Sea Shepherd: Operation Zero Tolerance Set to Launch November 5th

For the first time our crew plans to meet the whaling fleet in the North Pacific

October 19, 2012

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s campaign to defend the whales will begin earlier this year than in previous years with the Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin scheduled to depart from Melbourne on November 5th, when Operation Zero Tolerance (OZT) will officially begin.

Operation Zero Tolerance will be the ninth annual Southern Ocean campaign launched by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Over these nine years, the Japanese whalers have suffered tens of millions of dollars in losses attempting to illegally kill whales in Antarctica's waters.

This time, instead of meeting the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Sea Shepherd will meet the whalers in the North Pacific off of Japan....

Source: Operation Zero Tolerance Set to Launch November 5th
Author: Commentary by Captain Paul Watson

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