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Does Discovery Channel Hostage-Taker Qualify as Eco-Terrorist?

(Sept. 1) -- James J. Lee, the man who police say held the Discovery Communications headquarters building hostage today, reportedly wrote a rambling manifesto that calls for the end of human procreation as a means to solving the world's environmental woes. In a press conference after the incident, police said that the...

Anti-Whaling Group Cuts Ties With Armed Activist

(June 8) -- A bow and arrows have cost an anti-whaling activist his ties to the conservation society he was representing when he boarded a Japanese harpoon boat in the Antarctic. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said in a statement that it believes New Zealander Peter Bethune never intended to use the weapons against...

Japan Says US Activists Halved Its Whale Hunt

(April 13) -- Japan says "violent interference" by a U.S. anti-whaling group cut its annual hunt off Antarctica to the lowest level in years. The country's fisheries agency acknowledged that the Nisshin Maru, the fleet's mother ship, returned to Tokyo on Monday with only 507 whales, a little more than half its intended...

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12/29/11 Donation of drone helps save animals Source: Courier News - Bridgewater NJ A drone, donated by a Keasbey-based corporation, has been credited with helping the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society catch a Japanese whaling fleet on Christmas Day before any whales were killed.
06/11/11 Environmentalists, tuna fishers maneuvering at sea Source: Daily Journal - Franklin IN In this photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and taken Wednesday, June 8, 2011, a diver from the Steve Irwin ship, owned by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, inspects a purse seiner net for Bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is trying to confront and stop those who are illegally fishing for the fish.

Background on sea shepherd conservation society

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is a non-profit, marine conservation organization based in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington in the United States.

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