- Signatures: 5,142
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 5-16-2006
| Number | Date | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,147 | 5:40 am PDT, May 9 | Anonymous | United States |
| 5,146 | 9:34 pm PDT, May 6 | Wenz Wytch | Australia |
| 5,145 | 2:51 pm PDT, May 5 | Victoria McKinney | United States |
| 5,144 | 2:03 pm PDT, May 1 | Connie Steger | United States |
| 5,143 | 11:55 am PDT, May 1 | Teresa Wlosowicz | Poland |
| 5,142 | 9:20 am PDT, May 1 | Maureen E. Roth | Brazil |
| 5,141 | 9:20 am PDT, May 1 | Philippe Ducreux | France |
| 5,140 | 8:52 am PDT, May 1 | Dani Pen | United States |
| 5,139 | 1:10 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Aaron Mccollum | United States |
| 5,138 | 12:25 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Lashitha Sanjeev | India |
| 5,137 | 11:30 am PDT, Apr 30 | Paul Cruickshank | United Kingdom |
| 5,136 | 11:00 am PDT, Apr 30 | P. V. | Netherlands |
| 5,135 | 3:46 am PDT, Apr 30 | Sheila Gredzinski | United States |
| 5,134 | 10:53 am PDT, Apr 28 | JAMES SULLIVAN | United States |
| 5,133 | 6:21 am PDT, Apr 17 | diana lungu | Romania |
| 5,132 | 2:11 am PDT, Apr 17 | Clare Walker | Switzerland |
| 5,131 | 10:33 pm PDT, Apr 16 | Tamara van Hees | Australia |
| 5,130 | 4:49 pm PDT, Apr 12 | Vicki Ramke | Australia |
| 5,129 | 2:24 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Natalie Swaim | United States |
| 5,128 | 4:12 pm PDT, Apr 6 | vanessa burns | United States |
| 5,127 | 8:25 am PDT, Mar 31 | Kat Wells | United States |
| 5,126 | 10:04 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Kassie Griffiths | Australia |
| 5,125 | 9:39 am PDT, Mar 22 | Shirin Vasheghani | Canada |
| 5,124 | 12:39 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Meow Mau | United States |
| 5,123 | 3:12 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Petronella Fielding | Australia |
| 5,122 | 1:43 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Anonymous | Malaysia |
| 5,121 | 2:49 am PST, Mar 6 | sasmiley Smiley | Australia |
| 5,120 | 2:39 am PST, Mar 6 | Catherine Ford | United Kingdom |
| 5,119 | 4:57 pm PST, Mar 5 | Bianca Dyer | Australia |
| 5,118 | 1:17 pm PST, Mar 5 | Dennis Hegarty | United Kingdom |
| 5,117 | 1:05 pm PST, Mar 5 | Eddie McNamee | United Kingdom |
| 5,116 | 10:33 am PST, Mar 5 | Alan Briggs | United Kingdom |
| 5,115 | 5:57 am PST, Mar 5 | Miriam Richardson | United Kingdom |
| 5,114 | 5:39 am PST, Mar 5 | Mark Lamb | United Kingdom |
| 5,113 | 1:59 am PST, Mar 5 | Carol Hegarty | United Kingdom |
| 5,112 | 10:38 pm PST, Mar 4 | Jo Birch | New Zealand |
| 5,111 | 1:09 am PST, Mar 3 | Leonie Van Raay | Australia |
| 5,110 | 11:54 pm PST, Mar 2 | Giuseppe Scuderi | Italy |
| 5,109 | 11:33 pm PST, Mar 1 | Debra Cameron | Australia |
| 5,108 | 11:29 pm PST, Mar 1 | Monika Kielczewska | Australia |
| 5,107 | 7:11 pm PST, Mar 1 | Martin Stradling | Canada |
| 5,106 | 3:30 am PST, Feb 24 | Sam Johnson | Australia |
| 5,105 | 4:24 pm PST, Feb 12 | susan copland | Australia |
| 5,104 | 7:45 am PST, Feb 12 | Barbara Schiano | United States |
| 5,103 | 6:15 am PST, Feb 11 | Alessandro Barracciu | Italy |
| 5,102 | 6:14 am PST, Feb 11 | Laura Tatti | Italy |
| 5,101 | 11:04 pm PST, Feb 10 | Laurel Watson | United States |
Australian and South Pacific Whales Under Renewed Threat From Whaling

Japan is proposing to expand its ‘scientific’ whaling programme in the Southern Ocean to include humpback whales, fin whales and an increased quota of minke whales, and will try to win the vote on this issue at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Annual Meeting next month.
Japan has continued to hunt whales in the IWC declared Southern Ocean Sanctuary around Antarctica despite the IWC’s 1986 Worldwide Moratorium on commercial whaling. Japan has been able to get away with this under the guise of ‘scientific whaling’ by exploiting a legal loophole in Article VIII of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW). Article VIII allows Governments to grant a special permit to their nationals authorising the killing of whales for scientific research.
There is no scientific basis for Japan's submission. Lethal research is not necessary to provide the information required for management of whale populations of any species. Japan is allowed to sell the whale meat obtained from its ‘scientific’ harvests and this revenue is helping to keep its ageing whaling fleet afloat.
Whale watching is a thriving business in Australia as we move towards a more evolved and compassionate attitude towards our environment. A large majority of the world’s population stands against whaling. It is time that Japan listened.
Act Now! Sign the petition, voice your opinion and help protect our precious marine life by keeping pressure on John Howard and the Australian Government.
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