Save Whales

[chubbly]

Japan wants to resume large-scale commercial whaling and has undertaken a major effort to overturn the international ban on whaling. Unable to persuade members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to lift the current moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan has embarked on a vote-buying initiative to manipulate the process and shift the balance of power at the IWC.

Japan is gaining allies by recruiting new countries into the commission which then vote with Japan and help them gain their objective of resumed commercial whaling. This recruitment process involves offering fisheries aid to poor coastal countries in exchange for their support for Japan's whaling policies.

Japan has secured the help of eight nations at the IWC in this way: six eastern Caribbean states, (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis), the Solomon Islands and most recently Guinea. All of these countries regularly attend IWC meetings and speak in favour of a resumption of commercial whaling, voting with Japan on all occasions.

As a result of this strategy Japan has already assembled a blocking minority within the IWC. Last year this minority prevented the creation of a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary (SPWS), largely due to the votes cast against the proposal by Japan and the eastern Caribbean countries.

ACT NOW, FOLLOW THIS LINK AND HELP STOP WHALING

http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/save_wh...ng/take_action/

[TokyoT]

Is Thailand into Whaleing? Besides some of us fat farang that go to the beach that is.

[Crossy]

Thailand is not a member of the IWC (yet) although it appears that landlocked Laos has just joined (under the influence of Japan maybe), Switzerland is another member with no coastline (I expect there are others but my geography 'aint that good).

[DirkGently]

As Peter Cook put it, "endangered animals should be wiped off the face of the earth. Why are whales so special? Have you ever read anything by a whale? They just swim about eating f###ing plancton"

Jokes aside, I doubt much will force the japanese to stop whaling. They have continued through out the ban to hunt on the basis of research.

[chubbly]

Jokes aside, I doubt much will force the japanese to stop whaling.

May be this is true, but at least we can try. If people from different countries, different nationalities take this opportunity to put real pressure on the IWC as well as individual countries like Japan, Iceland, Norway etc. If we shout out as a collective voice maybe governments will begin to listen. We can only try!

Get on the link in the opening post and annoy the hel_l out of the embassy of these countries.

[h90]

there is the group Sea Shepherd who seems to really do something (unless many others).

I sent them 35 USD per paypal. If someone need the url of them, PM me.

[chubbly]

Thanks H90, went on to their website, excellent, is an opportunity for all the animal lovers on this site to make a difference by sending letters to Denmark, Japan, Iceland, Norway, St Lucia, or donating funds.

We all read this site and express an exceptional interest in the welfare and well being of animals, we acknowledge the difference in quality they make to our lives, if even half of those who contribute to Thaivisa were to write in protest, that would be a considerable effort.

http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/whales_w...you_can_do.html

http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/save_wh...ng/take_action/

http://write-a-letter.greenpeace.org/226

http://www.savethewhales.org/

http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/speci...eans/index.html

http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html

http://www.boycottjapan.org/

http://www.stopwhaling.org/site/c.foJNIZOy...mal_Welfare.htm

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/...y/iwc/index.cfm

http://www.savebiogems.org/whales/

Thanks

[h90]

Thanks H90, went on to their website, excellent, is an opportunity for all the animal lovers on this site to make a difference by sending letters to Denmark, Japan, Iceland, Norway, St Lucia, or donating funds.

We all read this site and express an exceptional interest in the welfare and well being of animals, we acknowledge the difference in quality they make to our lives, if even half of those who contribute to Thaivisa were to write in protest, that would be a considerable effort.

http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/whales_w...you_can_do.html

http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/save_wh...ng/take_action/

http://write-a-letter.greenpeace.org/226

http://www.savethewhales.org/

http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/speci...eans/index.html

http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html

http://www.boycottjapan.org/

http://www.stopwhaling.org/site/c.foJNIZOy...mal_Welfare.htm

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/...y/iwc/index.cfm

http://www.savebiogems.org/whales/

Thanks

Also read there what they did last whaling season. They offered cash for anyone who can give the gps coordinates of the japanese ships. they went between whale and Japanese, so even they boats crashed together. And they wrote some insides from greenpeace....

So the seashepherds really sound like crazy guys, but I like the way of beeing crazy....