he has some sort of gun on him under the tower, can you see him? he s got a gun! i m worried that if you hit it on the ground, it s gone. whoa. [ bleep ]. larry: whoo, how did you get into this, chuck? well i worked with a number of organizations before i heard about sea shepherd. one of the people that knew me the best walked up to me one day with a sea shepherd brochure and said i think you need to know about these guys. they re passionate, aggressive, but absolutely nonviolent. and take all kind of sometimes, you know called radical actions for means of enforcing international conservation laws, kind of an intoxicating mix. how can you not want to be involved? i signed up and have been doing it 20 years. larry: how many, fiona, how many sea shepherders are there? we went down to antarctica with 77 individuals from 17
them off. there is a certain fear. that s where ships sink in second. one right there. where is the other one. he s angling in at us. holy [ bleep ]. he s coming right at us. oh, my god. just get him in a bit closer. what s that thing? what s that thing he s got? i don t know. he has some sort of gun on him under the tower, can you see him? he s got a gun! i m worried that if you hit it on the ground, it s gone. whoa. [ bleep ]. larry: whoo, how did you get into this, chuck? well i worked with a number of organizations before i heard about sea shepard. one of the people that knew me
we understand that the best way to stop them is hit them where it hurts. economically. our objective is to sink the fleet economically. we haven t injured any of them. we are at a disadvantage. they re trying to kill us out there, we re trying to make sure we don t injure any of them. larry: is their defense, chuck, their defense, these are whales. we are making a living. how are we different than fishermen? well larry: fishermen kill fish. the fact is fishing is not illegal. sea shepherd enforces international conservation laws. the actions that japan is taking down there are illegal. larry: is it because we emotionally feel different about the whale than the fish? if we can t save these animals that we have, some intrinsic connection with we have no chance of saving the rest of them. larry: what do you think of the people who do go and harpoon
is not. yesterday it was a small victory for the whales when there was the plans to uplift the ban on whaling fortunately that is in place. still, commercial whaling is not allowed. yeah, japan, iceland, norway will continue illegal whaling. larry: not allowed, done. japan slammed the sea shepherd during the iwc gathering saying the attacks are becoming more aggressive. are they? what they mean they re becoming more effective. we save 528 whales this last season which is more than they killed. we have lost them tens of millions of dollars in losses. we understand that the best way to stop them is hit them where it hurts. economically. our objective is to sink the fleet economically. we haven t injured any of them. we are at a disadvantage. they re trying to kill us out there, trying to do what we are doing making sure we don t injure any of them. larry: is their defense, chuck, their defense, these are whales. we are making a living. how are we different than fishermen? well
tactics. the cast of whale wars next on larry king live. larry: good evening. we are talking tonight with people who say they re ready to sacrifice their own lives to save whales. the controversial anti-whaling activities of the sea shepard conservation society are chronicled on the documentary show whale wars now in its third season on animal planet. we welcome captain paul watson, founder of sea shepard, a co-founding director of the green peace foundation. captain chuck swift, captain of the bob barker, one of the vessels operated by sea shepard. and, a member of the sea shepard crew of the bob barker. most amped up in your face yet, season for whale wars, occurs now. it premiered by the way last month.