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Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies
Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies!
Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton courthouse Monday afternoon, freeing the chief officer and captain of the Farley Mowat, who are accused of steering the ship too close to the seal hunt.
They were arrested on Saturday in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after Mounties armed with submachine-guns stormed the vessel, which was also seized.
Watson says the Canadian government committed an act of piracy, saying Mounties boarded the Mowat in international waters.
He said he chose a bag of toonies for part of the payment because that is how pirates prefer to be paid, and said the bond money came from author Farley Mowat himself.
"We look at this as ransom and we're paying it in dubloons," he said.
Interviewed at his home in Port Hope, Ont., Mowat told The Canadian Press he was deeply honoured when the Society named its ship after him. He voiced his support for the crew and said he was ashamed of the Canadian officials' behaviour.
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April 15, 2008 at 02:29 pm by amyjudd, 396 views, 5 comments
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chardunkat 16:43 on April 15th, 2008
Casey with stuffed baby seals
Outside the Canadian Consulate's office in Downtown Los Angeles - March 15, 2007
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at 18:26 on April 15th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. Guess Seal Activist Brigette Bardot misplaced her checkbook, pretty much the same scenario as Heather Mills, so much for putting your money where your mouth is. Perhaps there wasn't a good enough photo op for these two Ladies to bother getting out of bed for.
at 18:36 on April 15th, 2008
No kidding - where are the celebrities when you need them?
at 20:36 on April 15th, 2008
As I said Amy all flash and no substance, another case where are the papparazzi first before they go a hoppin on the old bandwaggonry. But then so typical of those celebs eh?\
3 +1 still equals 4 eh? Try telling this to "I'm Still no smarter than a bag o Cheetos Math whiz" here!
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errorlloydat 10:50 on April 21st, 2008
The colony of Seal. They live with happiness.
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