sentences:  In doing so, they refer to the United Nations World Charter for Nature that calls on individuals to "safeguard and conserve nature in areas beyond national jurisdiction".Sea Shepherd was founded in 1977 by Captain Paul Watson in Vancouver BC, Canada; it wasn't until 1981 that it was formally incorporated in the United States.Throughout the years their campaigns have ranged from stopping the annual killing of baby harp seals in Eastern Canada to preventing Japanese whalers from killing endangered whale species.