Whale Wars
| Whale Wars | |
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Title screenshot of season 2.
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| Genre | Reality |
| Developed by | Charlie Foley |
| Starring | Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt |
| Narrated by | Jason Hildebrandt |
| Theme music composer | Billy Corgan |
| Opening theme | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Composer(s) | David Vanacore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 61 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Elizabeth Bronstein Jason Carey Dee Bagwell Haslam |
| Location(s) | Southern Ocean |
| Cinematography | Robert G. Case |
| Running time | 43 minutes (regular) |
| Production company(s) |
RIVR Media Lizard Trading Company |
| Release | |
| Original network | Animal Planet |
| Original release | November 7, 2008 – January 2, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and the crew aboard their various vessels harass Japanese whalers off the coast of Antarctica.
On November 6, 2014 Animal Planet announced a special three-part presentation that aired on December 28, 2014 as part of its "Month-Long Freeview".
In 2007, Discovery Channel began production of a reality show which would cover the activities of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary off the coast of Antarctica. The Japanese claim that their whaling is legally research, which Sea Shepherd and others contend is a cover for banned commercial whaling. Sea Shepherd has been both criticized and praised for tactics of direct action sabotage which include throwing stink bombs of butyric acid, as well as ramming, boarding, and otherwise attempting to disable the Japanese vessels.
The program premiered on November 7, 2008, on the Animal Planet cable channel and follows events on the vessel MY Steve Irwin as the group attempts to deter the hunting of Minke, Humpback and Fin whales in the Southern Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and North Atlantic. The show came at a time when Animal Planet was being re-branded to attract broader audiences and compete with non-animal-centric programming.
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