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Feb. 2010 "Japan
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire "Pew Says Proposed International Whaling Commission Compromise Fails to Secure A Future For Whales" |
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4 Feb. 2010: "NZ
may support whale killing deal" "Long-running talks over the future of whales appear to have brought Japan closer to victory, proposing a deal to entrench its Antarctic whaling." |
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December 2009 Japan vows to carry on whaling: "In a massive blow to anti-whaling activists, Japan's new centre-left government has vowed to continue its policy of scientific research whaling." |
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October 2009 "...Icelandic whalers have killed more than 200 whales so far since June, including endangered 125 Fin whales and 79 Minke whales." |
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2008 "Iceland
exports fin whale meat to Japan" "...60 tons of (Endangered) Fin whale meat has been ed to Japan from Iceland." |
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Still Largely Threatened" "...majority of ...whales, dolphins and porpoises—are in decline, with some likely headed for extinction in the near term." |
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27 Oct. 2009 Greenland whaling update from WDCS.org "At the 61st annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in June 2009, a vote on Greenland’s proposal to increase its aboriginal subsistence whaling quota by ten humpback whales a year was deferred" |
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June 2009 "Greenland
wants to hunt humpback whales again" (Ten Humpback Whales per year over a 5 year period) |
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GOOD NEWS! ~ March 2009 • Please visit link at the left column of this page to thank the Prime Minister of Dominica DOMINICA REINFORCES CARIBBEAN WHALE CONSERVATION |
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STOP
JAPAN’S COMMERCIAL WHALING "JAPAN’s commercial whaling industry has been dominated throughout history by three large companies—Maruha, Nippon Suisan and Kyokuyo" |
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Global
anti-whaling campaign launched: Please
click here for reports and action from WhaleWatch.org |
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Updated
13 Dec. 2009 Tell
Japan to stop whaling. Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki 2520
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Tel:
202.238.6700 Honorable Ichiro Fujisaki, 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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| Contact California convenience
store chain Famima!! and tell them that you want their parent company in Japan to stop selling canned whale meat. Please access this action link directly below the section Species in Peril: Visit Dall's Porpoise, a website hosted by EIA and Campaign Whale, for updates on this unsustainable and inhumane hunt and tips on how to get involved. |
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| Australia's Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, and PM Kevin Rudd have been taking a strong stance against the Japanese "scientific research" whaling and boldly opposed to the compromise proposed by the US. Please take a few minutes to write in support of their position to protect whales. | ||
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2009 UPDATE & ACTION: "Tiny island, big on saving whales. Take a minute to send a thank you letter to the Prime Minister of Dominica" |
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Click Here to listen to the KCRW radio (31 May 2007) online report with interviews during the 60th IWC meetings in Anchorage, Alaska: "The Global Politics of Whaling" |
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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. 2009 UPDATE: Please note, this video was produced before Dominica denounced Japan's bribery. Dominica is now committed to whale watching, not the killing of whales. |
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| "Leave Endangered Whales Alone, U.S. Tells Japan" WASHINGTON, Monday, May 14, 2001 [Reuters] |
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