Canadian sea activist facing charge vows to fight on
Source: Reuters
Canadian sea activist facing charge vows to fight on
Mon May 21, 2012 12:44pm EDT
May 21 (Reuters) - Renowned marine conservationist Paul Watson, who is fighting extradition from Germany to Costa Rica over a 2002 campaign against shark finning, vowed on Monday that his fleet would head to the Antarctic without him to fight whaling.
Watson, who was arrested eight days ago at Frankfurt airport, was freed on bail in Germany of 250,000 euros ($319,200)but must not leave the country.
His arrest, on a warrant from Costa Rican authorities, took his Sea Shepherd campaign group, famous for its disruption of whaling, by surprise.
"This is not about me at all", Watson told Reuters television on Monday.
"This is about the millions of sharks killed every year illegally and I am here because we saved hundreds of them 10 years ago".
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I don't think it would be a bad thing if he was extradited and engaged them in a public trial on this issue.
Costa Rica wants to defend the practice of definning sharks by the hundreds and throwing them back into the ocean to die a slow death?
