Slaughter of Bottlenose Dolphins Begins Today For the first time this season, the ruthless fishermen of Taiji, Japan have driven bottlenose dolphins into the Cove. There are presently fifty-two dolphins behind two net enclosures in the Cove. It does ...
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Sea Shepherd Unveils Interceptor Vessel to Target Illegal Whaling click to view larger At a Hollywood fundraiser on Saturday night, we shared with supporters that the Ocean Adventurer will be part of our fleet for our upcoming 2010-2011 Antarctic...
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Sea Shepherd's Operation Gulf Rescue Continues Six Months After Spill Wednesday will mark six months since BP's oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico  last April.  The oil is no longer flowing from the well, but the impact from the us...
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Join Us for a Los Angeles Night for the Oceans on October 23rd! Join Captain Paul Watson, Michelle Rodriguez, The Crystal Method, Flea, Isabel Lucas, Daryl Hannah, Beau Bridges, Kristin Bauer, Emily Deschanel and many others, plus the crew of Whale Wa...
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Scott West Has Been Released Scott West has been released. He was taken to the police station and told to empty his pockets. He then refused to answer any questions and kept repeating that he demanded to speak to the U.S. Consulate. They then said he ...
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Scott West Removed From The Cove by Japanese Police for Filming the Dolphin Slaughter Scott West has been taken away by the police in Taiji for attempting to film the slaughter of 10 Risso's dolphins. This is happening now. Scott tossed his cell ph...
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Bob Barker Completes Successful Refit The Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker left Hobart on Wednesday to do an all-day run down the coast of Tasmania and back to Hobart. The 10-hour sea trial ends eight months of refit and repair work to the Bob Barker. ...
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International Dolphin Day Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Cove Guardians started off International Dolphin Day at Taiji with Scott and Elora West leading a group of people, including Japanese media, into town.  They went to City Hall to try a...
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Thirty Dolphins Escape From the Cove This morning in Taiji, the fishermen drove a pod of around 30 dolphins all the way to the mouth of the Cove, but at the last moment, the dolphins turned and escaped!!!  More to come soon, including a first-han...
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Taiji Fishermen May Spare Mothers and Babies We have confirmed that 14 dolphins were killed today at Taiji. Two were taken into the harbour hoisted onto a flatbed truck and driven out of town. About 6 dolphins, mothers with calves are still swimming i...
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The Cove Runs Red with Blood for the Second Time this Season

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dolphins being "pushed" into the cove

Taiji fishermen slaughtered the entire pod of an estimated twenty Risso's dolphins sparing the life of one...
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The Sinking of the Ady Gil

The Official Report as accumulated and verified by Sea Shepherd crew & staff

Ady Gil rammed