[Charles Martel]

As far as hunters go. Hunt all you want. As long as it is legal. Hunt deer, pheasant, duck, geese, rabbit what have you. These animals aren't near the point of oblivion.

Be aware that Paul Watson (of Sea Shepherd) opposes *all* hunting and fishing, despite the fact that hunters and fisherman contribute more money to conservation efforts (through license fees) than all of his rich, foolish donors.

Further, Patrick Moore (co-founder of Greenpeace) has incurred the wrath of his former organization because he now states, for the record and quite convincingly, that most of what the public hears about "endangered species" is deliberate, fear-mongering nonsense. This is a guy who once got up close and personal with the *Soviet* whaling fleet, and he's saying that this "hunted to the brink of extinction" stuff is bogus.

[milagro]

I watched a few episodes of Whale Wars, and came away with little respect for Watson since he puts more value on saving the whales than on protecting the lives of his crew. And what kind of leader in battle deserves respect for that? Sure a "warrior" might have casualties, but--as is clear from what happened to crew's boat--Watson gets way too much of a "glory high" from taunting his enemy and using his crew members as bait. That's, literally, showboating, and it reeks of hubris, not heroism.

And I think Greenpeace is very critical of Watson and his crew because their confrontational and life-endangering approach to "saving the whales" is doing more harm than good for the cause.