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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has requested political asylum from France

Paul Watson, the anti-whaling activist and founder of Sea Shepherd, has requested political asylum from French President Emmanuel Macron.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 16, 2024

Anti-whaling activist Paul Waton has requested political asylum from France

Paul Watson, the anti-whaling activist and founder of Sea Shepherd, has requested political asylum from French President Emmanuel Macron.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 16, 2024

Anti-whaling activist held in Greenland appeals for political asylum in France

Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd organisation, faces extradition to Japan after arrest in Nuuk in July

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024

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Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson

A Greenland court on Wednesday extended the detention of Canadian-American environmental activist Paul Watson for three more weeks, pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over a clash with whalers.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 2, 2024

New Greenland Hearing For Anti-whaling Activist Watson

A Greenland court will decide Wednesday whether to keep anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in custody pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over a clash with whalers.

International Business Times · Oct 2, 2024

Outcry in France as Greenland keeps anti-whaling crusader Paul Watson in jail

Activists in France have vowed to stay mobilised behind Canadian-American environmental activist Paul Watson after a Greenland court ruled Wednesday to keep him in custody. The marine conservationist will remain detained pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over a clash with whalers.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 4, 2024

Anti-whaling Activist Watson Says Greenland Arrest 'Political'

US-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson considers his detention in Greenland and Japan's extradition request to be political, his campaigning group Sea Shepherd said Thursday.

International Business Times · Aug 8, 2024

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France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets

France’s highest administrative body has ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in a French industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of cetaceans in recent years

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

He's walked the plank, but ousted Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson says he's building a 'navy'

While Sea Shepherd's mutiny is dividing the conservation group, exiled captain Paul Watson is plotting a comeback.

ABC News · Nov 26, 2022

Beluga whale lifted from River Seine dies despite rescue attempt

A beluga whale which had strayed into the River Seine has died despite attempts to rescue it on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022

Huge rescue operation sees beluga whale that swam up the Seine pulled from river

Experts have pulled the 1,800lb whale from the Seine and hope to transport it via a refrigerated truck to a saltwater river basin where it will receive medical treatment

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

France to rescue whale stranded in Seine and send it to saltwater

A four-metre-long whale has been stranded in a river since last week and is now fighting for its life until transfer.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2022

Teams prepare to move stranded beluga whale from river Seine

Vets, firefighters and marine biology researchers were on Tuesday fine-tuning a plan to transplant the beluga whale stranded in the river Seine to the open sea.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 9, 2022

Rescuers to move whale stranded in French river to saltwater

French environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater river basin to try and save its life

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

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Radio France Internationale · Aug 8, 2022

Beleaguered beluga still alive but 'stationary' in River Seine

The malnourished beluga whale that has made its way up the River Seine to within 70 kilometres of the French capital is no longer progressing but is still alive, the environmental group Sea Shepherd said on Monday. Hope that the animal can be saved is fading.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 7, 2022

Time running out for beluga whale stranded in river Seine, say marine groups

A team of vets and marine experts on Sunday conceded they were running out of options in the fight to save a malnourished beluga whale that has swum up the river Seine.

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

In France, a battle to save weakened whale lost in the Seine

French environmentalists are hoping to feed a catch of herring to a worryingly thin Beluga whale that has strayed far from its Arctic habitat into the Seine River

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

Killer whale stranded in France’s River Seine dies after rescue effort fails

The whale was first spotted on 16 May

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France 24 · Feb 5, 2022

Floating carpet of dead fish highlights France’s ‘lax’ attitude to overfishing

Some 100,000 dead fish were thrown back into the sea off the French coast on Thursday by one of the world's largest fishing vessels. While the crew dismissed it as a "fishing accident", NGO Sea Shepherd denounced it as a "pillaging". It hopes that shocking images of the dead marine…

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