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5 reasons to watch the Whale Wars spin-off

April 27, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Animal Planet debuts Whale Wars: Viking Shores, a quasi-spin-off of its series that follows activists Sea Shepherd as they try to stop pilot whale hunts in the Faroe Islands. Although there won’t be the same… continue reading

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Whale Wars spin-off Viking Shores: behind the scenes

March 26, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

I spent time aboard the Steve Irwin with the Sea Shepherd crew during filming of Animal Planet’s Whale Wars: Viking Shores. Here’s what I found.

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Jeff Rice, who helped make Whale Wars, Destination Truth, Amazing Race possible, remembered as a “gifted person”

February 22, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

To most viewers, Jeff Rice was a name that flashed by in a second during the credits at the end of an episode of a favorite reality series, such as Destination Truth, Whale Wars, or The Amazing Race. But as… continue reading

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Whale Wars camera operator, activists injured by hooks, bamboo poles

January 19, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The intensity of the confrontation between anti-whaling activists and Japanese whalers continues in the Southern Ocean, where a camera operator for Animal Planet’s documentary reality series Whale Wars was injured. On its web site, Sea Shepherd reports that “American crewmember… continue reading

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Sea Shepherd used drones to find Japanese whaling fleet; Whale Wars renewed

December 26, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Although Sea Shepherd stopped Japanese whaling last year, the country decided to resume whaling this year, using tsunami relief funds to fund additional security, so Sea Shepherd’s boats are back–and that means Animal Planet’s Whale Wars will be back, too…. continue reading

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Japan will resume whaling with “increased” “protection,” likely leading to more Whale Wars

October 4, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Last season of Whale Wars looked like it would be the last of the Animal Planet show because Sea Shepherd’s campaign against Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean had apparently succeeded. Last spring, Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson told me “We’ve… continue reading

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Whale Wars will spin-off series following Sea Shepherd’s new Faroe Islands campaign

July 25, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Animal Planet announced today that Whale Wars will spin-off a companion series that follows Sea Shepherd’s efforts to stop pilot whale slaughter in the Danish territory of the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands Project “began filming July 15 and will… continue reading

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As Sea Shepherd searches for a ship lost in a storm, Whale Wars delivers exceptional TV

July 18, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Whale Wars broke from its typical narrative arc on Friday night to air an episode entirely focused on the Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin joining a search for a missing yacht that activated its emergency beacon in the middle of… continue reading

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Whale Wars producer explains intense, life-threatening cliffhanger

July 1, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

If Whale Wars is in the middle of its final season, as Paul Watson predicted, it will go out as one of the best reality TV shows ever. The series continues to edit the real-life actions of the Sea Shepherds… continue reading

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Paul Watson predicts the fourth season of Whale Wars, premiering tonight, will be the last

June 3, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Whale Wars returns for its fourth and potentially final season tonight, as Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson thinks his organization has won the battle against whaling in the Southern Ocean. The Animal Planet series is one of my favorite series because… continue reading

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Japan suspends whaling because of Sea Shepherd

February 17, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The upcoming season of Whale Wars will chronicle Sea Shepherd’s most successful campaign yet, as Japan’s government has suspended whaling in the Southern Ocean, where Sea Shepherd boats, with camera crews aboard, have been preventing the fleet from whaling all… continue reading

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Sea Shepherd, whalers’ claims “impossible to verify,” AP says, ignoring Whale Wars

January 2, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Is it possible that the Associated Press has no knowledge of Animal Planet’s outstanding reality series Whale Wars, which documents the Southern Ocean battles between Sea Shepherd conservationists and Japanese whalers? It certainly seems like that, because in a story… continue reading

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Pete Bethune says Sea Shepherd let Ady Gil sink for publicity

October 10, 2010 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Pete Bethune, the captain of the Ady Gil, the ship that sank after a collision with a Japanese whaling vessel, now says that the ship was salvagable but Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson wanted to let it sink to get more… continue reading

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Michelle Rodriguez, YouTube winner joining Sea Shepherd on its next campaign

October 6, 2010 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Animal Planet’s awesome Whale Wars has been unsurprisingly renewed, and among the volunteers on Sea Shepherd’s campaign in the Antarctic will be Lost and Avatar actor Michelle Rodriguez, in addition to the winner of a YouTube contest. In a press… continue reading

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Whale Wars season three finale was Animal Planet’s most-watched episode ever

August 31, 2010 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Whale Wars awesome two-hour finale on Friday, during which Pete Bethune snuck aboard the Shonan Maru #2 and surprised its crew while the helicopter–and the show’s camera’s–watched, was the highest rated regular telecast ever for Animal Planet among key demographics…. continue reading

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