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My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die.

Paul Watson

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
Activist
Environmentalist
Naval Officer
Sailor
City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
Protect
Oceans
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Sharks
Dies
Whales
Sanctuary
Fish
Fishes
Save
Ocean
Sanctuaries

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