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Oh My Gosh - this is totally horrific. All of it.

A question as dumb as it may be : why would countries decide that "a resumption of whaling is an important national priority"?

What can I do to try and stop this crap other than send your document to friends and family and have them send it on?

We must not let the seas go red again no more suffering of these great animals it makes me blood boil in the way that Japan has behaved they should be arrested as they are criminals and terrorists of the seas.
I want my kids to see these animals in the wild and not looking at pictures.

Clint

Published on Sunday, June 11, 2006 by the Guardian / UK
The Shadow of Slaughter Hangs over Whales
In the next 10 days, Japan's long campaign to end the hunting moratorium could pay off. As offers of aid sway poorer nations to side with pro-whalers, conservationists fear the tide is turning.
by Justin McCurry
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines06/0611-01.htm

"A Whaler's Lament"
The song for the International Whaling Commission by Kevin Johnson
http://www.gsm-ev.de/indexeng.htm

As I see it, we should INTENSIFY the information campaign throughout the globe, giving solid and understandable arguments about the irreversible ecological consequences of whale extermination; no romantic considerations. Most people still don't see what's all about. We should do something big to draw world's attention on this matter, something that could graphically reveal whalers attitude towards earth's FATE; we must convince people about the real urge of stopping this kind of killing for economical reasons only, and that whalers could also get their profit through an ecological approach.
Much more noise should be made, much more, through massive media; we must make it as public as possible, pointing out that better options for everybody are at hand, if whalers (japs) change their attitude.

Direito ao Deserto!!!
Voltamos ao primitivo.. será que não aprendemos nada!!!!

All I know its that very soon this killings will come to and end, its horrible the way this people kill not just whales but all kind of animals. But earth's fate is in Jehovah's hands the creator of all creatures on this earth and he will not allow this to go on forever..Revelation: 11:18

What a sad ocean it will be when the so called test subjects are all gone and the sea has turned red from their blood.

We do not know how it will affect us when they have gone. Why should we even take the chance for that to happen.

AS for me the sea would not be the same if we keep letting this happen.

They do not hunt us down for whatever reasons. So why then hide behind any excuse that us as humans can up with to justify a reason to KILL!

The world is a ballance of all creatures of big and small. Why then we have to push that ballance?

For an excellent resource detailing just how much money Japan has put into vote-buying of small countries over the years, have a look at this report from the Third Millennium Foundation, the outfit Greenpeace co-founder David McTaggart put together.

"Charity is a good investment" says the Japanese foreign minister when talking about the programme.

Right.

Now, if you have a look at how much money in fisheries aid the government of St. Kitt's has received from Japan, you'll know why they're denying entry to the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise.

Personally, I think Greenpeace being kicked out of the IWC would be the clearest signal possible of just how corrupt and far from the conservation mission they've strayed.

lets fight to protect our holy ocean !!! bring me around the world to do this ! please greenpeace.....

I cannot believe that Japanese government continue doing such kind of killing. When I was a child, I watched TV and saw Greenpeace members fighting with Japanese whale boats on the sea 15 years ago. And nowadays, they try to kill all the whales in the world. It's time to stop them to do like that.

So Japan "buys" these votes presumably through funding aid and projects in these small countries. So why don't the western nations who care about whales outspend them?

To ensure the future of whales, we need diplomatic action on multiple fronts. Join the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in calling on the U.S. to deny Japan permanent membership to the UN Security Council until they comply with international laws protecting whales.

http://www.stopwhaling.org/site/c.hhLTK0PDLqF/b.1758231/k.3DB6/Take_Action_to_Protect_Whales.htm

I received this from some of my friends today. It includes links to send emails to the President and key members of Congress. If we all pull together there is always hope.

Dear John and Brian,

Bless you for the long fight, my friends on the next island tell me they are still opposing the govt's choices - Daveen Joseph the ST.KITTS' rep !! how many islands did the Japanese buy him houses on !! - but they miss us. My thoughts are with you all, send me an address for more. Keep up hope. Cheers, Audrey

Yes this all seems unecessary. As a GP member can you please assist Journos to explore & expose this Voting Rorting by Japan with the samller nations who wish to harvest whales .

My questions are
1. If the quota for " scientific whaling " is not really " scientific " why can't we expose this more ? Does it end up meat for the dinner table ??? have i missed some good documentaries on this ??
2. Tonight on the news I heard the Japanese delgate at the IWC say , "if he cant get what he wants from the IWC Japan will drop out ". So what happens then ?? Do they operate outside of the IWC " laws " with out penalty ?

Keen to hear from some one if they can expalin. please excuse my niavity on the subject . thanks

hi i hate whaling!

I am outraged that Japan is getting away with this! Have Japan not even considered what will happen in the future when all the whales are extinct. The whole food chain will be out of order.

Not enough coverage is being shown to the world. It needs to be on the news, in the newspaper and on the radio. People must know what is going on before it is too late!