Sea Shepherds have great ideals and do good things but they're so fucking dumb and they're a bunch of fucking assholes.
I lived in Hobart, where they would make port and they'd cause so much trouble in town, bullying ppl, getting in fights etc. They think they're badass but they're idiots.
Sacrificing their million dollar stealth speedboat the My Ady Gil by parking it in the way of a whaling ship and hoping to take them to court for damages, they forgot the first rule of maritime law; the least maneuverable ship has the right of way. They lost that case.
They tried stopping a legal seal cull in Canada and got their boat, the MV Farley Mowat impounded. They never claimed it back and now face a law suit for abandoning a derelict vessel that's leaking oil everywhere.
They took a video trying to show a Japanese whaling ship ramming them, yet it's clear that the SS ship, The Steve Irwin, is the ones changing course to purposely collide with the whaling ship.
They board other ships in international waters (piracy) and whine and cry when they get detained in a brig and brought back to face a court.
They have wasted soooo much money donated to them by benefactors.
Seriously, it's as though they're all kids playing with boats in a bathtub. Idiots.
I used to hate watch Whale Wars (the sea Shepard’s TV show on animal planet). From what I saw and hear from others they deserve all the hate they get. Two instances I remember are when they attacked a Japanese whaling ship by throwing glass bottles of chemical solutions meant to putrefy the whale meat onto the ship. They got a call from the ship asking them to stop because one fisherman got hit in the head and had suffered a really bad concussion. They didn’t because the fishermen were “obviously lying”. Second their leader always goes below deck on their little raids to “strategize”. He does this every single time and one time he wore a bullet proof vest because he was concerned the fishermen would start shooting at them. So after the battle he comes back up and in the middle of a meeting feels around his vest and finds a bullet in it. He uses this to try to say the fishermen were shooting at them. There are a few problems with this. The whole encounter was filmed and not a single gunshot was heard. He was below deck the whole time. The only person wearing a bullet proof vest just happens to be the only one that got shot at. No other bullets were ever found.
They meet every definition of eco terrorist and don’t deserve people’s sympathy. Much less their donations.
I agree with you 1000%. I once took a tour of the Steve Irwin, during which a crew member described how they throw ziplock bags of rancid butter to spoil the meat. Then he showed us a video of an encounter and we could all clearly see their crew throwing beer bottles and big nuts and bolts. Everything they do seems to be dangerous.
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u/some_canadian_dude Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
Sea Shepherds have great ideals and do good things but they're so fucking dumb and they're a bunch of fucking assholes.
I lived in Hobart, where they would make port and they'd cause so much trouble in town, bullying ppl, getting in fights etc. They think they're badass but they're idiots.
Sacrificing their million dollar stealth speedboat the My Ady Gil by parking it in the way of a whaling ship and hoping to take them to court for damages, they forgot the first rule of maritime law; the least maneuverable ship has the right of way. They lost that case.
They tried stopping a legal seal cull in Canada and got their boat, the MV Farley Mowat impounded. They never claimed it back and now face a law suit for abandoning a derelict vessel that's leaking oil everywhere.
They took a video trying to show a Japanese whaling ship ramming them, yet it's clear that the SS ship, The Steve Irwin, is the ones changing course to purposely collide with the whaling ship.
They board other ships in international waters (piracy) and whine and cry when they get detained in a brig and brought back to face a court.
They have wasted soooo much money donated to them by benefactors.
Seriously, it's as though they're all kids playing with boats in a bathtub. Idiots.
EDIT:typo EDIT 2: another typo lol