Paul Watson Offers $20,000 Reward to Help Apprehend Gulf Dolphin Killers - Polidicks

[quote]Captain Paul Watson, founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is personally offering $20,000 of his own funds for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting and stabbing dolphins along the northern Gulf Coast of the U.S. In recent months, dolphins have washed ashore in the region with bullet wounds and missing jaws and fins, and federal officials report they are investigating the spate of mysterious killings. Most recently, a dolphin was found dead off the coast of Mississippi with its lower jaw missing. In areas such as Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, dolphins have been found shot, stabbed and mutilated. Officials in the region have reported they believe that the person or group responsible is on a ‘rampage’ because they are not just killing dolphins, but also mutilating them. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday announced they are asking everyone from beachgoers to fishermen to wildlife agents to be on the lookout for injured or dead dolphins, as well as any unusual interactions between the mammals and people. [b]Attacks on dolphins, animals that are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, carry fines and jail sentences.[/b] It is not known who is killing the protected animals, but in the past fishermen and charter boat captains have been convicted of harming dolphins they thought were taking bait or fish. Given the stress the Gulf region is still under from the devastating oil spill and the damage done to fish populations, there may be displaced anger that they are taking out on the friendly and curious dolphins, which they may view as competition for fish. [i]“I regard the killing of a dolphin as murder, and what we appear to have on the Gold Coast is a dolphin serial killer. I want this sadistic killer stopped, and I have set aside $20,000 of my own savings to be paid out to any person who delivers the evidence to find and convict this person or persons. Any person coming forward with evidence may remain anonymous and can communicate with NOAA, NMFS, or Gulf Coast law enforcement officials with this information,” said Captain Watson.[/i][/quote] [url]http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/11/20/captain-watson-offers-20000-reward-to-help-apprehend-gulf-dolphin-killers-1466[/url] This is related to the thread from a few days ago: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1226842[/url] Pretty sweet deal. Hopefully someone will speak up.

He wants to throw the stinky butter at them

[QUOTE=Tom Hutchins;38545850]He wants to throw the stinky butter at them[/QUOTE] "hey guys lets shoot them with harpoons, that's practical and legal"

Isn't this the guy that's considered to be a domestic terrorist and wanted in Germany, Australia/New Zealand, and Canada for various things, or is that a different member of Sea Shepherds?

Why would someone want to do something like this to dolphins? That's fucked up. Good on Watson though for providing more of an incentive to catch these assholes.

[QUOTE=DaCommie1;38545946]Isn't this the guy that's considered to be a domestic terrorist and wanted in Germany, Australia/New Zealand, and Canada for various things, or is that a different member of Sea Shepherds?[/QUOTE] Banned from Canada, wanted by Costa Rica and Japan, skipped bail in Germany and is on the Interpol red list.

[QUOTE=OvB;38545990]Banned from Canada, wanted by Costa Rica and Japan, skipped bail in Germany and is on the Interpol red list.[/QUOTE] tbh i'm okay with this, whalers are assholes

[QUOTE=NorthernFall;38546132]tbh i'm okay with this, whalers are assholes[/QUOTE] Needless to say that pretty much all the whales killed for 'research purposes' by Japanese whalers mysteriously end up on dinner plates.

[QUOTE=Keeshond v2;38562269]Needless to say that pretty much all the whales killed for 'research purposes' by Japanese whalers mysteriously end up on dinner plates.[/QUOTE] They need to research how tasty they are. You know, for science. [editline]23rd November 2012[/editline] Isn't whale supposed to be super tasteless anyway? Not very nice textures either I'd imagine.

[QUOTE=OvB;38545990]Banned from Canada, wanted by Costa Rica and Japan, skipped bail in Germany and is on the Interpol red list.[/QUOTE] He's still welcome to Faroe Islands, but he can expect the worst :) [editline]23rd November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=NorthernFall;38546132]tbh i'm okay with this, whalers are assholes[/QUOTE] I don't think you know what you are talking about. Sure, I agree that he should stop the whale killing in Japan. I dislike seeing whales getting harpooned down etc. But in some cases, he's brainwashing a lot of people. What we in the faroes do, is nothing compared to Japan but he's still after us.