On January 6, 2010 the newest vessel in the Sea Shepperdâ??s anti-whaling fleet was involved in a collision with a Japanese vessel and lost to sea. The Sea Shepperdâ??s â??Ady Gilâ?? entered the path of the Japanese â??ShÅnan Maru 2â?², which was engaged in security and support for the whaling fleet, and was unavoidably struck on her port side near her bow. Both groups took footage of the incident and claims that the other is responsible, arguing that the opposing skipper took unnecessary, dangerous maneuvers. Fortunately no-one was killed as a result of the accident, however one of the Ady Gillâ??s crew members sustained a rib injury. Despite the lack of legal action taken place since, analysis done by Captain Jim Varney, an experienced maritime accident investigator and Captain Tim Wilson from the New Zealand Maritime School agreed that the Ady Gil was accelerating when it was hit by the Japanese ship and moved into the Japanese boatâ??s path. Check out a video of the analysis here .
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Sea Sheppherd’s lose $1.5 million vessel
South Park in the Southern Ocean
Matt Stone and Trey Parker are at it again. In the 13th season of South Park, the episode entitled ‘Whale Whores’ takes on the Sea Shepperd Society and attacks their leader Paul Watson with hilarious satire. The episode which aired in October 2009, ridicules the Animal Planet reality TV show ‘Whale Wars’ which follows the Sea Shepperd’s hilarious and failed attempts to stop Japanese Whaling in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. For those who haven’t scene the actual show its highlights include the overweight and incompetent Paul Watson, leading a crew of urban environmentalists who have volunteered to venture to one of the harshest ocean environments known to man, in an inadequate vessel with no sea experience.
Celebrities with a cause, and without a clue
The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has once again chosen the Canadian seal hunt as its main cash grabbing campaign this year. Although winter is just setting in, PETA has already armed its media arsenal with celebrity support, posters, full page ads and T-shirts in their latest campaign against the seasonal spring industry. The main spokesperson for the campaign is once again longtime PETA supporter Pamela Anderson who claims that she is speaking on behalf of disgusted Canadians.
Other celebrities supporting this campaign include Playboy porn stars Holly Madison and Jayde Nicole, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, and ‘Jackass’ star Steve-O, who in his latest film featured a person defecating in a helmet that someone was wearing. The rest of the celebrities -Â including Kelly Osbourne and Sarah McLachlan – can be found on PETA’s website. The question we asked ourselves here at Animal Wrongs was, what do the individuals featured in this campaign have in common? The answer was simple: they are celebrities, porn stars, singers and actors – not experts.
