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Save Whales From a Cruel End: Stop Whaling Now

Target: President Bush
Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare
Whales are still in danger. Since a global ban on whaling in 1985, Japan has continued to kill whales in the name of "scientific research." Yet legitimate scientists agree: there's no need to kill whales in order to study them when non-lethal methods already exist.

In fact, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has clearly stated it does not need the data obtained from killing whales: passing resolutions critical of Japan's research whaling program forty-one times!

Yet Japanese whalers continue to kill whales in horribly cruel fashion, harpooning them with explosive tips and then dragging them onto whale ships. Japan actually sells the meat from this "research" to restaurants. And now Japan is increasing the slaughter: doubling the number of whales killed in an international marine mammal sanctuary.

Unless they are stopped now, Japan will launch a return to full-scale industrial whaling; the last of which once drove whales to the brink of extinction. Only the tremendous resources and clout of the United States has a chance to stop Japan from destroying the world's whales.

Please sign the petition asking President Bush to oppose Japan's bid for permanent membership into the United Nations Security Council until they comply with international laws protecting whales.
deadline: 4-25-2008
goal: 150,000
 

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Dear Mr. President,

WHEREAS, the cruel killing of whales by Japan continues in the internationally protected waters of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, despite official U.S. opposition and a global moratorium on whaling, and...

WHEREAS, Japan is using international aid to buy votes at the International Whaling Commission in order to legalize commercial whale hunting and sabotage the sanctity of an international decision-making body, and...

WHEREAS, Japan's claim of killing whales for "scientific research" is an obvious ruse. There is no need to harm whales in order to study them, as scientists on IFAW's own whale research vessel, Song of the Whale, repeatedly demonstrate. Japan's "scientific research" is a cover up to sell whale meat on the open market as part of a commercial whaling program, and...

WHEREAS, whales already face real and growing threats from global warming, ocean noise, entanglement in fishing gear and ship strikes,

I THEREFORE PETITION YOU to oppose Japan's bid for permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council until the nation complies with international laws for the protection of whales.

ACT NOW to stop Japanese whaling BEFORE Japan takes over the IWC and changes the rules of the game to legalize commercial whaling; dooming the world's whales to gradually disappear.

[Your comment here]

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
We signed the “Save Whales From a Cruel End: Stop Whaling Now” petition!
# 50:
7:02 pm PDT, Apr 25, BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS, Tennessee
# 49:
6:48 pm PDT, Apr 25, Tonya Gladu, Maine
# 48:
6:44 pm PDT, Apr 25, Eliott Scheffler, Nebraska
This excuse is used only as a masquerade. In truth, fisherman are threatened by whales, whom they regard as competition. Whale meat is also considered a delicacy, and some people will do anything for a bite.
# 47:
6:31 pm PDT, Apr 25, Ashley Lester, Maryland
# 46:
6:22 pm PDT, Apr 25, Bruce Combs, Virginia
My wife and I want our grandchildren -- and yours, too! -- to have at least as much opportunity as we do to enjoy nature and all its varied and wondrous wildlife all over the world. Fortunately for us, we can afford that kind of travel, but no amount of money can replace what has already disappeared or been destroyed. The world simply cannot afford to lose any more of its marvelous creatures or their precious habitat. And until we treat animals – indeed, all of nature – with respect and dignity, human beings will never be free among themselves, nor ever achieve peace and freedom from war!
# 45:
6:13 pm PDT, Apr 25, PATTI HENDERSON, Illinois
# 44:
6:07 pm PDT, Apr 25, Christina Sott, United Kingdom
It is an unnecesary act of cruelty towards such a graceful and intelligent sentient being. It is an outrage which also bends all sorts of internationally set rules and plays games with the laws that it must be stopped to furthermore proceed in this way.
# 43:
5:49 pm PDT, Apr 25, Roxanne Acosta, Florida
# 42:
5:32 pm PDT, Apr 25, Kristi Knotts, California
This is so bogus! It is all about greed from the whaling industry and not about studying whales!
# 41:
5:30 pm PDT, Apr 25, Larry Petersen, Kentucky
# 40:
5:28 pm PDT, Apr 25, David Hallam, Texas
# 39:
5:24 pm PDT, Apr 25, Katie Mauritz, Oregon
Whales are killed cruely and unnessecarilly. Please try to stop this from going on.
# 38:
4:58 pm PDT, Apr 25, Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
"For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT U.S. TROOPS, AND GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
# 37:
4:54 pm PDT, Apr 25, Judy Hardison, Georgia
# 36:
4:53 pm PDT, Apr 25, Justin Stewart, California
# 35:
4:52 pm PDT, Apr 25, Callie Stewart, California
# 34:
4:20 pm PDT, Apr 25, Miki Smith, California
# 33:
4:11 pm PDT, Apr 25, Pam Salomon, Rhode Island
Whales are very intelligent. They have there own unique language for communication. And they have feelings just like us. You only kill them because you can not hear them scream. Let me be the whale's voice "STOP IT."
# 32:
4:03 pm PDT, Apr 25, Doozle Barile, Connecticut
# 31:
3:59 pm PDT, Apr 25, Denise Bagwell, Tennessee
# 30:
3:51 pm PDT, Apr 25, Kimberli Blake, Indiana
# 29:
3:47 pm PDT, Apr 25, Perri Lomax, Utah
# 28:
3:44 pm PDT, Apr 25, Kimberly Wright, Indiana
# 27:
3:35 pm PDT, Apr 25, Erin Smith, Pennsylvania
# 26:
3:35 pm PDT, Apr 25, Giuliana Gorlei-Pittsey, Italy
Whales are beautiful and rare. They should be protected!!!!
# 25:
3:19 pm PDT, Apr 25, Echizen Ryoma, Singapore
Whales are majestic creatures and if we don't stop, they'll be extinct!
# 24:
3:17 pm PDT, Apr 25, Lilith Graves, Florida
# 23:
3:16 pm PDT, Apr 25, Bill O'Neill, Ireland
I am once again crying for the whale! Thirty years ago I protested and fought to "save the whale", keeping it up for 10 years. Why must I have to do it all again? Please give me a reason for this killing, and please give me a reason why Japan has not been forced to stop this psuedo "scientific" hunt, (and selling the meat on the market)? And the Japanes excuse that it becomes necessary school food is a lot of nonsense, the general population no longer eats it, it is sold on as a luxury item! I have boycotted Japanese products for years, and now once again I will make sure all my friends will also do so --- and that includes movies and music (American) owned by the Japanese corporations. Once again I set up the chant "Stop The Bloody Whaling". Please do something President Bush.
# 22:
3:07 pm PDT, Apr 25, Blu AbbeyCat, Pennsylvania
Why??... Please just give me ONE good reason why these Whales have to be killed....JUST ONE REASON.
# 21:
3:04 pm PDT, Apr 25, Catherine Methot, Canada
# 20:
2:44 pm PDT, Apr 25, Wendy Horn, California
# 19:
2:41 pm PDT, Apr 25, Carol Bischoff, Netherlands
# 18:
2:16 pm PDT, Apr 25, Barbara Labrecque, New York
# 17:
2:04 pm PDT, Apr 25, Tina Florell, Sweden
and in Norway!!!!!
# 16:
2:00 pm PDT, Apr 25, Gerald Göhrig, Germany
Whales are a globally endangered species and must be protected, not chased and killed. Besides, nobody, not even the Japanese eat whale meat any longer
# 15:
1:58 pm PDT, Apr 25, Jill Towers, New York
# 14:
1:57 pm PDT, Apr 25, Marzena Chmielewska, Poland
# 13:
1:41 pm PDT, Apr 25, Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
Japan is using the phoney cover of "science" to exploit whales for commercial sale. This is a huge black mark on them as a nation; an International spotlight should be turned on this travesty. There is simply no excuse for what they are doing to the whales!
# 12:
1:34 pm PDT, Apr 25, Name not displayed, Arizona
Please stop the killing. It is unnecessary. Our ocean life is beautiful, please do not allow the destruction to continue.
# 11:
1:28 pm PDT, Apr 25, Betty Gregory, Indiana
# 10:
1:22 pm PDT, Apr 25, Alan Carroll, Ireland
# 9:
1:01 pm PDT, Apr 25, Jacqueline Vreeland, Washington
# 8:
12:47 pm PDT, Apr 25, Kim Boren, Idaho
# 7:
12:33 pm PDT, Apr 25, Staci Stark harris, Florida
# 6:
12:25 pm PDT, Apr 25, Name not displayed, Canada
# 5:
12:05 pm PDT, Apr 25, Mystery Girl, New Hampshire
# 4:
11:59 am PDT, Apr 25, Yvette Trovato, Tennessee
Please stop the senseless slaughter of these beautiful whales.
# 3:
11:56 am PDT, Apr 25, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 2:
11:51 am PDT, Apr 25, Bess Katerinsky, New York
This is an outrage. It's amazing how BOTH our countries can be so naive about this matter. Whaling is Unnecessary and Illegal; take action Now!
# 1:
11:49 am PDT, Apr 25, Ula Cehovin, Slovenia