Winter 2007/2008
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In the
past 21 years, since the International Whaling Commission mortatorium
on whaling, an estimated 30,000 whales have been killed. The number
of whales killed has increased annually. From 2004 to this year, nearly
8,000 whales will have been slaughtered. |
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"Help us to stop bloody whaling by signing on to the protest...(to the Japanese government)" |
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From
Greenpeace: Take Action>> "Tell the United States to do all it can to put pressure on Japan to stop whaling and save the whales." |
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ACTION: "Call on Iceland to put an end to whaling forever!"
September 2007 http://wdcs-uk.org/e_campaigns/e_campaigns/campaigns.php?select=campaign4 |
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ACTION: Norway Whaling September 2007 (from WSPA) "The Norwegian Foreign Ministry takes pleasure in reporting that they get hardly any international criticism for their whaling, so our petition aims to change that. We'll be taking the results to a meeting with the Norwegian Ambassador in London in late October." Sign the online petition to let the Norwegian government to express opposition to commercial whaling. http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/user/userC.jsp?13707&EXAMIN=1 |
Call on Denmark to oppose whaling Denmark does not oppose the resumption of international trade in whale products and has voted in favour of commercial whaling, despite the opposition of the whole EU, many other governments around the world and the majority of Danish citizens. Together we can make Denmark sit up and take notice – call on them to stop putting the future of whales at risk. |
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To
view "Join our anti-whaling campaign"
video from WDCS
(Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society), please
click here (Quicktime 7 is required, click here for free download)
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| "Japan has long been accused of vote-buying and bribery at the International Whaling Commission. Already, through exploiting the loophole of ‘scientific research’, it has dramatically increased the number and species of whales it kills. Now, it wants to overturn the decades long ban on commercial whaling. Our offering this week uncovers just how it intends to do so. Made for ABC 4 Corners the documentary film, "Japan - Whale Wars" (please click here) also reveals how the farcical rules of the IWC are open to manipulation and abuse. |
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anti-whaling TV advertisement:
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Write the U.S. Secretary of Commerce urging him to take the first step towards trade sanctions under the U.S. Pelly Amendment by certifying Japan for undermining the International Whaling Commission. Please
click here (or on logo). |
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Click here for The Humane Society of the United States report on IWC & CITES |
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(May 11, 2006) From WDCS: "Japan hoping to boost whale meat sales".: http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/83F71F01C8A53C938025716B00327A61 |
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Spring
2004 Global anti-whaling campaign launched: Please
click here for full report and action from WhaleWatch.org |
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2007 Whaling Quotas: Japan:
725 Minke, 50 Bryde, 100 Sei, 3 Fin,10 Sperm.
50 Humpback whales. (4 out of 6 of these species are listed as
Endangered.) Norway: 1052 Minke whales Iceland: 39 Minke whales |
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| The Curtain of Origami Whales and Children's Whale Art and Activism Campaign (please click
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(The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, for information action whaling activities.) 26 June 2007 "Japan begins coastal whale slaughter" |
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| "Japan under attack for inhumane Humpback (whale) deaths" June 19, 2006 "AUSTRALIAN humpbacks face lingering deaths in the Japanese scientific hunt, where they will be harpooned with equipment little different from that used on much smaller minke whales...." |
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| Please Click Here for information about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
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| Wednesday, 1 November 2006 |
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| Tuesday,
September 16, 2003 |
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| SAMPLE LETTER to the Ambassador of Japan: Ambassador Ryozo Kato 2520
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Tel:
202.238.6700 Honorable Ambassador of Japan, Ryozo Kato, I am writing to urge Japan to stop all whaling activities. In 1994, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) established the Southern Ocean Sanctuary specifically to prohibit commercial whaling in the waters surrounding Antarctica. However, in November 1999, Japanese whaling vessels set out on their annual hunt of 440 minke whales and called it "scientific research", thereby circumventing the law. This "scientific research" netted 2000 tons of whale meat that was sold in retail markets for millions of dollars. Many expert Cetologists worldwide, have established the study of whales by non-lethal methods. Therefore "scientific research" by killing whales is not justifiable. I urge Japan to halt all whaling. The hunting of whales is in direct violation of International Whaling Commission resolutions prohibiting whaling. Please let me know what you intend to do on this vital issue. Sincerely, |
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| "Leave Endangered Whales Alone, U.S. Tells Japan" WASHINGTON, Monday, May 14, 2001 [Reuters] |
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