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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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I would hope, my little yellow friends would mature, as see whale,dolphins as intelligent beings.
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These animals are under threat of extinction already, killing them won't help matters. My kindergartener could tell you that.
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I would sooner look at a whale that eat it.
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There's just no good reason to still be whaling. What sort of 'scientific knowledge' can possibly be gained by murdering thousands upon thousands of whales??? Change the wording of the legislation and ban whale-fin soup!!!!!! So there!
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Are we trying to rid the Earth of all animals for the research of Science? This is barbaric!
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Whales should never have to suffer or be killed for any reason. They deserve to live in their natural environment without being disturbed. Anything else is cruel, destructive, and unnecessary.
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We had an agreement with them to protect the whales and if we cannot trust them to honor it, we should should place sanctions on this country until they do what they promised.
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i say everything is here for a reason,if there were no more whales then the whole ecological system would be in jeporday.please stop this useless killing its done just for a delicasy,they dont have to eat whales just like sharks they only like the fin.its ignorant there not starving they can eat other foods.please stop! save them for another generation.and for ever.like everything else. thank you for these petitions.
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The practice of killing whales needs to be stoped. We do not understand how whales fit into the complex marine ecosystem and therefore we do not know what effect we are causing.
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Whales are sentient animals, and not a threat to humans. They have language, and rear their young as we do. Let them live!
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ENOUGH KILLING
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Because killing wild animals is WRONG!
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This is unacceptable behavior which you think you are getting away with. However, you are losing face in the eyes of the world by doing such practices. It is a shame the whale numbers must suffer because of your arrogance.
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Japan deserves international censure for this practice. Thinking, feeling humans know when to question the status quo and traditions, cultural or otherwise.
# 117:
It is astounding that, in this day and age, whales continue to be slaughtered. This must stop!
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It is cruel!
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It is unnecessary and kills a highly intelligent and diminishing species. Everyone knows the real reason these animals are killed is for food in Japan. There is plenty to eat in a rich country like Japan without driving another wild animal to extinction. We cannot continue eating what our ancestors did without irreparable harm.
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Whales will become extinct if you do not stop killing them. Please consort with Bobby Kennedy Jr. of the the Natural Resources Defense Council to set up a program of species trade offs as they are beginning to do in the United States. A new balance between commercial Fishing and preservation of species is the responsibility of every country of the world now in order to secure our world's food for the future and we must begin to form a workable "United Seas" in order to get our food from the seas while preserving species. This is VERY URGENT AT THIS TIME. Thank you.
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It's inhumane and barbaric; these animals suffer and experience pain. Is this the legacy that we should leave on this planet?
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This is sickening and damages Japan's international reputation!
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Please! Have a heart!
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No más matanzas de ballenas
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Stop murdering our animals. Let them live in peace. They are God's creatures.
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It's not the numbers, it's the basic principle that stinks.