Dean will prob call me a tree-huggin lib for watching the damn show, but it so damn entertaining.
For those that follow the show, they have started filming season 3. Bob Barker gave $5mill and they bought another ship. They also bought another little speed boat looking thing, which may now be sinking due to a conflict.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-...-100107-1.html
Rammed Vessel Ady Gil Sinks
Sea Shepherd Resumes Pursuit of Illegal Whalers
On January 8, 2010 at 17:20 (GMT) the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel
Bob Barker reported the last known position of another Sea Shepherd vessel, the
Ady Gil, to the Australian Rescue Coordination Center (ARCC). This report was made because the
Ady Gil—which was originally going to be towed to a nearby base—is now sinking and could pose a navigation hazard for the next two to three hours.
Having barely survived a vicious attack by the illegal Japanese whaling
vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on January 6, 2010, the
Ady Gil began taking on water. Since that time,
Bob Barker crew members have been working around the clock in an attempt to save the ship and remove possible environmental hazards in case the vessel had further complications while being towed.
During the final towing attempt, the ropes holding the
Ady Gil in place behind the
Bob Barker snapped—seemingly the result of water accumulating in the vessel. Upon examination, the
Ady Gil was found to be approximately 30% submerged, including the engine room and main fuel tanks. Fortunately, all fuel and lubricants had been removed form the
Ady Gil hours earlier.
The
Bob Barker’s call to the ARCC fulfilled Sea Shepherd’s legal reporting requirements for this incident, but not its obligation to protect whales from the illegal Japanese fleet that is killing whales illegally in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
The
Bob Barker will now rejoin the
Steve Irwin in pursuit of the whaling fleet to continue defending the whales.