Whale wars how is it legal

With a limited budget, Mann says she was unable to have uniform equipment. With so much material, Bronstein could have gone in a number of directions with the special. That campaign is now being handled entirely by Sea Shepherd Australia.

Sea Shepherd retains international rights to the footage they shot last year, and Mann said they are actively seeking production partners to turn it into a longer series. They are also again hiring their own camera crews to film their next campaign this winter.

Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. The Atlantic Crossword. Sign In Subscribe. This article is from the archive of our partner. Even though Sea Shepherd appeared to have an ally in the network that airs its work, it was still at war with Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research. The ICR won an injunction against the organization that threatened its very existence.

SS and Paul Watson were prohibited from coming within yards of any ICR whalers on the open sea, and were strictly prohibited from "physically attacking any vessel engaged by [whalers or] navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe navigation of any such vessel. You may be asking how whaling is legal in this day and age, and it technically isn't.

However, folks who've wanted to get their hands on killing the big ocean creatures came up with a little workaround. There's a bit of a legal loophole that allows whaling to take place as long as it's under the guise of research purposes. There isn't much Sea Shepherd or Paul can do to reverse the decision, but it also looks like Animal Planet was also kinda-sorta named in the injunction as well: "any party acting in concert with them.

The network's senior vice president of legal affairs, Julie Wolf, dished out on the challenges they're facing after receiving the injunction. It was very, very journalistic, very, very true documentarian's terms. Sounds like the network, while in support of Paul and Sea Shepherd, found a way to legally keep themselves safe while still producing a show, that, like many shows, became more and more expensive to create year after year.

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