5/7/10 History info

One important person who is involved with anti-whaling efforts is the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder, Paul Watson. The SSCS(Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) is the society that the show on Animal Planet, Whale Wars. It's about the society's conservation attempts on ending commercial whaling. The SSCS, was founded in 1977. The show Whale Wars, was started in 2008. The SSCS is based out of Friday Harbor in Washington. After Paul Watson founded the SSCS, he initially called it Earth Force. He saw a lack of an aggressive approach towards the efforts, he decided to take a more aggressive intervention. The show Whale Wars is based on the groups encounters with Japanese whalers in the southern ocean. The SSCS currently operates two vessels, the MV Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker. Their responsibility while on the sea is to stop Japanese whaling vessels. Some of the most endangered whales from whaling are the blue whale and the gray whale.