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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!
# 6,550:
5:00 pm PDT, Apr 20, Vasumathi Krishnasami, India
# 6,549:
3:46 pm PDT, Apr 20, Laura Singh, Australia
# 6,548:
2:07 pm PDT, Apr 20, Odile HECKMANN, France
# 6,547:
2:03 pm PDT, Apr 20, LuCy J. Boogaard, Netherlands
# 6,546:
2:01 pm PDT, Apr 20, Carole BELLEUDY, France
# 6,545:
1:34 pm PDT, Apr 20, Christine Kiernan, Connecticut
Do NOT undo the good you have already done by starting the killing again.
# 6,544:
1:30 pm PDT, Apr 20, MICHELLE SOULE, Florida
# 6,543:
12:41 pm PDT, Apr 20, Jamaka Petzak, California
Please use your power to deny all whaling permits immediately. Thank you.
# 6,542:
10:56 am PDT, Apr 20, Tony Menechella, Kentucky
It's really sad when not even whales are safe from mankind.
# 6,541:
10:26 am PDT, Apr 20, Marcella Acuna, Chile
# 6,540:
10:22 am PDT, Apr 20, Roberta Wilson, Florida
# 6,539:
9:51 am PDT, Apr 20, Victoria Salinas, California
# 6,538:
9:20 am PDT, Apr 20, Amanda Jaffray, Canada
# 6,537:
7:26 am PDT, Apr 20, John Bazluke, Florida
# 6,536:
4:55 am PDT, Apr 20, Eileen Anderson, Ohio
# 6,535:
11:03 pm PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, California
# 6,534:
9:25 pm PDT, Apr 19, Takuji Soyama, Japan
# 6,533:
5:04 pm PDT, Apr 19, Steve Woodruff, Illinois
# 6,532:
4:59 pm PDT, Apr 19, Tyler Willemsen, Florida
# 6,531:
4:53 pm PDT, Apr 19, Amanda L, Florida
# 6,530:
4:07 pm PDT, Apr 19, Cynthia Parker, Virginia
# 6,529:
2:50 pm PDT, Apr 19, Donovan Teal, Australia
Don't whale! It will only damage Icelands tourism economy and standing in the international community.
# 6,528:
2:41 pm PDT, Apr 19, Ashley Grindall, Kentucky
# 6,527:
2:34 pm PDT, Apr 19, Lydia Oakey, United Kingdom
# 6,526:
2:03 pm PDT, Apr 19, Catherine Connolly, Florida
# 6,525:
8:46 am PDT, Apr 19, Susan Judson, Argentina
Por favor! Continuar por protectar las ballenas.
# 6,524:
8:35 am PDT, Apr 19, Katharine Bergquist, Georgia
A whale can only have one calf every 1-3 years! That is one of the reasons why the population is still SO low after all these years. Why kill such gentle creatures? To eat? Please, that is a sorry excuse for these murders!
# 6,523:
8:20 am PDT, Apr 19, Amy Tushoski, Wisconsin
# 6,522:
4:53 am PDT, Apr 19, Barbara Pareira, Florida
Please save our whales and deny all whaling permits. they are a beautiful, vital part of our world
# 6,521:
11:16 pm PDT, Apr 18, Veronica Henning, Colorado
# 6,520:
10:31 pm PDT, Apr 18, Jennie Johnson, Minnesota
# 6,519:
9:35 pm PDT, Apr 18, Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
# 6,518:
9:04 pm PDT, Apr 18, Monica Woelfel, California
Please consider the impact of possibly driving a species (or several) to extinction. Is that a legacy you are comfortable handing to your children?
# 6,517:
8:54 pm PDT, Apr 18, Megan Vos, Michigan
No one has the right to kill harmless sea animals
# 6,516:
8:38 pm PDT, Apr 18, Name not displayed, California
# 6,515:
7:44 pm PDT, Apr 18, Heather Gregory, North Carolina
# 6,514:
6:18 pm PDT, Apr 18, Elizabeth Hale, Arizona
# 6,513:
2:51 pm PDT, Apr 18, Mandi Matthews, California
Please deny all whaling permits in killing whales. This needs to stop!! Thank you.
# 6,512:
2:36 pm PDT, Apr 18, Cassie Toner, Washington
# 6,511:
1:49 pm PDT, Apr 18, Susie Holman, United Kingdom
# 6,510:
1:47 pm PDT, Apr 18, Melanie Shelden, Missouri
# 6,509:
12:36 pm PDT, Apr 18, Jenn Hall, Canada
# 6,508:
12:21 pm PDT, Apr 18, Dee Burrows, California
# 6,507:
12:01 pm PDT, Apr 18, Shawn Holmgren, Indiana
Please don't kill any whales!!
# 6,506:
12:00 pm PDT, Apr 18, Cameron Cook, California
These amazing animals don't belong to you, or anyone else. We have no right to play God and kill what we please. There won't be anything natural and beautiful still alive in this world if we keep this up much longer. Please help.
# 6,505:
11:29 am PDT, Apr 18, Michelle Martinez, Texas
Please deny all whaling permits.
# 6,504:
11:15 am PDT, Apr 18, Name not displayed, Oregon
# 6,503:
10:18 am PDT, Apr 18, John Brophy, California
# 6,502:
9:46 am PDT, Apr 18, Misty Rennebohm, Canada
# 6,501:
9:40 am PDT, Apr 18, Deborah Davidson, New York
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