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Stop Iceland's Whale Hunting

Target: Jon Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries, Iceland
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Iceland's whaling season began recently, kicking off a bloody whale hunt that could lead to the death of 100 minke whales.

Iceland is one of only two countries worldwide that still authorizes commercial whaling. About half of the whale meat from this year's hunt is intended for domestic sales in Iceland, while the rest of the quota will be sold to Japan.

Sign the petition and tell the Icelandic government to reduce this year's whale hunt quotas immediately – and to ban whaling forever.

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"The first batch of meat will be in stores by the weekend."
– Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, manager of the minke whaler association.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 75,000

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Dear Minister Jón Bjarnason,

I am deeply disappointed to hear that Iceland began its whaling season this year with a quota of 100 minke whales that can be killed from May to late September.

I strongly urge you to reconsider this plan by reducing this year's whale hunt quotas immediately and working toward a full ban on whaling in Iceland.

[Your personal comments will be added here.]

As a wildlife lover and environmentalist, I am concerned about the future of whales, especially as global warming causes rapid changes in their ocean habitats with unknown impacts on these beautiful and majestic creatures.

I am also concerned that your government is clearly sensitive to the impact of its whale hunting industry on tourism, since whaling is banned close to the harbor and the first whales are usually killed in a bay just outside of Reykjavik. Clearly a more effective effort to protect Iceland's tourism industry and popular whale watching businesses would be to ban the brutal whaling program completely.

And as a traveler and consumer, I would strongly consider visiting Iceland to whale-watch, but only if your country bans whaling.

Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to your swift action to ensure a complete ban on whaling in Iceland.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Stop Iceland's Whale Hunting” petition!

# 59,258:

1:02 pm PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, France
humanity crime

# 59,257:

12:56 pm PST, Nov 9, BOYER Murielle, France

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12:33 pm PST, Nov 9, Chrystel Chauvier, United Kingdom

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11:05 am PST, Nov 9, Deront Eva, France

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10:44 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, France
c'est lamentable, y'a rien de plus à dire à ces gens là, sont le déshonneur de l'espèce humaine

# 59,253:

9:09 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, France

# 59,252:

8:57 am PST, Nov 9, WOLFROM ALICE, France

# 59,251:

8:55 am PST, Nov 9, Jeannette Brondeau, France

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8:52 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, Russian Federation

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8:50 am PST, Nov 9, Diana Kolomenskaya, Russian Federation

# 59,248:

8:34 am PST, Nov 9, Lionel BEAUDOIN, France

# 59,247:

8:26 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, France
stop la chasse aux animaux !

# 59,246:

8:23 am PST, Nov 9, GALIBERT Patrick, France

# 59,245:

8:16 am PST, Nov 9, Mickael Martin, France

# 59,244:

7:08 am PST, Nov 9, Spicey Curry, United Kingdom
we are sick of seeing whales when they have had half their faces chopped off!!!! would you like it if i cut your face off!!! NOO is the answer so dont do it to whales!!!

# 59,243:

7:00 am PST, Nov 9, Matthew/Ashleigh Seasoning, United Kingdom
It Is absoloutely sickening to think that human beings are going out into the oceans and harpooning poor defenceless animals which have done no wrong, why slaughter these magnificent creatures when some are sepcificly bred to be used as food.

# 59,242:

6:23 am PST, Nov 9, Meurgey Roland, France

# 59,241:

5:43 am PST, Nov 9, Becky Le compte, Texas

# 59,240:

5:27 am PST, Nov 9, Simone Prudent, France
because they are an endangered species

# 59,239:

5:22 am PST, Nov 9, Gillier Veronique, France

# 59,238:

2:52 am PST, Nov 9, Marc Deplat, France
whales are our life

# 59,237:

2:50 am PST, Nov 9, Jean-paul Basset, France
Because it's fobidden, why ? Because they're just too less whales i suppose.

# 59,236:

2:44 am PST, Nov 9, VERHAEGHE JEAN-MARIE, Angola

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2:36 am PST, Nov 9, Galibert Geraldine, France

# 59,234:

2:31 am PST, Nov 9, Véronique De Marchi, France
Cela n'est pas digne de gens qui se disent CIVILISES !!!!!!

# 59,233:

2:11 am PST, Nov 9, Thierry Geindre, France

# 59,232:

1:18 am PST, Nov 9, Romanet Matthieu, France
cause they are usefull in the earth life

# 59,230:

12:39 am PST, Nov 9, Jean HENRY, France
Je suis contre la chasse à la baleine ou la reprise de cette chasse. HENRY

# 59,229:

12:21 am PST, Nov 9, Marie caroline CHUPIN, France
La chasse à la baleine a un but exclusivement lucratif et ne répond pas un besoin indispensable à l'homme ce qui en fait un crime; C'est un massacre honteux bravo à tous ceux qui se battent pour la protection de ce magnifique animal

# 59,228:

12:09 am PST, Nov 9, Laetitia Née, France

# 59,227:

12:07 am PST, Nov 9, Nicolac Chojnacki, France
Human don't need to exterminate this animals to survive on earth, I want my daughter to have the possibility to see real whales with his eyes and not only old pictures of whale huntig

# 59,226:

11:18 pm PST, Nov 8, Erika CROCHAT, France
Humans have completely lost reason. We are exterminating our own species by exterminating everything that lives around us. Again, it is the desire to earn more money and nothing else that threatens the survival of animals that are the most advanced, the human being itself is less evolved. When we understand it will be too late

# 59,225:

10:49 pm PST, Nov 8, Sab CHARVET, France
Why are some people NOT opposed to whale hunting? would be the real question!

# 59,224:

6:04 pm PST, Nov 8, Name not displayed, France
It's a SHAME !!!!!!!!

# 59,223:

5:12 pm PST, Nov 8, ALAIN RELMY, French Polynesia

# 59,222:

2:43 pm PST, Nov 8, Sandrine Papias, France

# 59,221:

2:41 pm PST, Nov 8, Name not displayed, France
La peche de balaine industriel est stupidement mené.

# 59,220:

2:39 pm PST, Nov 8, Alain Guiavarch, France

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2:38 pm PST, Nov 8, Horinecki Philippe, Belgium

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2:00 pm PST, Nov 8, DELILE ARMELLE, France
I can only be disappointed that Iceland takes back the whaling. Moratorium is a fragile process which requires a permanent commitment. Me whom planned to come to visit your country I settle of serious questions when in your behaviour. I am persuaded that the killing off of the whale will not take out your country of crisis.

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11:23 am PST, Nov 8, Lucie ARAGON, France

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9:43 am PST, Nov 8, Leclere Nicola, France

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8:51 am PST, Nov 8, Mike Novikov, Russian Federation

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6:03 am PST, Nov 8, Bureau Benjamin, France

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5:51 am PST, Nov 8, Lenglet Fabien, France

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5:31 am PST, Nov 8, Sophie J, United Kingdom
It has no place in the 21st Century many people do not ever witness the awesome and breath taking beauty of these mammals, yet vicious, unnecessary and cruel whale hunting prevails with the greed and ignorant few. These mammals should have eternal protection from hunters and to achieve this we shall campaign tirelessly until every last harpoon has rusted and it becomes a ghastly lost memory of a time that should never have been. To have the sanctuary of the seas so whales can roam freely as they should have always been.

# 59,211:

4:00 am PST, Nov 8, Brosset Clément, France
la chasse a la baleine est interdite en plus etant un animal en voie d'extinction. en tuant les baleine on tue un peu plus l'homme!

# 59,210:

2:39 am PST, Nov 8, Brosset Paul, France

# 59,209:

2:37 am PST, Nov 8, Rouzic Patricia, France

# 59,208:

1:31 am PST, Nov 8, BOISCOMMUN REMY, France
Aujourd'hui, beaucoup d'espèces animales marins sont menacées par la pollution de nos océans.Je trouve qu'il est inadmissible que des personnes peuvent se remettre à tuer la baleine, cette espèce rare. Après tout le mal que l'homme a fait sur l'environnement de la baleine, n'est-il pas son rôle de la protéger????

# 59,207:

12:58 am PST, Nov 8, Helen L, Ukraine
It is cruel! People doing that don't deserve to be called Men!

# 59,206:

10:43 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, France
c'est horrible la chasse a la balein il faut arété

# 59,205:

10:03 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, France
Je signe cette pétition,parce que je suis un passionné des animaux,la faune et la flore est magnifique,dieu a crée toute chose c'est pas pour que tout soit detruit! J'en est marre que l'homme détruise toute la nature est les animaux! Notre monde se dégrade de jour en jour j'appelle tout les pays du monde a bouger et protéger notre monde! sa me fait mal au coeur qu'and on tue les baleines et autre animaux! La balaine doit rester vivante.L'islande doit immédiatement arréter la peche de labaleine! Merci.

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9:59 am PST, Nov 7, BARJOU Anne-Marie, France

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