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This World Wildlife Day please ask yourself if the

This World Wildlife Day please ask yourself if there's anything in your day-to-day actions that you could skip that would help save our wildlife. We were meant to live in harmony with the animal kingdom, not destroy it. Let us all be the change that our wildlife needs!

To learn more about what Sea Shepherd is doing to protect our marine wildlife worldwide visit seashepherd.org

📸: Simon Ager / Jesper Anhede / Sea Shepherd

#WorldWildlifeDay

This World NGO Day we celebrate the achievements o

This World NGO Day we celebrate the achievements of over 40 years of fighting for the ocean.

Thank you to everyone who has donated, volunteered, and bought our merch. Because of you, we celebrate another NGO day on the seas saving marine wildlife.

Help us continue the fight. Shop to support today at shop.seashepherd.org

#FlashbackFriday – February 2014 Antarctica: Sea

#FlashbackFriday – February 2014 Antarctica: Sea Shepherd crew wake up to about 50-75mm (2-3inch) thick ice coating the foredeck and equipment.

What you didn’t see on Whale Wars or Chasing Thunder TV shows was the massive amount of ice that could build up on the superstructure and deck of the ships in certain conditions whilst they were chasing the whalers or the poachers in Antarctic waters.

Waves breaking over the bow, heavy rain, and/or sleet could quickly freeze in sub-zero conditions, building layer upon layer. In bad cases, it is strong enough to freeze the ship's bell at an angle to the deck!

Other than the slip hazard and damage to equipment, too much ice could make the vessel top-heavy and in extreme circumstances that could lead to the ship sinking, so the crew would have to go out and chip away the build-up of ice, sometimes more than once a day.

Imagine working in those conditions. Now imagine doing it as a volunteer! We owe a lot to the intrepid volunteers and crew who risked their lives to protect marine wildlife.

To learn more about our mission to protect marine wildlife worldwide visit seashepherd.org

Here’s a short video to brighten your day. Recen

Here’s a short video to brighten your day. Recently, one of the turtle nests being protected by our partnership with Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (@cici_png_) and Animal Assist @animal_assist_global) hatched!

Together, we are giving precious turtles in Papua New Guinea a chance of survival.

Read more about our collaboration at the link in our bio.

Without our dedicated crew, we wouldn't be able to

Without our dedicated crew, we wouldn't be able to save the lives that we do around the 🌎. They work late nights and early mornings, sometimes in the face of danger to Defend, Conserve, and Protect our marine wildlife.

Think you've got what it takes to save our ocean? 🌊❤

Visit the Get Involved link in our bio today.

📸: Liam Joyce / Sea Shepherd

Happy World Whale Day! 🐋❤ Today and every da

Happy World Whale Day! 🐋❤

Today and every day we celebrate our cetacean friends and thank them for all that they do for our ocean! Together we can save them from extinction.

To learn more about what Sea Shepherd is doing to protect our marine wildlife worldwide please visit seashepherd.org

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