WHALE WARS SOS: Sea Shepherd Flagship Held for Ransom
$1,412,000.00 for the Steve Irwin
The flagship vessel of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) featured on Animal Planet's hit show WHALE WARS, the Steve Irwin is being held by the United Kingdom for $1,411,692.87. It has become widely known for leading the fleet on mother nature's side and ramming ships involved in illegal whaling and fishing operations in international waters everywhere.
"Our vessel has been detained by the United Kingdom courts because of a civil lawsuit brought against Sea Shepherd by a Maltese company: Fish and Fish Limited (F & F)," said Captain Paul Watson, Founder of the SSCS.
The lawsuit gives SSCS the opportunity to expose what they allege are illegal activities by F & F and plan to aggressively defend the case on this basis.
Unless the organization immediately posts a bond for USD$1,411,692.87, the Steve Irwin will be held or possibly sold.
The Steve Irwin must sail immediately to protect endangered pilot whales in the Faeroe Islands as part of the country's annual "grind," or the luring of hundreds if not thousands of pilot whales into a cove for slaughter.
Unless the organization immediately posts a bond for USD$1,411,692.87, the Steve Irwin will be held or possibly sold.
The Steve Irwin must sail immediately to protect endangered pilot whales in the Faeroe Islands as part of the country's annual "grind," or the luring of hundreds if not thousands of pilot whales into a cove for slaughter.
When that mission is complete, the group sails onto the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to stop the Japanese whaling fleet, who've committed to another season of killing whales in international waters.
