Bail paid in 'doubloons' for Sea Shepherd Officers arrested Canadian Coast Guard

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The head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has posted bail — in toonies — for the skipper and first officer of the group's ship, the Farley Mowat.


Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society posted bail for the skipper and first officer of the group's ship, the Farley Mowat.


"I took out 5,000 $2 coins and that's what we're gonna pay the bail. They want cash, we'll give them cash. Doubloons. I think it's appropriate for their pirate action," Paul Watson told CBC News earlier in Cape Breton.

"I figure since they're going to board our vessel at gunpoint on the high seas and take all our property, they are pirates and we will give them a pirate ransom."

The Canadian Press reported that half of the bond was paid in 2,500 toonies. Watson told the news agency that the coins had to be counted twice, because Cape Breton court officials lost track and had to start over.

Watson said Canadian author Farley Mowat personally put up the bail money.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/04/14/mowatsheppard.html



Farley Mowat and Paul Watson

[flvegan]

1. Thanks, Mr. Mowat.

I look forward to see how this plays out.

I'm sure that Watson got the full menu of charges including the coordinates that they're accused of being at whereas they violated the Canadian jurisdictional water line.

Yeah...right.