My God. I will add this to my campaigns against the Canadian seal slaughter and the Namibian seal slaughter. What is WRONG with people?

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Hi Sheryl, this is one of the most despicable things to see. I’ve spent all morning on the internet at work reading about this, there are several organisations, EIA (environmental investigation agency) has a link where you can leave your comments for the Prime Minister of Japan. And several other wildlife sites are highly involved in this at the moment. I will warn you though if you look at any of the video footage, it is extremely upsetting, as obviously whales and dolphins are mammals and they cry just the same as other, the noise is blood curdling and breaks your heart completing. These people make me sick to the stomach!!!

As you can see I typed in a rush, there a few spelling mistakes!!

This is disgusting. I can’t believe Japan is acually getting away with this crap. I couldn’t find the EIA link to live my comment for the PM of Japan (not enough coffee yet), but I found this link http://www.savejapandolphins.org/takeActionContacts.html Lisa

This has been going on for far too long! My first involvement with GreenPeace was over a similar slaughter, 31 years ago. I know from working with GreenPeace and by watching this blog and the others on WildlifeDirect, the best plan is to get the Japanese people themselves to stop it. It’s very hard to change these kinds of deeply rooted cultural ideas from the outside. The Japanese department of fisheries tries to keep these hunts very secret. Many of the Japanese people are not aware of what goes on and rarely see images of the sea red with blood. The fisheries department asks that the fisherman shroud the area with canvas screens. I think one way to get the Japanese people more involved is to put pressure on their media to portray the “hunts”/slaughters.

I did a brief internet search for any Japanese environmental groups opposed to the dolphin hunt and found none. When I went to GreenPeace Japan’s site, I found no reference to the slaughters.
Here’s their web address:
http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/index_en_html
Here is where to write them:
Greenpeace Japan
NF bldg.2F 8-13-11 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo,
Zip code160-0023, Japan
Tel. 81-3-5338-9800 Fax. 81-3-5338-9817

There are many Japanese environmental groups opposing to dolphine hunt, but all of their websites are in Japanese. What I read from their websites, petitions are all done through Western organization.

Maybe if we get enough attention on world news channels the Japanese gov’t will feel embarrassed enough to temporarily stop and give the environmental groups time to advocate this atrocity. Asians find “losing face” very shameful, especially the Japanese culture . As an Asian American, I’m ashamed and saddened that all the current destruction on animals and the environment are the result of industrial development in Asia.

I’ve got two more videos of the recent slaughter and rescue attempts on my blog. One is from CNN and the other TMZ and both feature actress Hayden Panettiere, who took part in the rescue attempt.

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Thanks, Asuka. I knew there were some. I was surprised when I couldn’t find any reference to them. World attention is a good thing especially if they could focus on those Japanese groups working to end the slaughter.

Hi Lisa, this is the link for EIA and I’ve also been onto the site you’ve mentioned. http://www.eia-international.org

Thanks Jo. I watched a few of the videos. I am so sad. Living in Southern California, my boys and I go to the beach several times a week, especially in the summer. At least one of those trips, we will see pods of dolphin playing in the waves. This summer, there were mommies and babies swimming so close to shore. They were flipping and jumping. The mommies were teaching the babies how to surf the waves. It was so precious. The babies were adorable. They put on a spectacular 15-20 minute show for us and I felt so honored to witness it unfolding in their natural habitat. It was truly an unforgetable experience. My boys were in awe. I’m perplexed out how anyone could not find these beautiful mammels captivating, intellegent, endearing. I’m just so sad. Lisa

I personally won’t watch these videos that have been linked. Watching atrocities on this scale just ruin me for weeks. These people sicken me. It is they who deserve the fate brought upon these dolphins. How is the world sitting by on this? How is it possible? I desperately want to get involved. I want to do more than write my congressman or donate to Environmental groups. I know in my heart that I need to be active in this fight for these creatures and wildlife around the globe. Can anyone help point me in the direction of true meaningful involvement in this cause? My email is thelastsupper79@yahoo.com. Thank you.

Hi Daniel - can I suggest you go to http://www.savejapandolphins.org and offer to volunteer in some way. Perhaps you can raise awareness in your own country or go to Japan and help with the campaign there. I agree with you that is beyond awful. We were really devastated yesterday but today is a new day and we must all remain committed to fighting this sort of barbarism in our own way. Every little helps. Check out all the comments as there are some useful contacts on this blog as well. Please keep in touch and keep reading our blog. Stay positive!!

Hey Daniel, I don’t enjoy watching videos of atrocities perpetrated on animals by humans, but I feel it’s my responsibility. It absolutely does ruin me for days, though. Don’t discount lobbying your Congressional members and contacting the media and making donations to environmental organizations - that’s very important stuff. The money helps people who are already in the field, who know more about conserving specific species than I know, so I feel pretty good about helping that way. Also, if you write to your Congressional reps often enough, you get their attention. I know that sounds idealistic, and I’ve been accused of idealism more than once :-), but keep up the pressure on Congress.

If you really feel the call to work in the field, then start contacting various environmental organizations to find out what they need. A lot of U.S.-based orgs have their headquarters here in the DC area, so I’m always watching their job ads to see if they have something that fits. I love my job, but I’d jump ship for the right position in an environmental-conservation org in a minute!

You might also want to read Dr. Richard Leakey’s excellent essay from a couple of months ago on BBC. Here’s the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6983914.stm - this essay was a real eye opener for me because he clearly states that the problems we face are human problems and they need human solutions. We should be the caretakers of this planet, not its destroyers. Small steps, small steps, but we’ll get there.

I hope.

s.

I did send off an email to the Prime Minister of Japan yesterday. No response yet. I also attempted about 3 or 4 other emails to various contacts on that savejapandolphins.org site, but all were returned unsendable. I will definetly keep writing though. Lisa

There is another good article about Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd international just out in the New Yorker- http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_khatchadourian?currentPage=1
Alison, Pauls wife is a brave lady arrested in Taiji last year.

I think we really need to keep on this now that it has gotten the attention of many people. The sad ting is that when the hype dies down and people forget.
Lets not forget and keep the awareness going. Don’t let the dolphins and whales die in vain.

This horrible slaughter of dolphins is just one of many cruel and abominable actions that the japanese gobernment undertake agaist wildlife. OCEANA is a organization that had fighted this kind of killings for some years with a internet voting campaing to the japan´s embassy. I vote each year to stop this coward massacre and all of you can do the same visiting http//takeaction.oceana.org/forms/signups-us.jsp. Maybe if the japanese gobernment receive the firms of many thousands of people araound the world agaist this crime the slaughter can be stoped some time from now. Last year more than 25,000 peoples sign!! Please sign the petition and save dolphins!!!

Your so right, Rosa! Lisa

Thank you F.J. Going to that site right now! Lisa

Thank you so much lisa!!

Also try http://www.oceana.org.

Hi F.J., The first link you list did not work for me, but http://www.oceana.org did and I did put my name on the petition to stop this madness of slaughtering these precious mammals. I’m just disgusted by it and feel so ashamed. They are such intellegent beings. It’s just so senseless and cruel. I just can’t get my mind around how anyone could harm them. Lisa

If anyone doubts the intelligence and endearing nature of dolphin, the Today show has a story this morning about a guy who was attacked (off the coast of California, I believe) over and over again by a Great White, until a pod of dolphin came to his rescue and encircled him. Haven’t seen the story yet, but can’t wait. Lisa

Here’s the today show story. Lisa
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/

Thank you so much Lisa, every sign counts!! I hope that all our friends in this blogs sign it too!!

Thank you everyone for all your comments, ideas and feedback. Don’t give up the fight!! There are many ways you can help and the comments above contain really useful info on where to start. Many thanks and please keep reading our blog.

Now we have the Japanese fleet heading to the southern ocean to hunt the whales again…and this time humpbacks too. I dont understand the “scientific”basis of this research they are claiming to undertake.Its utterly unacceptable.

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this is terrible i am ten years old and understand how bad this is

WHY DO YOU KILL WHALE SHARKS IN JAPAN THATS JUST SO SILLY

STOP!!!!!

I agree with you Bublb, it is a terrible, senseless and pointless tradition. There are so many traditions all over the world that have been discarded in the name of human rights. It is a sign of progress when we can look beyond our so called traditions and move forward leaving appalling slaughters like this behind. If we all keep pushing on this issue, this stupid tradition too will one day be a bad memory. We must not give up and if you tell all your friends and spread the word about this terrible slaughter you will have done your bit. At the same time please remember all the poor dolphins losing their lives in a terrible way - go to the websites, sign the petitions, donate if you can, pray if you believe, and above all please spread the word about this terrible tragedy that is happening in our time. We CAN do something about it. Don’t stop caring. You CAN make a difference. And thank you for reading our blog.

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