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Why does man have to kill everything, Nature created us, we are an inseparable part of her, and we have a duty of care towards her.

This is very disturbing news about the IWC however your communication doesn't give enough information as to contacting the right people with our concerns. There is only the comment "contact your president or prime minister." It would have been helpful to give that specific information to each recipient of the alert. How do you recommend we do that and could we have addresses and email addresses?
Thank you

Thanks for your straightforward and passionate comments.
Now it is up to us to get some letters written to government agencies in all those countries that supported the St. Kitts Declaration and to emphasize in the media again and again that whales are NOT responsible for the collapse of the world's fisheries.
I am waiting and hoping Japan does not have more success by getting NGO's, specifically Greenpeace, banned from future meetings.

Great post Mike - if only there were more straight talking and honest people like you at the IWC - maybe the whales wouldn't be in such danger!

I'm totally pissed off about the declaration as much as you are. I'm outraged that the IWC has accepted the fish depletion bollocks when there is no scientific backing to support this nonsense.

So how can we start waking up the politicians and throwing the coffee in their faces?

L.

A return to whaling is an appaling thought. Is there anything we ordinary people can do to further support the anti-whaling countries at the discussions. Can you suggest any European or British or Irish Mps that can be contacted to voice our concerns about a return to whaling?

I would like to be more involved in saving the Whales, its frustrating. What can we do?

It is a blow that Japan won this vote... But 'up them'... As said above they still have a long way to go... Hopefully the antiwhaling nations will wake up!

You are all doing fantastic Greenpeace and I'm glad that you're going back to the whale sanctuary!

Together we will stop this madness!

Hmm...nice idea Lisa.... perhaps we could all start ordering coffee mugs for politicians with "Wake up and smell the coffee! Oceans.greenpeace.org" on the side!

Surely there comes a time when even these blockheads (japan & others) must stop and take stock of their actions. The IWC should not be held to ransom by a country that has more than enough resources to feed its own. If whale products are on the decline in their native countries then let them. If people's tastes are changing and they now longer wish to buy such products then this should be enough for them to stop.. Those countries that oppose whaling should now be united in their actions and I personally believe that a mandate should be given to yourselves (Greenpeace) to enforce their will with appropriate backing from them!

Well done Mike. Your blog title should have been 'Wake Up: FEEL THE COFFEE (the heat of the whale lovers)'. By banning Greenpeace, IWC allowed itself to be bought out by the Japanese. Now we will see IWC (Meeting au Japan) after the next meeting of the committee.

Just when are the people of Japan going to feel the need to protect the whales - not kill them. After they are extinct????

I think this is a disaster like everything we fight for. These shamefull acts against an animal which as not corsed any harm to anyone be hunted for its meat .Japan needs to sort it head out and look at what it is doing. Which i dont think it cares about.

I have read over various articles about whaling today. (Most of them in greepeace related websites)Convinced that something must be done, I'm adding to Greenpeace's campaign to protect the whales. But I have some questions. If Japan has 4000 tons of uneaten whale... why on Earth do they keep hunting? I just don't get the logic of the issue. Is there something else Japan does with the whales? Second: is there any kind of regulation for japan's factory ships to only fish for a certain amount? They are usually illegally fishing in the coasts of Chile, where they have deprived the fishermen of their food and activity! How can we make Japan realize the course it's actions are taking, and how can we make them see the damage lying ahead?
Sincerely yours,
Alex.