Operation Desert Seal-related News Releases and Editorials by Sea Shepherd
To read articles as reported by the media (published in newspapers, magazines, and online) about Sea Shepherd and our 2011 Namibian Seal Defense Campaign please visit In the Media.

Sea Shepherd Operation Desert Seal - not for the Fainthearted

For the last month, I have had a team in Namibia working to document the horrific slaughter of the South African (Cape) fur seals in a campaign we have aptly titled Operation Desert Seal stay tuned... Read More

Namibia’s Deadly Little Secret: the Cape Fur Seal Cull

Namibia’s Deadly Little Secret: the Cape Fur Seal Cull Commentary by Pat Dickens, Sea Shepherd South Africa Coordinator The Cape Fur Seal colony on Namibia’s coastIn less than four months, the Namibian... Read More

Serial Seal Slaying Senators Support Southern Seal Slaughter

Serial Seal Slaying Senators Support Southern Seal Slaughter Commentary by Captain Paul Watson Some Canadian Senators and staffers decided to take a two-day visit to Namibia recently to indulge in... Read More

Assaulted Journalists Convicted for Documenting Seal Slaughter

... a protected marine area without a permit on the Namibian coast. They appeared in the magistrate’s court in the coastal town of Swakopmund for their trial. The Associated Press reports that Smithers and... Read More

Journalists Attacked and Arrested in Namibia for Filming Seal Slaughter

Journalists Attacked and Arrested in Namibia for Filming Seal Slaughter On July 16th at 7 AM on the coast of Namibia, award winning journalists Bart Smithers (South Africa) and Jim Wickens (United Kingdom)... Read More

Equality Statement

... illegal whaling as defined under international conservation law. We do not oppose Canadian or Namibian sealing, we oppose the killing of seals. Sea Shepherd operates outside the petty cultural chauvinism... Read More