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End “Scientific” Whaling, The Whale-Killing Loophole
Target: Ministry of the Environment, JapanSponsored by: Care2, Care2
Over 20,000 whales have been killed since commercial whaling was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1986. How? Partly because a loophole allows any nation to issue itself a permit to kill any number of whales "for the purposes of scientific research" and sell the whale meat in supermarkets later!
Some nations, like Japan, continue to expand their programs of "scientific" killing. In fact, only 11% of Japanese adults support the killings, and so Japan has invested in a public relations offensive to convince the public that whaling is culturally and economically important to Japan and that whales eat too many fish and threaten the conservation of fish stocks - a claim for which there is no scientific basis.
More than 1,400 whales are expected to suffer a long and torturous death this year alone.
Sign this petition to Japan's Ministry of the Environment, urging him to stop flouting our international agreement to protect whales via so-called "scientific" whale-killing.
Some nations, like Japan, continue to expand their programs of "scientific" killing. In fact, only 11% of Japanese adults support the killings, and so Japan has invested in a public relations offensive to convince the public that whaling is culturally and economically important to Japan and that whales eat too many fish and threaten the conservation of fish stocks - a claim for which there is no scientific basis.
More than 1,400 whales are expected to suffer a long and torturous death this year alone.
Sign this petition to Japan's Ministry of the Environment, urging him to stop flouting our international agreement to protect whales via so-called "scientific" whale-killing.
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We signed the “End “Scientific” Whaling, The Whale-Killing Loophole” petition!
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Killing whales is WRONG. We need to protect and preserve all wildlife and marine wildlife. Japan should stop this practice because whales are already extinct. It is animal cruelty. And that is more than enough reason.
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those stupid whales should burn in the dephts of hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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killing whales is fun
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The rest of the world see Japan as backward thugs for leaning on such an intelligent animal for cheap meat. No-one believes the study story, and no-one wants to see these deep-voiced devas being butchered.
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End the needless slaughter of these innocent creatures!!
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this is not fare, and there is no cause that can justify it
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It is cruel and barbaric. And totally unnecesary
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you know it's wrong
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They are totally crazy!!!Why they are kill the whales?Only about 80 type of whales lives in all over the world!
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When whale meat is openly sold in Japanese supermarkets, and is being proposed to add to school lunch menus, and is ground up for pet food -- how can anyone take seriously the claim that the hunt is strictly for "scientific purposes?" Stop it now!
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i hope i c those whales suffer
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It is barbaic...
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Whale slaughter for research is no different from sportfishing them. Is this "SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH" necessary? LEAVE THE WHALES ALONE!
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