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Iceland Stops Whaling......Not!
Whaling Station in Iceland
Iceland has announced it's stopped whaling...
They have stopped whaling - but only because they couldn't get permission to export it to Japan. Not enough people eat whalemeat in Iceland, so it's not 'commercially viable' (doesn't make enough money). However, they will still be doing 'scientific whaling'....yup, that's right, just like Japan does. In 9 years of 'scientific whaling', Japan managed to kill 7000 whales (that we know of); some of them on the endangered list. This 'scientific whaling' is apparently to research the natural mortality (how they die) of whales - how can they find this out if they keep killing them all? Greenpeace say they could do this research without killing the whales. Here at Planet Patrol, we're wondering what part of the 'research' they're doing when they fry them up, put them in a sesame seed roll and sell them as whaleburgers? WHAT CAN YOU DO? ~ Write to governments of Iceland and Japan and tell them to stop being stubborn, stop whaling and join the rest of the world in caring for the largest, gentlest creatures on our planet. They'll make a lot more money through whale watching. Iceland Send an email here: http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/Contacts or write to this address: Prime Minister's Office Stjornarradshusinu vid Laekjartorg 150 Reykjavik Iceland Japan Email: http://www.iijnet.or.jp/cao/kanbou/opinion-kokusai-e.html or write to: 1-6-1 Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8914 Japan Ref: Iceland Renounces Commercial Whaling; M. Gribble, www.guardian.co.uk; 4.9.07 Images: Greenpeace.org |