Take Action: Stop the Japanese Dolphin Hunt
From October to April, Japanese fishermen will kill more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises as part of their annual hunt. Officials claim the slaughter is a form of "pest control" to offset the amount of fish the dolphins eat. But, the reality is, the butchered dolphins are sold off to supermarkets and grocery stores.
Japanese fishermen have admitted that they are worried the government will soon shut them down in light of international outrage over the hunt. Contact the Japanese Embassy today and tell Japan to stop the slaughter.

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"ANWR Alaska National Wildlife Refuge And Other Protected Areas At Risk - AGAIN
Big Oil Threatens Alaska's Oceans"		    

•Action needed to SAVE WHALES!

 


From 2004 to 2006 over 5,400 whales will have been slaughtered.

 

"Touching Grace" (Sperm Whales) by Peggy Oki

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Ask Congress to Stop Ships From Killing Endangered Right Whales!
Take Action On This IssueFewer than 350 North Atlantic Right Whales are alive today, making the species one of the most critically endangered on the planet. And the leading cause of death to these whales is also the most easily prevented: collisions with ships.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP: Please contact your Senator and urge him or her to support the Ship Strike Reduction Act. This bill would compel the Commerce Department to issue a final rule lowering vessel speeds in areas populated by right whales, significantly increasing the species’ chance of survival.

Speak up for the Moray Firth Dolphins.
Recently, the UK Government made a shocking new announcement. It plans to open-up vast new areas around our coasts for oil and gas development - areas vital to the survival of many whale and dolphin populations. Please sign the petition online.

Futo Harbor Annual Slaughter of Dolphins & Small Whales:

"More than twenty thousand dolphins are killed each year in Japan - a process which is sanctioned by the Japanese government..."

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updated: November 2007
 
 

"Every year from October through April fishermen in some remote Japanese villages eradicate over 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in the most brutal way imaginable."

To Learn More about the "Japan Dolphin Day"
Worldwide Protests on 25 Sept. 2007:

www.savejapandolphins.org
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For more information: www.SaveJapanDolphins.org or contact Ric O'Barry at 305-669 4834 <ricobarry@bellsouth.net>

Cruelty of captivity industry exposed:
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, is today (April 11th) uncovering the worrying involvement of the aquarium industry in dolphin hunts in Japan.
With increasing numbers of people visiting dolphins held in aquaria, the demand for these animals has never been greater. Today, WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, reveals that one of the world’s largest sources of wild dolphins for display in aquaria, and certainly the cruellest, is dolphin drive hunts in Japan.

For information about Cetaceans in Captivity,

and the campaigns by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

 

 

Faroe Islands Pilot Whales Slaughter

Every year around 2,000 whales are driven ashore and cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands, mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-denmark-to-end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-their-waters

 

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The Seven Deadly Sins of the Sealers – The Seven Heavenly Virtues of Seal Defenders
Commentary by Paul Watson
Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

3 January 2006

"San Ignacio Lagoon may soon be threatened by plans for industrialization . . . oil and gas drilling . . . massive high-rise hotels . . . and resort marinas with ocean-bound ships.
That's why NRDC and their Mexican partners are now racing to safeguard the whales' lagoon..."

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September 2007

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18 July 2001 "Technical Report on (15) Sea Lion Mutilations" (as reported by the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands)

"Dolphin Safe Labelling"

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"Keiko Died in Freedom"
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7 Nov. '03 "Solomon Islands - Gela House of Chiefs condemns dolphin captivity"
"The Gela Vaukolu or the Gela House of Chiefs in the Solomon Islands has condemned the activity of keeping dolphins at Gavutu. In its recent meeting, the Gela Vaukolu demand that these animals be set free because they are now suffering in their shallow pens and very soon all of them will die of starvation."

Press release: "Mexico Responds to International Pressure, but What About the Solomons?"

Environmental and animal welfare groups denounce dolphin exploitation in the South Pacific
[13th August 2003] More than 60 conservation and animal welfare organisations from around the world have joined forces today, signing a letter of deep concern about the capture of up to 200 bottlenose dolphins in the Solomon Islands.

(Link to send ACTION LETTER to the Solomon Islands)

3 Nov. 2003
"Russian orca capture ends in disaster"
 

Poisoned Arctic
Industrial Pollutants are Entering the Food Chain:

There are several thousand organochlorines and their by-products produced commercially. Plastic trash bags and many other common plastic products can contain toxic organochlorines. Agent Orange, DDT, PCBs - they are famous chemicals, notoriously toxic - notoriously banned. Yet they, and their legal cousins, continue to contaminate the environment, wildlife, our food and our bodies. Arctic Dioxin Tracked to North American Sources.

For further information, click here.

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