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Operation Ice Storm

From Captain Paul Watson Foundation
June 2024

Whale killing boss Kristjan Loftsson says the permits came too late for him to launch his two ships and he understood that we would aggressively block his killing operations. Awesome news.

Kristján Loftsson, the wealthiest and most politically influential man in Iceland, has ignited a storm of controversy in the North Atlantic. ​

Most Icelanders are against killing whales. The Icelandic government is opposed to killing whales, but Kristjan Loftsson is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is to kill endangered Fin whales. Commercial whaling was outlawed in 1986 when the Internation Whaling Commission (IWC) declared a global moratorium on whaling. Fin whales are universally protected under international conservation law.

Kristján Loftsson is confident that he will get what he wants. We are confident that we can prevent him from doing what he wants.

In two months, we will once again sail into the waters off Iceland to aggressively but non-violently intervene against the whale-killing machines. We’ve stopped Kristján Loftsson before – we cut his whaling fleet in half and saved hundreds of whales from his deadly harpoons. We now need to stop him for good.

There is a merciless storm threatening Fin whales in Icelandic waters, a storm of deadly explosive harpoons in the hands of a Cetacean serial killing fanatic. Our job is to calm these waters down and to make the North Atlantic a safe place for whales once again.

**UPDATE JUNE 2024**

It appears that no whales will be killed this summer despite the Icelandic government giving the green light to slaughter 99 endangered Fin whales. Whale killing boss Kristjan Loftsson says the permits came too late for him to launch his two ships and he understood that we would aggressively block his killing operations.

Awesome news.

But what to do with a ship and crew ready and eager for action?

We will be sending a land crew to the Faroe Islands to oppose the slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins.

But there is a new insidious threat to the whales and we will pivot towards that and be back for Operation Ice Storm in 2025 if required. 

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: July 19, 2024
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