Sea Shepherd E-News: Ship is Surrounded by Sealers and Coast Guard 3/29/2004 8:00AM PST REPORT FROM THE SHIP
Our flagship, R/V Farley Mowat, is in the icy waters of the Magdalen islands opposing the seal slaughter where we have documented numerous sealing violations on the ice by the sealing vessel Newfoundland Leader. The Farley Mowat is surrounded by approximately 72 sealing vessels and shadowed closely by the Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaker Amundsen which has a large cage rigged on a derrick with which it appears they intend to swing over the side and board the Farley Mowat. For the most current updates be sure to visit our Sea Shepherd Moblog (mobile blog). Our moblog site is our ship�s daily journal (i.e. ship�s log) where Captain Watson will be sending direct updates and pictures from the field of our observation and actions to share with you regularly. Captain Watson wrote you the following message last night. Dear Friend of Sea Shepherd, The merciless mass slaughter of harp seals began today on March 29, 2005. Over 325,000 defenseless seals will be condemned to die by club and gun. Many will be skinned alive � all will suffer agony at the hands of cruel men protected by the full might and force of the government of Canada. We are here to make a statement of opposition to this horrific mass slaughter. In the past 25 years I have had to make difficult decisions to confront formidable odds, and each time we have saved lives and protected eco-systems. Once again I must make a decision that will place my ship, my crew, and myself in harm�s way � into the heart of darkness, the epicenter of slaughter, the blood-stained nursery floes of the harp seal where humanity converts innocence and beauty into bloody corpses � surrounded by more than 70 sealing vessels and shadowed by the defenses of the government of Canada. We will make every effort, expend all our resources, and make whatever sacrifices we must, to reach the seals on the ice. We intend to protect them. We intend to be there when the killing starts, to document it and to let the vicious sealers know that they are being watched and that we will not go away. We intend to be good shepherds to the ice loving seals from Greenland. Our opposition is made up of cowards. From the brutal spiked-booted sealers who stomp through the harp seal nursery bashing seals in the face or across their skulls with spiked clubs, to the cold and heartless bureaucrats who take their orders from colder and even more heartless politicians and hide behind the excuse of following orders. It is inconceivable to me that these killers and politicians cannot see what we see, feel what we feel � that they cannot have empathy for the mothers and their young on the ice floes and that they can practice, condone, and defend such unspeakable cruelty and such reprehensible slaughter. We are here to save the seals and they are here to destroy them. There can be no doubt as to which side is right and which side is wrong, for compassionate defense of life is a force of good and sadistic mass destruction of life is a force for evil. And for what? So some vain woman in the Ukraine can wear a sealskin coat? Or some impotent man in China can eat the penis of a baby seal and believe it will make him virile? Or some misguided and selfish health nut can buy contaminated seal oil capsules as a supplement? Can any sensitive, ecologically-aware person stand by and ignore these crimes against nature? We cannot. Therefore, we are forced into making difficult decisions in our efforts to expose the killing, the brutality, and the abject cruelty of a slaughter that both disrupts the natural marine ecosystems and drives us even further into the darkness as a species that thrives and thrills to wanton killing and blood profiteering. Only the cold-hearted and the cynically-minded would argue against the morality of our defense of the seals. And because you are not one of them, I honour your support. The seals, my crew, and I are grateful for having you back us in this quest to defend life on the ice this spring. Sincerely, Captain Paul Watson P. S. You can now follow our campaign progress on our new Sea Shepherd Moblog (mobile blog) site. Also, keep your eyes on Sea Shepherd in the News to read media coverage of our campaign from around the world. Seal Campaign Seal Campaign Home Page Sea Shepherd Moblog �*new � direct updates and pictures from the field!* Support the Seal Campaign Seal Hunt Facts SSCS History Saving Seals Seals FAQ What You Can Do Seal Campaign Merchandise The Crew of the Farley Mowat Recent Press Releases and Editorials Capt. 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