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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!
# 100:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Ericka Novaski, Ohio
# 99:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Karen Delaney, California
Please do not kill these beautiful creatures
# 98:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
Please think of your grandchildren. What would they wish to have in their world? Might they like to see living whales? Thank you for considering them.
# 97:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Diana Price, Florida
I'm horrified at what we HUMANS do to our earth! We polute,kill and completely extinguish whole species. When will it end? when the earth is barren and dried up? What are we leaving for our children? Please! stop the madness....
# 96:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, South Carolina
Whales are important to the marine ecosystem in Iceland and if you kill t5hem it will mess up the ocean balance. I think that the whales should not be killed because they are tourist atractions. If you kill them then the amount of tuorists will go down.
# 95:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Lillian Munguia, California
# 94:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Holly Elms, Texas
# 93:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Oregon
# 92:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Brenda Mc mahon, United Kingdom
please think of our children and there children,will they only see these whales in books they will if you allow them to be killed.
# 91:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Dana Damiano, Colorado
# 90:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Sharon Haynes, New York
Whales deserve having good life like humans, not killing.
# 89:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Carol Kok, Washington
# 88:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Mary Meeker, Texas
Dear Minister, Please continue your ban on whaling. Surely, it would be better for Iceland to be known as a country that attracts whale-watching rather than whale slaughtering. Killing these beautiful mammals would be a senseless and shameful act.
# 87:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Garo Stone-DerHagopian, Massachusetts
There's no need to have the blood of innocent whales stain Iceland's beauty.
# 86:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Mohammad Farhan Husain, Texas
# 85:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, Cora Adelizzi, Illinois
# 84:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 21, David Safian, California
# 83:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 82:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Alli Watts, Tennessee
Please do not allow these amazing creatures to be murdered. They are intelligent, sentient mammals that do more for our planet than most humans will ever realize. Killing these amazing creatures is detrimental to the well-being of mankind, and earth. Do not allow this to happen!!!!
# 81:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Melissa Willard, Texas
Please stop killing these animals for meat!
# 80:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Mary Kremer, Kansas
# 79:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, John Miller, Washington
# 78:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Irene Bednarski, New York
# 77:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 21, Nancy Solis, New Mexico
# 76:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 21, R. Bissonnette, Minnesota
# 75:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 21, Thomas Blomster, Colorado
Stop this foolishness. No more killing.
# 74:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 21, G. Thomas, Pennsylvania
# 73:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 21, Nancy Babcock, California
# 72:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 21, Mitsuka Horikawa, California
# 71:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 21, Sherna Berger Gluck, California
# 70:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 21, Dave Ferguson, Pennsylvania
# 69:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 21, K.M. DeAngelis, Pennsylvania
stop this now, you can't be serious, allow these beautiful creature to flourish
# 68:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Illinois
Please do not kill these creatures. We are keepers of the Earth and we must protect all its beings. Thank you.
# 67:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 21, Missy Timmons, California
Please do not kill these beautiful creatures!
# 66:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21, Sarah Brillo, Massachusetts
# 65:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21, Terry L. Johnson, Georgia
Please consider denying the permit for the resumption of whaling which will hasten the endangerment of this great and endangered wonderment. Thank You.
# 64:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21, Nicole Redford, New York
# 63:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21, Christina Testa, Italy
# 62:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 21, Gaelyn Larrick, Oregon
Wales are sentient beings. This is murder. Please find another way to boost your economy other than the slaughter of these incredible animals. Surely we have evolved beyond this brutal activity.
# 61:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 60:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, South Carolina
# 59:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 21, N. Haarmann, Florida
# 58:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 57:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Robin Toto, California
# 56:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Brenda Figel, Arizona
PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY OF KILLING THESE BEAUTIFUL MAMMALS!!!
# 55:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Karen Lundy, Pennsylvania
Do not allow this to happen! Save these precious creatures.
# 54:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Cynthia Wall, LCSW, California
I've always admired Iceland's independence, ability to thrive despite it's small size. Certainly environmentally the use of geothermal energy in creative ways has been amazing. To think that your country would forsake forward thinking to add to its coffers with destroying intelligent, diminishing mammals is horrifying. Please reconsider. An admirer for many years, Cynthia Wall
# 53:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Marianne Daniels, California
# 52:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 21, Amina M Cain, Illinois
# 51:
10:40 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, California
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