Steve Irwin Is The Last Hope For The Whales
after new govt backs out of election promise!
This morning, in the grey swells of the Southern Ocean, a pirate ship will enter the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. It is a black ship, bearing a black pirate flag, the Jolly Roger. For the past five days it has sailed south, so that it can take position and wait for the Japanese Whaling fleet.
It is the “Steve Irwin”, the Sea Shepherd’s fast 53 Meter former fisheries protective services vessel that will stand between the whales and the Japanese death fleet.
It’s tough captain, Paul Watson is well known for physical intervention. The Sea Shepherd is not going down to wave flags or take photo’s . . they will intervene directly to stop this illegal activity. It’s our view that the Australian Navy should also be doing the same.
Peter Garrett, the Minister for the Environment, made the pre-election promise to send down our own navy, but this was not followed through after the election, leaving the Sea Shephard and Steve Irwin to stand in the way of the fleet.
The Japanese fleet set out last month to start it’s whaling program intending on killing 1000 whales including including 50 endangered humpback whales and 10 endangered fin whales in the Southern Oceans.
In Africa, if you kill an endangered speacies, you are a poacher. If you shoot black rhino’s or panda’s, you are a poacher. But we still do nothing.
The Japanese fleet will do this in our own exclusion zone because the Australian government will not act and risk it’s trade with Japan.
Founder and President of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, shows the courage that we all must have.
“I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organization,” said Captain Watson. “I have not gone to sea over all these years to simply bear witness to the atrocities that whalers continue to inflict upon the most gentle and intelligent beings in the seas.”
“We arent here to protest . . we’re here to stop people killing whales” “You don’t go down the street and watch a dog being kicked to death and do nothing.
“You don’t sit there and watch a whale being harpooned and killed and do nothing except take its picture.”
For more information and how to support the Sea Shepherd please visit http://www.seashepherd.org/migaloo or http://www.seashepherd.org
You can also contact Peter Garrett, the Minister for Environment and express your views here http://www.alp.org.au/people/nsw/garrett_peter.php
We urge you to consider donating to the Sea Shepherd’s work. Tell your friends, tell your family, put up posters, email your church or member of parlaiment, but make sure everyone knows of this selfless and daring act to save these beautiful creatures.
