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Protest for the Whales
If you love the wildlife as much as I have seen on here regarding the oil spill will you make a Protest about the US support ....ie OBama Support for lifting the 24 year old ban on the slaughtering of the Whales, www.Whales.org also Green peace are doing a big protest .OBama has said he will lead the way to lifting the ban, so Japan, Iceland and Norway can start the killing again .....Please help us stop this ...I have a journal up regarding it ..
Thanks for keeping this in the forefront margy, we need to keep this going!
yes I am uncertain if folks really are aware what is happening ,there seems to be so much caring about the wildlife on the gulf coast, and there should be ....but slaughtering Whales and America to support lifting a ban thats been in place 24 years ...crazy ....
I will definatly be reading up on this. For so many years we have fought whaling and I for one would hate to see all the progress made slide backwards. These beautiful animals need to be protected. If we don't all stand up for this, our children and grandchildren will only be able to see wildlife in a zoo....how tragic.
There is no excuse for whale-hunting. These are sentient creatures. Boo to Japan.
Interesting octopus are also sentient. And intelligent.
In a lab, they will sneak out of their tanks, slime their way across the walls, eat the sish in another tank, and then slime their way back alone the wall to their own tank.
That ended my eating them.
Interesting octopus are also sentient. And intelligent.
In a lab, they will sneak out of their tanks, slime their way across the walls, eat the sish in another tank, and then slime their way back alone the wall to their own tank.
That ended my eating them.
One has to wonder if Obama is so angered by the BP spill and our wildlife, why would the idea to lift this ban even enter his empty head?
Does anyone know a commercial value for whales other that food? Does anyone honestly believe that there is a food shortage in the countries where this whale meat is destined? Leave those beautiful and intelligent mammals alone!
Thanks to you all...this is a lot bigger than I thought and it seems like Obama is just continuing something that the IWC deal secretly negotiated by Bush and his administration .....would allow Japan , iceland and Norway to continue the slaughhtering of Whales ... ...
But.... Obama is continuing the slaughtering by lifting the ban...
Bump
It is unconscionable and immoral to hunt whales.
There is no justification whatsoever for such slaughter of intelligent sentient creatures.
Japan, Iceland and Norway should be isolated and shunned by the planet.
As for our administration, if you expect nothing, you sure won't be disappointed.
There is no justification whatsoever for such slaughter of intelligent sentient creatures.
Japan, Iceland and Norway should be isolated and shunned by the planet.
As for our administration, if you expect nothing, you sure won't be disappointed.
"As for our administration, if you expect nothing, you sure won't be disappointed. "
It's the things I'm not expecting I find disappointing! LOL
It's the things I'm not expecting I find disappointing! LOL
Thank you caregiver222 I see you at least recognise how immoral it is ... I would like to say that I hope if these Whales are killed non stop...... that the members that are protesting how sorry, how they feel so sick, how upset they are about the oil spill .....forever hold their peace...
In that it has been documented that Japan defies this ban, I fear the lifting of this ban will end in wholesale slaughter of these whales. And for what? A very unnecessary food source?
Gives meaning to the phrase that "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
Think of the fate of our herds of buffalo.
Gives meaning to the phrase that "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
Think of the fate of our herds of buffalo.
From my understanding, whale meat (along with dolphin meat & seal) are not even primary food sources for the countries that hunt them. They are a delicacy and the meat sells for a fair amount of money. Please correct me if your information is different, as my sources are not necessarily reliable. Other than that I do not believe there is any commercial value. I have been fortunate enough to see them in the wild so many times...so beautiful. Mankind is slowly and surely destroying so many things and it makes me so sad. I wish we could just take what we needed and leave the rest.....
I will have to look this one up. Sigh.....sad if true. Whales are so magnificient.
I came across the following:
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”...... Mahatma Gandhi
I came across the following:
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”...... Mahatma Gandhi
The deadline is june 20th I havent heard much on any news, I am hoping He wont support the lifting of the ban ...
I have just sent an e-mail to the President regarding this. I recommend every one else do so to. I know my one e-mail won't do much, but many of them should get attention.
If anyone has a petition site for this, please post it here.
Whale hunting must be stopped.
If anyone has a petition site for this, please post it here.
Whale hunting must be stopped.
I have also signed several petitions out there ,I will send an e-mail I am hoping that theres a ton of folks will do. same..I havent seen anything on any news site maybe I will e-mail a few and ask why its not newsworthy ....
I bet I could guess why it's not "newsworthy"!
Emerald sent me this site http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/966/035/491
I found this article. Does anyone know anything about this news source? Anyhew, I have been reading up on this a great deal, and everything I have found basically says the same thing. I am admittedly an Obama administration fan for the most part, but will be the first to admit I am very very disappointed in this decision. I just cannot understand why this would be happening. Does anyone have any further information as to the rationale behind this type of decision? I cannot find nor think of anything that would back up this decision.....I am flabbergasted.
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Proposal to Legalize Commercial Whale Hunting Released
U.S.-Led Deal Would Suspend 25-Year-Old Ban on Whaling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2010) -- Today the International Whaling Commission announced a draft proposal that would legalize commercial whaling for the first time in a generation. In 1986, after two centuries of whaling pushed whales to near extinction, the whaling commission banned commercial whaling worldwide. The draft proposal will be voted on in June.
The Natural Resources Defense Council believes the 1986 whaling moratorium to be one of the 20th century’s most iconic conservation victories. Unfortunately, the United States has voiced support for the dangerous new proposal to overturn the international moratorium, claiming it will rein in Japan, Iceland and Norway’s annual killings currently in defiance of international law. The Obama Administration must formally decide whether to support the proposal at the IWC meeting in Agadir, Morocco in June.
Following is a statement from Joel Reynolds, senior attorney and director of NRDC’s marine mammal protection program:
“Whales are among the most magnificent creatures ever to inhabit the Earth. This deal would legalize their slaughter, and there is no ethical, moral, political or economic justification for it. Obama Administration officials portray the United States as leading an effort that would be a “step forward” for the whales, but this deal isn’t a step forward at all. It is a step backward, to a time when it was acceptable to kill whales for profit.”
“The moratorium has done more to save whales than the revival of commercial whaling ever could. We will do everything we can to stop it – and to persuade the Obama Administration that it should too.”
Background
Japan, Iceland and Norway have killed roughly 30,000 whales since the moratorium was introduced in 1986. In Japan’s case, the killings have been justified under the guise of “scientific research.” Under the deal being considered by the whaling commission, hunting would be legally sanctioned. Prior to the 1986 whaling moratorium, roughly 38,000 whales were killed annually between 1945 and 1986, compared with an average of 1,240 whales killed per year after the moratorium (1987 onwards).
The deal would suspend the moratorium on commercial whaling for 10 years and reward Japan, Norway and Iceland for years of defying international law. It could also open the door to whaling by other countries; Korea has already stated its interest in resuming whaling.
In addition, the deal does not base catch limits on science, gives no guarantees that the whaling nations won’t continue to whale under legal loopholes, and breathes life into an otherwise dying industry. The deal also acknowledges that countries could not reach a compromise that would prevent whaling nations from trading in whale meat or products. Under the deal, hunters will be permitted to kill humpback, minke, fin, sperm, sei and Bryde’s, whale species.
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has 1.3 million members and online activists, served from offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing.
I want to say this publically as well....you and I do not often see eye to eye and have had our moments to be sure. I want to tell you that I for one appreciate you bringing this information to the forefront, as I was not aware this was going on. We definately agree on this issue, and I think it is a good thing you are doing here in posting this. Thank you, and if the whales could speak, I am certain they would thank you as well.
Thank you adgal for putting the whole article on my journal aswell as here...I think where helpless, innocent animals are concerned we will always see eye to eye ... I am really hoping that he gets over loaded with protests then doesnt support it, after all he must be speaking for the People , I doubt any Americans would want Whales and their babies slaughtered ...And where is the dumb stupid media .... even Fox news ......
Sorry to bump this up just in case any coming here havent signed the petition yet to ask OBama not to support lifting the ban . http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/966/035/491
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