Are there any organizations that do support Sea Shepherd?
Captain Paul Watson: Yes of course, but not the large ones usually. We tend to be the Ladies of the Night of the conservation movement. Plenty of people agree with us in the evening but don’t want to be seen in our company in the daytime. I don’t have a problem with that. We fill a necessary niche within the movement. We are the hardliners, the shock troops and the uncompromising untouchables and we like being where we are and doing what we do. I’m not concerned with being popular, I’m concerned with being effective. Not many people realize that Sea Shepherd was born out of the support of three very large organizations. First I left Greenpeace to form Sea Shepherd and my first ship was purchased for me by Cleveland Amory and the Fund for Animals. Our first campaign was financed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
