Interpol takes whaling activist, Sea Shepherd founder off wanted list | Wildlife News

Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson greeted Interpol’s decision with the words: ‘Finally I am free.’

Global police organisation Interpol said it has removed its most-wanted designation for the anti-whaling activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd conservation group, Paul Watson, who is wanted in Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship in 2010.

Interpol had issued a “red notice”, at Japan’s request, for the arrest of the Canadian-American Watson, 74, who is…