Sea Shepherd - Farley Mowat Rammed - 2008 Seal Defense

Canadian Coast Guard Rams Farley Mowat

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Des Groseilliers twice rammed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Farley Mowat.

The Coast Guard had ordered the Farley Mowat to not approach the area where seals are being slaughtered. When the Farley Mowat did not comply, the Coast Guard rammed the vessel near the port aft stern area. After the Farley Mowat stopped in the ice, the Coast Guard rammed the ship a second time in the same area of the ship causing damage to the plates in that area.

The Coast Guard has demonstrated extreme recklessness with this move. The crew of the Farley Mowat were engaged in documenting the slaughter of seals. They were not interfering with the hunt.

"I'm beginning to wonder if anyone on the bridge of the Groseilliers has a license to command a ship," said Captain Alex Cornelissen. "The incompetence of the Coast Guard has already cost the lives of four sealers this week-end and now they are ramming ships in dangerous ice conditions. This is unbelievable. It's like the Coast Guard has declared war on seal defenders and the sealers are collateral damage."

The Farley Mowat will remain in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and will continue to document the atrocities on the ice. Already the crew have seen enough evidence to understand that the Canadian government's pretense that the slaughter is humane has no basis in reality -- in other words it's a state sponsored lie.

"It appears that Canada is prepared to use violence to cover-up the truth of this slaughter," said Captain Paul Watson. "Our duty is to resist their violence and continue to document the truth."

Canada's commercial seal "hunt" is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world. This year, Canada will allow 270,000 harp seals to be killed.

Canada's 2006 quota for killing seals: 325,000 for the regular commercial "hunt" and an additional 10,000 harp seal allowance for new aboriginal initiatives, personal use, and Arctic hunts. As usual, the commercial quota was exceeded, resulting in over 330,000 seals being killed.

During the previous three years, the government of Canada delivered the death sentence to over one million baby harp seals.

Sea Shepherd continues to oppose this annual obscenity called a "hunt." It is not a hunt because the sealers simply walk up to the seals (who have no means of escaping or hiding) and bash the seals on the head or shoot them.

Sea Shepherd, known for direct action, has and continues to use other methods to fight to bring the "hunt" to a permanent end. In 2005, Sea Shepherd joined many other organizations in promoting the international boycott of Canadian seafood products as a means to strip the commercial seal "hunt" of all economic value and force it, by financial means, to end. The Boycott of Canadian Seafood targets the very people who slaughter the seals: It is the fishing industry that runs the seal "hunt" which is a make-work project for off-season fisherman.

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http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/

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[venturafor2012]

yeah... and maybe on the Ady Gil II (depending on it's design)

[Airoceisis9]

@venturafor2012 Unfortunately, the Farely Mowat is no longer in SS posession. They need them on the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker instead.

[venturafor2012]

thats why Sea Shepherd needs to have 3 "Mother of all can openers" on the Farley Mowat and Steve Irwin (two on the sides and one on it's bow)

[Crystalwolf78]

what makes me made is the Obama who supports the Sea Shepard and the stopping of whaling is being opposed by the Bush administration. Mark my words if he tries to change things they will find a way for him to leave like they did Clinton or assanate him like they did Kennedy.

[playinginamist]

That's wrong for them to ram them. They're not fucking up the evil hunting of seals--they're simply showing the world the atrocity that is going on. How would they feel if someone came to their home, beat their child/baby limp w/a bat and skinned it?? GO SEA SHEP!!!!! I wanna come aboard!!!!

[prostockgirl]

they can ram us,,why dont we ram them back

[condorlegion89]

The coast guard doing this!!!? its unbelievable! they are suppossed to watch over the ppl. who are they to ram ships and act like pirates?

[Gambitgirl1974]

skinng a seal alive!!!!

what is wrong with people?? that is just evil!

as much as i disagree with the SS's methods somtimes i would flip out if i saw that happening right in front of me and do anything to stop it.

my god, that man doing that is a MONSTER.

[Bigredgumball]

It means the price of salmon goes down and they have to sell to the asian market. They then have to sell more to make up lost revenue, which depleats salmon stocks..which means more blame can be placed on seals. The boycott is stupid and loses Sheppard the support of the nation, try winning over the people instead of making them hate you. Honestly more footage of the hunt less bullshit really. Not all canadians support this sort of thing. Win over the people win the lives of the seals.

[trevorLmartina]

Hey now I am from Canada And i am all for what the Sea Shephard do I am not for the seal hunt and I wish it would stop but to say fuck canada is wrong it is a very small amount of people who do this madness