'Whale Wars' star skips out on $319,000 bail

[kristopher]

Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Founder, Reportedly Flees Germany While On Bail
Reuters | Posted: 07/25/2012 2:29 pm
By Elisa Oddone

BERLIN, July 25 (Reuters) - A Canadian marine conservationist has fled Germany after being freed on bail while awaiting possible extradition to Costa Rica over charges stemming from his campaign against shark finning, a court official said on Wednesday.

Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd marine conservation group, had been banned from leaving Germany and ordered to report twice a day to police in Frankfurt after his arrest there in May..

"Watson has not reported to the police since July 22," a spokesman for the court in Frankfurt said. "His attorney informed us that his client had called him saying he left Germany for an unknown destination."

Watson is known for disrupting whale hunts and for his campaigns against shark finning, a practice that involves catching sharks, slicing off their fins and throwing them back into the sea, sometimes barely alive.

He was facing possible extradition to ...

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[Panasonic]

1. The fact that Japan is going to try to extract Watson out of Costa Rica

has been long known to Watson, so thus he did the right thing and fled before the CR courts could get approval from Germany.

[kristopher]

3. Your definition of the word 'fact' is odd to say the least.

[FBaggins]

10. Laws are for other people.

As are facts.

Surely you've noticed?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. How is it known and where has it been documented?

If it keeps this up he will end up like LR Hubbard and have to stay at sea.

[Panasonic]

7. Paul Watson just released a statement via his website

I suggest you go there and read it.

It's a very fascinating reading and the politics behind it *AND* the justification to leave Germany.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. I have and responded in that thread

That said, as always, Watson's words is only backed by his words. Nothing new there.

[Panasonic]

9. In any case - the local grocery store had a fundraiser for SS yesterday

and we'll know the numbers pretty soon.

[freshwest]

2. That's unfortunate, and unexpected. But shark finning is obscene.

[Politicalboi]

4. I hope he gets away

I wish we had more like him.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Any reason you did not link to the prior post of this?