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End Dolphin Slaughtering in Japan

Target: Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, Government of Japan
Sponsored by: Blue Voice
Every year, Japanese fishermen, with the support of the Japanese government, slaughter thousands of dolphins in a brutal manner. And now Japan plans to extend the hunt to include humpback whales!

This practice is killing magnificent, feeling animals, and endangering dolphin and whale populations. Furthermore, this hunt is also hurting the people of Japan. Dolphin and whale dolphin meat sold to the Japanese public contains high levels of toxic heavy metals and organochlorines.

Demand that Japanese law end this brutal slaughter of intelligent marine mammals and protect the health of the people of Japan.
deadline: 10-1-2006
goal: 20,000
 

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We hereby petition the Prime Minister of Japan, the Ministry of Fisheries and the governors of Wakayama, Nagasaki and Shizuoka Prefectures to end the brutal slaughter of dolphins and small whales in coastal villages of Japan.

The slaughters are conducted in a shockingly brutal manner which is repugnant to civilized people worldwide. Dolphins and whales are large brained, highly social animals which are respected around the world. They are curious and friendly to humans when approached with care and respect. Many nations have laws which protect these animals.

The meat of the dolphins killed which is sold for human consumption is highly contaminated with heavy metals and organochlorines resulting from industrial discharge into the oceans. This meat does not meet Japanese health standards and is often mislabeled as whale meat.

Many Japanese people care highly for dolphins. Most Japanese are unaware that dolphins are killed in this cruel manner in their country. Only a few fishermen in a small number of villages profit from this barbarity.

We demand an end to the cruel slaughter of dolphins and small whales in Japanese waters.

Sincerely,
The Undersigned
We signed the “End Dolphin Slaughtering in Japan” petition!
# 23,000:
10:10 am PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
yes!!
# 22,999:
2:37 am PST, Feb 8, Phillippa Barynin, United Kingdom
# 22,998:
7:00 am PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, Canada
Killing dolphins and whales are unnecessary! People can learn to eat other kinds of fish. Please stop the slaughtering!
# 22,997:
5:48 am PST, Feb 7, Devin Hill, Florida
# 22,996:
4:54 pm PST, Feb 6, Bronwyn Schouten, Australia
This slaughtering of innocent animals has got to be stopped! I know it has been a tradition for years, but there are a lot of traditions from other societies which are no longer done. Catch up with the rest of the worlds way of thinking & stop this cruel act against such defenseless animals
# 22,995:
3:21 pm PST, Feb 5, Charles Smith, Idaho
# 22,994:
4:04 am PST, Feb 5, Mirjam Hjalmarsson, Sweden
# 22,993:
1:49 am PST, Feb 5, Name not displayed, New Zealand
# 22,992:
5:26 pm PST, Feb 4, Mary Peterson, Idaho
# 22,991:
1:30 pm PST, Feb 4, Fabio Savio, Italy
# 22,990:
1:26 pm PST, Feb 4, Barbara Tatti, Italy
# 22,989:
10:24 am PST, Feb 4, Anton Oscar Iorga, Canada
# 22,988:
12:16 am PST, Feb 4, Maike Schlarbaum, Germany
# 22,987:
11:46 am PST, Feb 2, Aileen O'Brien, Louisiana
# 22,986:
7:38 am PST, Feb 2, DR NEILSON PHD, Florida
Whales create the songs of the Seas and also Dolphins are spiritually beautiful highly sentient Beings. Dolphins are monogamous & are loyal to their Children, nursing them with the Mother's Milk even! To murder a Dolphin , is as bad as murdering a human. DOLPHINS LOVE DEEPLY! To eat Dolphins, is to be a Cannibal! Whales & Dolphins are highly intelligent mammals! Neither should be killed & sold for meat, though often Dolphin meat is labeled as whale-meat, the whole practice of harming either is very wrong! Please do not harm these precious Loving creatures. Thank you to those that care about Dolphins & Whales.
# 22,985:
10:04 am PST, Jan 31, Christin Riley, Texas
this is awful and should be stopped immediately
# 22,984:
1:51 pm PST, Jan 30, Carl Holmes, United Kingdom
# 22,983:
1:41 pm PST, Jan 30, Brook Kelton, Texas
# 22,982:
1:05 pm PST, Jan 30, Name not displayed, Iowa
Yes i do totally. This affects what i buy. I always look at the bottom to see who makes it now.
# 22,981:
2:34 am PST, Jan 30, Alessandro Barracciu, Italy
# 22,980:
2:33 am PST, Jan 30, Laura Tatti, Italy
# 22,979:
11:54 am PST, Jan 29, Phillip Mcelmuray, Greece
i am trying really hard not to hate japan, but i'm not succeeding at it. i hate japan. i've never seen anything so vile in my life. yes this will affect my buying decisions! i will never buy anything from japan, nor will i visit japan, until they stop killing marine mammals.
# 22,978:
6:45 am PST, Jan 29, Mayte Fabra Almajano, Spain
I hate what the japanish make with the animals, with all the animals. whales,dolphins,monkeys,dogs,cats,etc. and this summer the images of the circus with a cow, chicken,..
# 22,976:
9:35 pm PST, Jan 27, Name not displayed, Hong Kong
# 22,975:
7:51 pm PST, Jan 27, Name not displayed, California
No i have never really thought about it but now i see so differently
# 22,974:
7:27 pm PST, Jan 27, N Zig, Texas
This is one of the most disgusting examples of how mankind is deteriorating. Barbaric acts by mankind are a sign of demon worshipping.
# 22,973:
10:59 am PST, Jan 27, Magdalena Zingg P, Venezuela
Definitly, we humands are the most savege species in the world,and need urgently to ask GOD to come and put an end of all these cruelty but rigt now do what we came...
# 22,972:
10:41 am PST, Jan 27, Laura Raymann, Germany
# 22,971:
4:59 am PST, Jan 27, Neha Tamhane, India
# 22,970:
8:05 pm PST, Jan 26, Name not displayed, Tokelau
YESS im not going to buy dolphin to eat or something and btw can u like not make us put our adress in this i mean get real please its for the dolphins!
# 22,969:
3:37 pm PST, Jan 26, Karamazov Pascale, France
# 22,968:
3:41 am PST, Jan 26, Kalyana Krishna, India
# 22,967:
6:07 am PST, Jan 24, Jacqueline Blom, Netherlands
YES
# 22,966:
4:19 am PST, Jan 23, Jean Varjabédian, France
# 22,965:
7:21 pm PST, Jan 22, Name not displayed, Florida
The Japanese are sick slaughtering dolphins and whales. Japan deserves 1945 again.
# 22,964:
1:38 pm PST, Jan 22, Samantha Shannonhouse, Arizona
# 22,963:
1:23 pm PST, Jan 22, Vivian Alvarez, Arizona
# 22,962:
9:20 am PST, Jan 22, Jennifer Posanka, Illinois
# 22,961:
7:42 am PST, Jan 22, Name not displayed, Michigan
I am sickend by the whole matter, it is horribly inhumane and I demand that a stop to be put into effect to this atrocious behavior toward this animal cruelty.
# 22,960:
6:00 pm PST, Jan 21, Daryl Chapman, Hong Kong
Japanese.... well they are just an odd race of people, but now its time they change.
# 22,959:
1:16 pm PST, Jan 21, Sue Ashton, United Kingdom
# 22,958:
8:13 am PST, Jan 21, Emma Chapman, United Kingdom
# 22,957:
3:56 pm PST, Jan 20, Gayl Kurtz, Australia
its disgusting and inhumane
# 22,956:
2:56 pm PST, Jan 20, Donna Clark, New Zealand
Always
# 22,955:
4:12 am PST, Jan 20, Cassie Terry, Australia
yes
# 22,954:
2:51 am PST, Jan 20, Miss Fee, Australia
Yes
# 22,953:
5:50 am PST, Jan 19, Mary Donahue, Massachusetts
# 22,952:
8:02 pm PST, Jan 18, Kshipra Jawdekar, New Jersey
Yes I do! You Japanese people are savages! I can't believe that an technologically advanced country like Japan would allow this inhumane and disgusting slaughter! Shame on Japan and shame on the Japanese people and inhumane fishermen who are doing this inhumane slaughter of dolphins. Leave the dolphins alone. Whatever you Japanese are doing is wrong and no one will ever forgive you for this. This act shows how low can these Japanese people can stoop down to! It's horrible! Just think what if you Japanese people are cut up like you are cutting up the innocent dolphins! And then you will realize what wrong you are doing! I say to everyone who loves animals, BOYCOTT all Japanese products worldwide until this gruesome slaughter stops!
# 22,951:
4:31 pm PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, Florida
After what I've seen on youtube, I feel sick. How can someone kill a dolphin and for such a stupid reason!! Why are humans so blind. I hate Japanese for killing such an amazing and intelligant animal. What kind of humans are we??
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