Back in 2007, Prime Minister Rudd made a promise to the Australian Public that if elected he would protect our whales off Australian Shores in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. Australia's Whale Sanctuary was established in 1999, but since 1986 more than 10,000 whales have been illegally slaughtered and processed by the Japanese factory fleet and to date there have been no prosecutions for these horrendous crimes. Prime Minister Rudd said to the Australian people that ocean patrols would be backed up by legal action and Japan would be taken to the International Court of Justice or the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. This now appears to be all lies.
Captain Paul Watson founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and his first officer, Peter Hammarstedt have been so far refused visa entry to Australia to continue his fight against Japanese whaling. Despite having a visa granted every year and never having a criminal conviction, our government has seen fit to tie up the process in an attempt to thwart the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's attempts to save our whales after requests to do so by the Japanese government. We need to send a strong message to PM Kevin Rudd that we want no part in this cruel and disgusting slaughter of these beautiful creatures and we want the Japanese government stopped from continuing to commit these crimes. Please sign this petition to tell Prime Minister Rudd that Australians and the whole world are watching to see that he keeps this important promise and stands up to protect the whales in Australian waters.
Back in 2007, Prime Minister Rudd made a promise to the Australian Public that if elected he would protect our whales off Australian Shores in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. Australia's Whale Sanctuary was established in 1999, but since 1986 more than 10,000 whales have been illegally slaughtered and processed by the Japanese factory fleet and to date there have been no prosecutions for these horrendous crimes. Prime Minister Rudd said to the Australian people that ocean patrols would be backed up by legal action and Japan would be taken to the International Court of Justice or the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. This now appears to be all lies.
Captain Paul Watson founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and his first officer, Peter Hammarstedt have been so far refused visa entry to Australia to continue his fight against Japanese whaling. Despite having a visa granted every year and never having a criminal conviction, our government has seen fit to tie up the process in an attempt to thwart the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's attempts to save our whales after requests to do so by the Japanese government. We need to send a strong message to PM Kevin Rudd that we want no part in this cruel and disgusting slaughter of these beautiful creatures and we want the Japanese government stopped from continuing to commit these crimes. Please sign this petition to tell Prime Minister Rudd that Australians and the whole world are watching to see that he keeps this important promise and stands up to protect the whales in Australian waters.
Dear Prime Minister Rudd
We the undersigned, including members of the Australian public and world citizens are concerned that promises made by you in regards to Japanese whaling are not being kept. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and ALL of its crew are imperative in Australia's fight in protecting our whales against illegal whaling from Japan.
We respectfully request that you;
1. Issue visas to Paul Watson and Peter Hammarstedt so that they may continue to protect our whales from illegal slaughter.
2. That you Mr Rudd and the Labor party remain strong in your commitment to the Australian public. We trust that you will continue to uphold your promise of legal action against the Japanese in the event of illegal whaling in our waters and provide the resources promised to protect these whales.
Thank you for your time in addressing this important matter.
We signed the "Grant Paul Watson and Peter Hammarstedt visas into Australia to continue to fight against whaling" petition!
# 2,446:
6:51 pm PST, Nov 20,Cynthia McGreal, Indiana
# 2,445:
11:38 pm PST, Nov 19,Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania
# 2,444:
1:12 pm PST, Nov 18,Sarah Kok, New Zealand
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3:55 pm PST, Nov 17,Mathias Nyhlén, Sweden
# 2,442:
11:27 pm PST, Nov 16,Michelle Baker, Washington
# 2,441:
10:29 am PST, Nov 16,Magnus Lövenklev, Sweden
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1:09 am PST, Nov 16,Robert Carlier, Belgium
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12:57 pm PST, Nov 14,Gili Kahana, Israel
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5:16 am PST, Nov 14,Mrs M., New York
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1:05 am PST, Nov 14,Neokuji ., Arizona
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6:11 pm PST, Nov 13,Luuc R, United States Minor Outlying Islands
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6:23 am PST, Nov 13,Jo Liz Lehikoinen, Finland
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6:21 am PST, Nov 12,Erlandsson Mark, Sweden
# 2,433:
5:23 pm PST, Nov 11,Name not displayed, Argentina
# 2,432:
4:17 pm PST, Nov 11,Teresa Valencia, Arizona
We need to be ACTIVE stewards our OUR environment. It is OUR fault these things are happeneing and OUR responsibilty to fix them. If you donot fight to proctect these magesitc creatures you are just enabling and purpetuating the genicide of a species.
# 2,431:
1:28 pm PST, Nov 11,Hans Van Lint, Netherlands
Please sir you guys protect your koala's which is a good thing,so let these guy's protect those beautiful and harmful whales please.Thank you.
# 2,430:
12:04 pm PST, Nov 11,Lucia Nazareth De Souza Madeira, Argentina
STOP THE WHALE KILLING. STOP DE UNJUSTICE! PLEASE! GIVE SUPPORT TO THE SSCS AND ITS CREW, THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR ENVOIRMENT AND ALL THE LIVING BEEINGS THAT COHEXIST WITH US IN THIS PALE BLUE DOT.
# 2,429:
1:41 pm PST, Nov 10,Name not displayed, Argentina
Whales are innocent animals, suffering. It is OUR responsibility to take action and help to protect them. WE can SAVE them.
# 2,428:
4:55 am PST, Nov 10,S McBroom, Florida
# 2,427:
3:28 am PST, Nov 10,Jyotsna V, India
# 2,426:
2:31 am PST, Nov 10,Benjamin Crawford, Australia
# 2,425:
2:28 am PST, Nov 10,Jack Ma, Australia
# 2,424:
11:38 pm PST, Nov 9,Tara Knight, New Zealand
# 2,423:
2:23 pm PST, Nov 9,Bec Mathieson, Australia
stop this killing, and get them away from our waters!
# 2,422:
1:21 pm PST, Nov 9,Morgan Griffith, California
If you won't stand behind your pledge to protect the whales at least give a visa to those that will
# 2,421:
9:46 am PST, Nov 9,Debbie Gillett, South Africa
# 2,420:
4:42 pm PST, Nov 8,Leo Balboni, Australia
Rudd these is not an immigration case, its to protect our oceans.
# 2,419:
1:12 pm PST, Nov 8,Jeroen Bos, Netherlands
# 2,418:
12:40 pm PST, Nov 8,Christiane Henker, Germany
# 2,417:
6:59 am PST, Nov 8,Lu Metal, Italy
# 2,416:
7:05 pm PST, Nov 7,Ash Clarke, United Kingdom
PLEASE take responsibility to stop the barbaric and inhumane, quite frankly disgraceful slaughter of the whales.
# 2,415:
10:59 am PST, Nov 6,Freddie Williams, South Africa
# 2,414:
2:02 am PST, Nov 6,Barbara Higginson, Czech Republic
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5:06 am PST, Nov 5,Maxime Le Royer, Guadeloupe
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3:09 am PST, Nov 5,Name not displayed, Ireland
# 2,411:
2:42 am PST, Nov 5,Romain Lafforgue, France
# 2,410:
2:36 am PST, Nov 5,CAPRON Géraldine, Belgium
Bonne et longue vie au Sea Shepherd !!!!!
# 2,409:
11:34 pm PST, Nov 4,Name not displayed, Netherlands
# 2,408:
9:28 pm PST, Nov 4,Karen Wible, Washington
# 2,407:
8:37 pm PST, Nov 4,Susan Suni Ibarra, California
# 2,406:
8:13 pm PST, Nov 4,L. Fielhaber, Texas
# 2,405:
4:10 pm PST, Nov 4,Shanna Snyder, Idaho
# 2,404:
10:37 am PST, Nov 4,Gary Baird, United Kingdom
Let paul watson and peter hammarstedt get visas to get into
australia now!
they are trying to save the worlds marine life
and you are letting those japanese murderers get on with it!
THAT IS JUST SICK.
GET A GRIP.
# 2,403:
3:27 am PST, Nov 4,Aaron Hunter, Nevada
# 2,402:
12:53 am PST, Nov 4,Doris Bernert, Austria
'As long as person think that animals don't feel,
animals must feel that people don't think.'
Everything comes back sometime - think about it!!
