Paul Watson
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"Paul Franklin Watson" is a Canadian environmental movement/environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group focused on marine conservation.

The Toronto native joined a Sierra Club protest against nuclear testing in 1969. He was an early and influential member of Greenpeace, crewed and skippered for it, and later was a board member. He has been credited by The New York Times, The New Yorker and other publications with being a founder of Greenpeace, but Greenpeace denies the claim. Watson argued for a strategy of direct action that conflicted with the Greenpeace interpretation of nonviolence, was ousted from the board in 1977, and subsequently left the organization. That same year, he formed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The group is the subject of a reality show, Whale Wars.

He promotes vegan diet/veganism, and a biocentrism (ethics)/biocentric, rather than Anthropocentrism/anthropocentric, worldview.

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Back in 1980, whale watching surpassed whaling as an industry. Now it's worth about four times as much. Whale watching provides far, far more jobs to people than whaling ever did. Whale watching has become an ally in the fight to end whaling.

We are disappointed to have to leave, but we now have no alternative, as we no longer have the fuel resources to stay.

This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect on tens of thousands of whales that will be killed by the Japanese and Norwegians.

I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.

These guys are so gentle, it's like shooting a puppy dog. I don't see how there's any honor in that.

I have seen a lot of whale watching operations, quite a few of which were very irresponsible, but I was quite impressed with the local whale watching. They didn't harass the whales, they didn't approach the whales. They waited for the whales to come to them.

Earlier in life [he] had such a severe alcoholism problem that he almost died and was homeless for extended periods of time. He has been sober for decades and came out of his addiction through AA.

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.

Usually the wrestlers that place in the top four in the Blue Devil are the ones that are there or close in the state championship. It gives guys a good idea of what they will be up against come tournament time.