Animal Planet Offers Whale Wars Spin-Off

SILVER SPRING: The new Animal Planet series tentatively titled The Faroe Islands Project follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as they try to stop the annual whale killings in the Danish Protectorate of the Faroe Islands.

A companion series to Whale Wars, it features members of the same crew, including Captain Paul Watson, Captain Locky MacLean, Peter Hammarstedt, Chris Aultman and Fiona McCuaig, as they attempt to stop the hunting of 1,000 long-finned pilot whales that are killed by men and boys living in the Faroes.

"For the last four years, Whale Wars has been riveting television because of the passion of the Sea Shepherds, the risks they take to save the lives of whales and the magnificent and dangerous beauty of the Southern Ocean," said Marjorie Kaplan, the president and general manager of Animal Planet Media. "Now they are once again preparing to put their lives on the line, this time in a lush and unfamiliar corner of northern Europe where the customs are different and the killing of whales continues. And we plan to be there to document every moment."

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