- Paul Franklin Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and an environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation
| Born: | 02 December 1950 Comment | | How old is Paul Watson in 2024? / Age: | 73 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
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Paul Watson facts
- He is a citizen of Canada and the United States
- The Toronto native joined a Sierra Club protest against nuclear testing in 1969
- He was an early and influential member of Greenpeace, crewed and skippered for it, and a founding board member in 1972
- He has been credited by The New York Times, The New Yorker and other publications with being a founder of Greenpeace, but Greenpeace denies the claim
- However the recent release of the film How to Change the World (film) by Producer Jerry Rathwell documents that Watson was indeed one of the original founding members of Greenpeace
- Watson argued for a strategy of direct action that conflicted with the Greenpeace interpretation of nonviolence, was ousted from the board in 1977, and subsequently left the organization
- That same year, he formed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- The group is the subject of a reality show named Whale Wars
- He promotes veganism, and a biocentric, rather than anthropocentric, worldview
- Watson's activities have led to legal action from authorities in countries including the United States, Canada, Norway, Costa Rica, and Japan
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