“Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by the Japanese to a very large audience. I could not really care less how I was portrayed.”

Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist

Paul Franklin Watson is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist. He is best known for founding the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, both of which focus on marine conservation activism. His work centers on anti-poaching and direct action at sea. The tactics used by Sea Shepherd have drawn criticism, and both the Japanese government and Greenpeace have accused the group of eco-terrorism.