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Iceland Could Resume Whaling - Please Act

Target: Einar K. Guofinnsson, Minister of Fisheries, Iceland
Sponsored by: Care2
Iceland's whaling industry is pushing for permits to kill 100 minke whales as well as some fin whales, which are an endangered species.

Iceland's Minister of Fisheries will make a final decision soon and whaling could begin in May. Please sign our petition today and urge Iceland to stop whaling forever!
deadline: 6-1-2008
goal: 10,000
 

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Dear Minister Guofinnsson,

I am deeply disappointed to hear that Iceland is considering issuing permits to hunt whales this spring, and I urge you to reconsider this plan.

As a wildlife lover and conservationist, I am concerned about the future of whales, especially as climate change causes rapid changes in their ocean habitats with unknown impacts on these majestic creatures.

And as a traveler and consumer, I would strongly consider visiting Iceland to whale-watch, but only if your country maintains the ban on whaling that you implemented in August of 2007.

Please do not issue any permits to kill whales, and protect your beautiful nation's whales in stead.
We signed the “Iceland Could Resume Whaling - Please Act” petition!
# 6,400:
1:30 pm PDT, Apr 14, Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 6,399:
1:18 pm PDT, Apr 14, Monica Adams, California
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12:29 pm PDT, Apr 14, Name not displayed, North Carolina
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12:24 pm PDT, Apr 14, Name not displayed, California
# 6,396:
11:53 am PDT, Apr 14, Janine Sperandeo, California
# 6,395:
11:29 am PDT, Apr 14, Jennifer Clinton, California
# 6,394:
11:27 am PDT, Apr 14, Julieta Salinas, Mexico
# 6,393:
10:59 am PDT, Apr 14, Gianfranco Giometti, California
# 6,392:
10:15 am PDT, Apr 14, Carol Jackson, Minnesota
# 6,391:
9:57 am PDT, Apr 14, Jeff Weston, California
# 6,390:
9:56 am PDT, Apr 14, Jennifer Kim Zeller, California
# 6,389:
9:45 am PDT, Apr 14, Beverly Harris, New Jersey
# 6,388:
9:21 am PDT, Apr 14, Molly Brink, California
# 6,387:
9:14 am PDT, Apr 14, Teri Vershel, California
Save the whales!
# 6,386:
8:13 am PDT, Apr 14, Deborah Shepard, Louisiana
# 6,385:
7:41 am PDT, Apr 14, Joel Olson, California
# 6,384:
7:39 am PDT, Apr 14, Katherine Philipsheck, California
# 6,383:
7:25 am PDT, Apr 14, Camille Truchel, New York
Please let these gentle giants live in peace. Do not grant whaling permits.
# 6,382:
7:19 am PDT, Apr 14, Leah Fulton, California
# 6,381:
7:16 am PDT, Apr 14, Kristen Lalla, New York
# 6,380:
5:46 am PDT, Apr 14, Pamela Nobel, Sweden
Please put an end to this tragedy of killing these majestic creatures--they deserve our respect and protection.
# 6,379:
2:21 am PDT, Apr 14, Mark Armstrong, Florida
# 6,378:
11:52 pm PDT, Apr 13, Natasha Vuletich, Kuwait
How can people kill?you dont need to kill them, u said you wouldnt hunt them, how can you go against your own word???do you not have any self respect?
# 6,377:
11:15 pm PDT, Apr 13, Lara Harris, Washington
Please, do not start whaling, Please
# 6,376:
9:44 pm PDT, Apr 13, Audrey Cole, California
# 6,375:
9:39 pm PDT, Apr 13, Name not displayed, California
STOP THIS NOW!!!!!
# 6,374:
8:37 pm PDT, Apr 13, Ruy Calderon, Illinois
This is the difference between extinction and survival, please make the right choice.
# 6,373:
7:31 pm PDT, Apr 13, Jennifer Haney, Wisconsin
# 6,372:
7:12 pm PDT, Apr 13, Denise Garrett, South Carolina
# 6,371:
7:10 pm PDT, Apr 13, BETTY FLANNERY, Kentucky
# 6,370:
7:09 pm PDT, Apr 13, REBECCA FLANNERY, Kentucky
# 6,369:
6:34 pm PDT, Apr 13, KRISTINA KAPCIUK, California
I HAVE BUT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU - "WHAT IF IN YOUR NEXT LIFE YOU CAME BACK AS A WHALE?"
# 6,368:
5:25 pm PDT, Apr 13, Cathie Dunal, Illinois
Please encourage consumption of meat from animals that are farmed, not wild animals risking endangerment from potentially precarious habitats!
# 6,367:
5:22 pm PDT, Apr 13, Evelin Sullivan, California
# 6,366:
5:07 pm PDT, Apr 13, Austin Vallely, Virginia
# 6,365:
4:14 pm PDT, Apr 13, Jennifer Mckinney, Minnesota
Please protect wildlife and the beautiful creatures mother nature has provide for our learning and watching enjoyment. We do not have the right to kill. Thank you
# 6,364:
3:59 pm PDT, Apr 13, Debbie P, New Jersey
# 6,363:
3:49 pm PDT, Apr 13, NANCY RILEY, Georgia
# 6,362:
3:26 pm PDT, Apr 13, Laura Milvy, California
# 6,361:
3:07 pm PDT, Apr 13, POLLIE PATTERSON, Mexico
# 6,360:
3:05 pm PDT, Apr 13, Florence Leto, California
Please do not allow whale hunting to start up again. Please let them live in peace. Thank you.
# 6,359:
3:04 pm PDT, Apr 13, Mary Loveland, California
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2:49 pm PDT, Apr 13, Name not displayed, California
# 6,357:
2:29 pm PDT, Apr 13, Falcon Guthert, United Kingdom
# 6,356:
1:47 pm PDT, Apr 13, Caitlyn Nelson, North Carolina
# 6,355:
1:21 pm PDT, Apr 13, Kay Bennett, Tennessee
# 6,354:
12:37 pm PDT, Apr 13, Emily Krause, California
# 6,353:
12:16 pm PDT, Apr 13, Bethany Comeau, Arizona
# 6,352:
11:51 am PDT, Apr 13, Teresa Stoddard, California
PLEASE STOP THIS. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
# 6,351:
11:48 am PDT, Apr 13, Tracy Jerrard, New York
Please do not go against your original decision to protect these gentle creatures.
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