80s 1981 Greenpeace activists spray 200 baby seals with harmless green paint, making their fur worthless for seal hunters. The European parliament recommends a ban on the import of seal products shortly afterwards.
Greenpeace becomes active against oil pollution of the world’s seas and oceans. It protests off the northeast coat of the US against oil drilling planned there. In Puget Sound, near Seattle, Greenpeace protests against supertankers sailing near coastal waters.
image 1 White harp seal pup © Greenoeace / Jean Deloffre image 2 View from the mast on the bow of the Rainbow Warrior as it sails through scattered drift ice © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes image 3 and opposite Greenpeace activists spray seals with harmless dye to render their pelts valueless © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes image 4 Baby harp seal, after being sprayed © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes image 5 Canadian police arrest a Greenpeace activist who has being spraying the baby seals © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes image 6 Greenpeace activists in the US on the sailing vessel Sylvia, looking out for approaching supertankers © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler image 7 Side view of the boat Norsal, with a banner on its side reading ‘Stop Supertankers’ © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
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