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The Watchdog monitors fundraising, spending, and political activity in the name of animal and habitat protection—both pro and con. His empty bowl stands for all the bowls left empty when some take more than they need.

NOV 2006

Rocky Mountain Wildlife will continue operating

The Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center, in Keenesburg, Colorado, on October 16, 2006 announced that it had received enough funding to stay open. "We're still not out of the woods," founder Pat Craig told Denver Post staff writer Christine Tatum. The 26-year-old sanctuary houses about 150 animals, including 75 tigers and 30 bears, on 140 acres. Craig warned on August 15, 2006 that it was out of money and might close, then closed to public visits on September 2.

Sea Shepherds don't get fast ship after all

Two months after Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson announced the $2 million purchase of the former Canadian patrol boat Lady Chebucto, believed to be as fast as the Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru, the deal fell through, reported Andrew Darby of the Melbourne Age on October 11, 2006. "It was registered in Antigua," Watson explained, "and Antigua would not allow us to sail it as a yacht."

Registering Sea Shepherd vessels as yachts reduces regulatory requirements--but registering in Antigua was problematic, Watson indicated, because Antigua receives foreign aid from Japan, and has supported Japanese efforts at International Whaling Commission meetings to reopen commercial whaling.

"I am confident that we will have a second ship for the [winter] campaign [against Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters]," Watson said.