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Anti-Whaling Campaigner Takes Aim at Nova Scotia’s Whale Sanctuary Project
Paul Watson warns cold winters, storms, ice risks threaten two captive orcas in Nova Scotia; project criticized for lack of funding and unrealistic 2026 timeline.
- On Monday, Paul Watson criticized the Whale Sanctuary Project's plan to move killer whales Wikie and Keijo to a floating pen near Wine Harbour before summer.
- Watson warned that frequent storms and ice floes along Wine Harbour, Nova Scotia, could threaten the project's nets and infrastructure, citing harsh winters in his Monday statement.
- Watson argued the project lacks funding and has an unrealistic timeline, while Sea Shepherd France offered more than $800,000 annually to care for Keijo and Wikie at Marineland Antibes until a European sanctuary is built.
- Project officials said construction will begin `when weather permits` with a revised completion target of the second half of 2026; Watson warned the French government would be held accountable if whales die prematurely, while officials discuss Loro Parque, Tenerife as an alternative.
- Watson's record includes high-profile confrontations and recent jail time, while adjacent landowners in Wine Harbour oppose the site and WSP studies claim the bay is sheltered with private donors expected.
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Anti-whaling campaigner takes aim at Nova Scotia’s Whale Sanctuary Project
A bid by a U.S.-based group to bring two captive killer whales from France to a proposed seaside refuge in Nova Scotia is facing fresh criticism from a well-known but polarizing anti-whaling campaigner.
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