Whale Wars » by Andy Dehnart / October 4, 2011, 10:51 AM Last season of Whale Wars looked like it would be the last of the Animal Planet show because Sea Shepherd’s campaign against Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean had apparently succeeded. Last spring, Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson told me “We’ve actually won the whale wars.” That’s because Japan suspended whaling due to Sea Shepherd’s actions. But now Japan says it will resume its annual whale hunt and says it will work to protect its “research whaling ships” (they’re hilarious) with increased security. According to CNN , Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano said at a press conference, “The Fisheries Agency will send a patrol boat and take increased measures to strengthen the protection given to the research whaling ships.” Sea Shepherd announced Friday that their campaign will be called Divine Wind, and in his typically inflammatory way, Paul Watson said, “It is an insult to all the anti-whaling nations that so generously c...