the Sea Shepherd

David Nickarz spent 11 years volunteering with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a marine conservation group that uses direct action to protect marine wildlife. Recently, Dave came back from the waters around Antarctica where he was working with the Sea Shepherds to protect endangered Fin and Minke whales from outlaw whalers from Japan. The campaign was documented by the Animal Planet film crew and can be seen on the unscripted series Whale Wars. "Our ship gets stuck in dangerous ice, we collide with three of their ships and throw stink bombs on their decks to hinder their whaling operations. What sort of authority do we have to do these things? We work under international laws that no other country is willing to enforce."