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
demand fodder foods fur limited meat pet supply whales
Whales are killed today to supply the limited demand for whale meat or to be used in pet foods or as fodder for fur-bearing animals used in the fur trade.
antarctica declaring greenpeace meat people publicly whale whaling
Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking?
riding meat vegan
A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.
approach court december district granted japanese ordered shepherd society temporary whaling yards
In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.
japan pulling seems strings
I know when I am being harassed. It seems to me that Japan is pulling some strings around here.
covert indication jonathan known
I've known Jonathan for years, and I see no indication that he would ever go about things in a covert way.
four pleased team tournament turned
We are usually a different team after the Invitational. We had one runner-up and four third-place finishers. I am really pleased with the way the tournament turned out.
kept miles running time
Every time we approached them, they ran. We kept them running for 4,000 miles and 15 days.
bomb protest somebody threat
I was doing a talk show in Vancouver, and somebody called in a bomb threat to protest my violence, which I thought was pretty strange. We had to evacuate.
allowed competent education license nobody people proper raise unless
I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that nobody should be allowed to be a parent unless they can prove that they are competent enough to be a parent.
destroying radical radicals trying
Actually, I never really look at myself as a real radical activist; I am more the conservative. I mean, the conservatives are trying to conserve; the radicals are destroying the planet.
truth
You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.
billion people
When I was born, there were three billion people on the planet.
We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.