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M/V JOHN PAUL DEJORIA Brings Aid Post Hurricane Dorian
Freeport, Bahamas (September 13th, 2019), Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has relaunched Operation Good Pirates to provide aid to areas hardest hit by Hurricane Dorian. The marine conservation organization’s patrol vessel, M/V John Paul DeJoria, is being dedicated to the mission, having been repositioned to avoid the storm.Currently in Freeport, the M/V John Paul DeJoria has been cleared to sail to the Abaco islands and outlying Cays hit hardest by the record-breaking storm. which has claimed dozens of lives. For this campaign, Sea Shepherd is collaborating with Global Empowerment Mission, Blue Tide Marine, FlyTropic Air, Bethanny Frankel’s Bstrong initiative, as well as GlobalMedic.
Sea Shepherd established Operation Good Pirates of the Caribbean in September 2017 to bring humanitarian relief supplies to Dominica, the BVI and Antigua and Barbuda after hurricanes Irma and Maria.
“Sea Shepherd Conservation Society helps maintain life forms in the sea. When the seas disrupt mankind on land, Sea Shepherd is there to help bring aid to lives in peril. M/V John Paul DeJoria is being sent in to help the Bahamians recently affected by Hurricane Dorian, the same as we had done about a year ago to lend support to the people of Barbuda. It is the duty of we the people to help one another on this planet. I support and applaud the selfless efforts of Sea Shepherd,” noted Commodore John Paul DeJoria, proud member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Chairman of John Paul Mitchell Systems.
Over the weekend, M/V John Paul DeJoria loaded humanitarian relief supplies in Miami, Florida. The vessel can transport 30,000 pounds of aid. In Freeport, M/V John Paul DeJoria Captain, Locky MacLean, held a meeting with Miss Stephanie Ferguson, a logistics coordinator for the Bahamian government’s National Emergency Management Agency, to ensure the vessel and its mission were being used in the most effective manner possible. In addition to relief supplies, Sea Shepherd will also carry supplies of dog and cat food for the many homeless dogs and cats on the islands.
For more information on how you can get involved, please visit Sea Shepherd’s Operation Good Pirates.
