Whale Wars

Paul Watson of Sea Shepard

Sérgio Silva has left a new comment on your post "Japanese CG pursues Sea Shepard Vessel":

"While Australia has declared Japan's hunt in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to be illegal, federal court judge Jim Allsop has stated "there is no practical mechanism by which orders of this court can be enforced".[77] The lack of official enforcement mechanisms in that law prompted the Society to adopt, without official sanction, what it sees as a law enforcement mission. "Sea Shepherd, guided by the United Nations World Charter for Nature, is the only organization whose mission is to enforce these international conservation regulations on the high seas".[78] "The Japanese whaling fleet is targeting 935 threatened Piked whales plus 50 endangered Fin whales in an established Whale Sanctuary in violation of a global moratorium on commercial whaling."[63] "[They] are in blatant violation of international conservation laws." "We are down here to enforce international conservation law and to stop the illegal whaling 'operations." " 'Nuff Said!


Posted by Sérgio Silva to BitterEnd at June 30, 2009 6:43 PM