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Protect Humpbacks from Whaling

Target: Ryozo Kato, Ambassador of Japan
Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare

The Japanese Government is sending its whaling fleet into the protected waters of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary around Antarctica. And this year, Japan is threatening to add endangered humpback and fin whales to its target list!

The Japanese government attempts to defend its whaling program by calling it "scientific" whaling. In reality, this deadly program is nothing more than unlawful commercial whaling in disguise. We don't need to kill whales to study them in the 21st century.

More than 30,000 whales have been killed since a global ban on commercial whaling came into effect in 1986. Japan must not expand its whaling program!

Tell Japanese Ambassador Ryozo Kato to immediately stop the senseless annual killing of whales, including the endangered Humpback.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 75,000

57,299
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Last week, Japan agreed to temporarily end targeting humpback whales in this year's hunt.

Thanks to concerned citizens like you, the humpbacks are safe until they return to Japanese waters after this year's migraion. This is a step in the right direction, but there is still work to be done.

Please urge Japan to stand firm on its commitment to exclude humpback whales, and to end the hunt of all whale species!
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Dear Mr. Ambassador,

Japan kills more than 1,400 whales every year despite a global ban on commercial whaling.

Your government attempts to defend its whaling program by calling it "scientific" whaling. In reality, this deadly "scientific" whaling program is nothing more than unlawful commercial whaling in disguise. We don't need to kill whales to study them in the 21st century.

[Your comment here]

I respectfully urge you to persuade your government to withdraw its announced plans to kill 50 humpback whales and to end its unlawful whaling program.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]

We signed the “Protect Humpbacks from Whaling” petition!

# 57,150:

1:33 am PST, Dec 29, Hanna Hajdecka, New York

# 57,149:

1:31 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Indiana
Please stop the cruel slaughter of more whales by the whaling fleet. They are beautiful animals and a vital part of our eco system.

# 57,148:

1:29 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Australia

# 57,147:

1:28 am PST, Dec 29, Carl Modigh, Sweden
Stop Killing the Whales, you cant not continue under the vise of science.

# 57,146:

1:25 am PST, Dec 29, Paul Michaels, South Africa
Pathetic

# 57,145:

1:19 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Oregon

# 57,144:

1:15 am PST, Dec 29, Makkai Katalin, Romania
Stop the whale killing!

# 57,143:

1:08 am PST, Dec 29, Jan Allen, United Kingdom

# 57,142:

1:05 am PST, Dec 29, Eva Alithinou, Greece

# 57,141:

1:04 am PST, Dec 29, Zdenek Kresta, Czech Republic
Bad Japan !!!

# 57,140:

1:01 am PST, Dec 29, Joergen Larsen, Denmark

# 57,139:

12:59 am PST, Dec 29, Ronald Gregory, Nevada
You must be kidding, right? Japan, grow up! Nobody kills and then lies about it. At least if they have a conscience, that is.

# 57,138:

12:57 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Hawaii

# 57,137:

12:51 am PST, Dec 29, Nicole Penengo, Italy

# 57,136:

12:46 am PST, Dec 29, Clare Gryphon, Australia

# 57,135:

12:45 am PST, Dec 29, Aniko Benkõ, Hungary

# 57,134:

12:42 am PST, Dec 29, Susanna Nylander, Finland

# 57,133:

12:41 am PST, Dec 29, Cindy Miller, Nevada

# 57,132:

12:37 am PST, Dec 29, Anne Desmond, Missouri
Please put a stop to the killing of whales.

# 57,131:

12:37 am PST, Dec 29, Carroll Harrington, California

# 57,130:

12:36 am PST, Dec 29, Christine Aurilia, New Jersey

# 57,129:

12:35 am PST, Dec 29, James Chu, California
Stop killing these graceful whales for shameful greedy reasons. Remember KARMA!

# 57,128:

12:24 am PST, Dec 29, Lea Butt, Turkey
Please don’t murder these magnificent animals,

# 57,127:

12:22 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Israel

# 57,126:

12:19 am PST, Dec 29, Kimberly A. Bush, Canada

# 57,125:

12:15 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Australia

# 57,124:

12:14 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Oregon
Please do NOT kill the whales... they are highly intelligent.

# 57,123:

12:13 am PST, Dec 29, Name not displayed, Netherlands

# 57,122:

12:12 am PST, Dec 29, Tasha Mowery, California

# 57,121:

12:10 am PST, Dec 29, Christy Charbeneau, Michigan

# 57,120:

12:09 am PST, Dec 29, Louise Smith, United Kingdom
Stop this barbaric slaughter

# 57,119:

12:05 am PST, Dec 29, Jill Gulbransen, New Zealand
Stop Whaling, you cant not continue under the vise of science. Stop KILLING

# 57,118:

12:01 am PST, Dec 29, Stacy Ortiz, New York

# 57,116:

11:56 pm PST, Dec 28, Iraitsu Tanns, Lithuania
Please, stop killing those beautiful creatures

# 57,115:

11:51 pm PST, Dec 28, Damien Renner, California

# 57,114:

11:47 pm PST, Dec 28, Harriet Bickel, California

# 57,113:

11:46 pm PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Sweden

# 57,112:

11:45 pm PST, Dec 28, Victor M, California
stop killing these precious animals they belong to the earth not your selfish needs

# 57,111:

11:45 pm PST, Dec 28, Daniel Mcgowan, Australia
This killing of the Humpback Whales and all the other Whales that Japan kills must stop now!!!

# 57,110:

11:34 pm PST, Dec 28, Jean Brantley, South Carolina
How world prevalent the attitude of "KILL, DESTROY, ERADICATE BY WHAT EVER MEANS NECESSARY, ALL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF GREAT PROFIT MARGINS has become! Hasn't the "destruction for greed" already horribly corrupted the balance of nature? And so...............

# 57,109:

11:31 pm PST, Dec 28, Kathy Webster, Utah
This is a disgrace to nature!!!

# 57,108:

11:30 pm PST, Dec 28, C Branson-Braud, Montana

# 57,107:

11:29 pm PST, Dec 28, Tanya Payne, Massachusetts

# 57,106:

11:27 pm PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, New York
May you return as a whale...

# 57,105:

11:27 pm PST, Dec 28, Tim Kempka, Texas

# 57,104:

11:25 pm PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Maine

# 57,103:

11:23 pm PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Lebanon
stop the killing

# 57,102:

11:23 pm PST, Dec 28, Ronald Gomis, Malaysia

# 57,101:

11:16 pm PST, Dec 28, A Almquist, Washington
The whales we still have are here for our planet's health, the good of humankind, and NOT here for greedy consumption. Killing them will bring about a domino effect of destruction of our eco-systems. PLEASE stop the slaughter!!! Over harvesting of our oceans is killing our planet.

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