ISSUED FROM AUCKLAND, New Zealand and FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington State Pete Bethune, founder of Earthrace Conservation, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, have reached an agreement following arbitration in their long-running legal dispute. The agreement,...
Pete Bethune, founder of Earthrace Conservation, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, have reached an agreement following arbitration in their long-running legal dispute. The agreement, which involved a financial settlement to Bethune, also provided that he will...
Earthrace Conservation has joined forces with Bob Irwin and his new coalition once again in a campaign for greater protection of Australia’s wildlife. The Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation has formed a coalition of animal welfare groups, including...
Posted 7:51am 17th April 2013 A wave rolls in behind and pushes me up a rocky shelf. I grab a ledge and haul myself up, dragging the heavy catch bag behind me. I look over at my twin brother Bazza who is already squeezing out of his wetsuit. “You been eating too many...
Tuesday 16 April 2013 Pete Bethune, founder of Earthrace Conservation, has dived into the growing storm of opposition against commercial exploitation of previously protected areas for the increasingly threatened stocks of paua (abalone) in the waters off New Zealand’s...
My arms sigh in relief as I lay the paddle on my lap. It has been a long hard slog as we worked desperately to catch up with the gill net vessel that now lies just 200 metres off on our port side. We’ve been trying to catch this vessel for ten days now, but each...
S Dale Bowman, Earthrace Conservation. Looking at the title I wondered if I should have called this blog animal activist or conservationist but from some of the arguments I see take place on the interweb I decided to leave it as it is. Not because I think the two...
WORLD’S SMALLEST DOLPHINS REMAIN AT RISK OF EXTINCTION Pete Bethune and Earthrace New Zealand recently received information about vessels fishing in a manner that is very likely to lead to already critically endangered Hector’s dolphins (endemic to South Island New...
MARINE ACTIVIST, PETE BETHUNE, TELLS NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT ‘GROW SOME BALLS OR RISK EXTINCTION OF INDIGENOUS DOLPHINS’ New Zealander Pete Bethune, founder of marine activist group Earthrace Conservation, who lost his boat ‘Ady Gil’ in a collision with Japanese...
Raving bonkers New Year’s Eve parties threaten health of captive dolphins and sharks at uShaka Marine Park, South Africa The events, featuring well known DJ’s and dance music, are planned for three separate areas of the park – one in a restaurant which has shark...
For 2 years now, Watson has been blaming me for his increasing legal problems. He has labelled me a rat, a turncoat and a traitor, and after each post he makes, I get a new torrent of vicious emails, messages and posts from angry Sea Shepherd supporters who believe...
“I’d like to buy the movie rights to your book Whale Warrior”, Andrew says to me, as he hands over a glass of Bollinger champagne. I take a sip, and the liquid is dry and rich, as I swirl it around my mouth. “Now why would you wanna do that”, I reply finally. Andrew...
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