.
“Whether Sea Shepherd Australia or Sea Shepherd Global … if they intend to return to the Southern Ocean that’s their business, it’s not ours and I can’t control them,” he said of the settlement filed on Tuesday.