In 1977, the organization’s board of directors expelled Watson over an incident in Newfoundland. After he led a team of Greenpeace activists to protest seal hunting, Watson furiously confronted a sealer, throwing the man’s pelts and club in the water. Greenpeace viewed Watson’s behavior in the incident as too aggressive and kicked him out of the organization. He promptly founded Sea Shepherd, branding it as a more radical and more aggressive group than Greenpeace.
