Paul Watson
Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watsonis a marine wildlife conservation and an environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation. He is a citizen of Canada and the United States...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth2 December 1950
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
people musician groups
Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.
law insanity humanity
I have hope that humanity will be cured of our collective ecological insanity and that we adapt to living within the boundaries of the laws of ecology.
thinking animal whales
We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We did it for the whales.
believe culture violence
That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .
facts answers spots
If you don't know an answer, a fact, a statistic - make it up on the spot.
environmental movement musician
Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.
warrior fighting odds
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
marine thinking hunting
Seafood is simply a socially acceptable form of bush meat. We condemn Africans for hunting monkeys and mammalian and bird species from the jungle yet the developed world thinks nothing of hauling in magnificent wild creatures like swordfish, tuna, halibut, shark, and salmon for our meals. The fact is that the global slaughter of marine wildlife is simply the largest massacre of wildlife on the planet.
animal environment harmony
Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.
jesus book people
This is the contradiction we have in the media. We love vigilantes: Batman, Tarzan, Green Arrow - the comic books and the TV shows are filled with vigilantes. We love to promote it. Jesus Christ was a vigilante. We admire these people, but we don't want to be associated with them.
passion sea volunteer
It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.
dream skills use
Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.
ocean planets can-not
WE CAN NOT LIVE ON THIS PLANET WITH DEAD OCEANS. IF OUR OCEANS DIE, WE DIE.
media use culture
We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.