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Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation and marine conservation activism. He is a citizen of Canada and the United States.

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We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.

Communicate, Intelligent, Planet, Planets, Trying

This is the contradiction we have in the media. We love vigilantes: Batman, Tarzan, Green Arrow - the comic books and the TV shows are filled with vigilantes. We love to promote it. Jesus Christ was a vigilante. We admire these people, but we don't want to be associated with them.

Admire, Arrows, Batman, Book, Filled, Jesus

Back in 1980, whale watching surpassed whaling as an industry. Now it's worth about four times as much. Whale watching provides far, far more jobs to people than whaling ever did. Whale watching has become an ally in the fight to end whaling.

Jobs, Fighting, Animal, Provides, Become, Whale

We should not be living in human communities that enclose tiny preserved ecosystems within them. Human communities should be maintained in small population enclaves within linked wilderness ecosystems. No human community should be larger than 20,000 people and separated from other communities by wilderness areas. Communication systems can link the communities.

Areas, Communication, Ecosystems, Enclaves, People, Wilderness

Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

Ability, Animal, Environment, Harmony, Species

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

Commit, Living, Living Things, Thing, Violence

I can't think of a greater legacy than, "Because you lived, another species survived. "

Legacy, Lived, Species, Think, Thinking

The Ady Gil, a Sea Shepherd vessel, it's a fast patrol boat, was sitting still in the water when the Shonan Maru #2 came by, deliberately turned into it, rammed it, cut it in half, sunk it and destroyed it.

Cutting, Maru, Sea, Shonan, Sitting Still, Turned

All of the great whales are endangered.

Endangered, Whales

All consumption should be local. No food products need to be transported over hundreds of miles to market. All commercial fishing should be abolished. If local communities need to fish the fish should be caught individually by hand. We need to stop flying, stop driving cars, and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles.

Marine, Hands, Fishing, Individually, Food, Commercial

We are killing our host the planet Earth. . . . I was once severely criticized for describing human beings as being the 'AIDS of the Earth. ' I make no apologies for that statement. . . . We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion.

Apology, Beings, Needs, Population, Populations, Radically

It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.

Bring, Found, Inexperienced, Passion, Sea, Volunteer

Atlantic puffins starve to death so that Danish chickens can feast on their fish.

Animal, Puffins, Chickens, Fish, Atlantic

Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.

Continue, Environmental, Incredible, Movement, Musician, Musicians

I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

Disappointment, Disappointments, Good, Make, Promise, Thinking

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in.

Believe, Culture, Violence

Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million years. If we dont find answers to these problems, were gonna be victims of this extinction event that were at fault for.

2065, Animal, Event, Extinction, Faults, Years

As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do not believe in miners, I believe in the rocks beneath my feet. I do not believe in pie in the sky spirituality, I believe in rainbows, rivers, mountains, and moss. I do not believe in environmentalists, I believe in the environment. I am a proud traitor to my species in alliance with my mother the Earth in opposition to those who would destroy her, those parasites who believe the Earth is here to serve human interests.

Believe, Miners, Mother, Rivers, Sky

If you don't know an answer, a fact, a statistic - make it up on the spot.

Answers, Facts, Know, Make, Spot, Spots

We go after unlawful activities.

Activities, Activity, Unlawful

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