Gisteren ontving ik een petitie van Alex B., lid van het Care2 Petiton Team, een petitie tegen de komende slachting die Japan wil uitvoeren op walvissen, e.e.a. ook naar aanleiding van World Oceans Week (WOW), die dit jaar van 4 tot 12 juni duurt.

Japan voert deze jaarlijkse slachting uit onder het mom van wetenschappelijk onderzoek, terwijl dit wetenschappelijk bewezen kul is, voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek op walvissen hoef je deze mooie en intelligente dieren niet te vermoorden……

Vorig jaar vermoordde Japan maar liefst 120 zwangere Antarctische dwergvinvissen, van de in totaal 333 vermoordde dwergvinvissen…….. Van de honderden walvissen die Japan vorig jaar vermoordde, waren er meer dan 180 van het vrouwelijk geslacht en 70% van hen was zwanger….. (het is maar zeer de vraag of deze cijfers kloppen, immers ze worden aangevoerd door Japan…)

Sea Shepherd, de organisatie die zich jarenlang actief verzette tegen de Japanse slachtingen, heeft vorig jaar de handdoek in de ring gegooid, daar de Japanse walvisvloot met militaire zaken de boel zo had versterkt en beveiligd dat Sea Shepherd niets meer kan uitrichten.

Die aanpassingen zijn door de Japanse overheid gesubsidieerd, zoals ook de hele walvisjacht wordt gesubsidieerd door de Japanse overheid. De consumptie van walvisvlees is sterk teruggelopen in Japan, waardoor de diepvriespakhuizen voor walvisvlees volkomen uit hun voegen barsten……..

De hoogste tijd dat de Japanse regering internationaal aan de paal wordt genageld voor de barbarij……

Boycot Japanse producten en onderneem geen vakanties naar dat land!

Hier de tekst van het Care2 team en de links naar de petitie, lees en teken de petitie ajb en geeft het door!

Action
for World Oceans Week: Stop the Summer Whale Slaughter

Last
year, the government of Japan harpooned 333 Antarctic minke whales to
death. 120
of these whales were expecting mothers.

It
wasn’t the first time this slaughter has occurred, and if we don’t
act now, it certainly will not be the last.

The
Japanese government conducts this annual whale hunt every summer in
the name of scientific research. But non-lethal surveys have been
shown to be just as effective for “biological sampling.” In
reality, many of the whales are ending up at the dinner table.

This
week is World Ocean’s Week and the summer hunt is just around the
corner. There will be no better time to raise your voice for these
whales.

Japan
plans to slaughter at least 4,000 whales over the next decade. But
according to a 2014 ruling by the International Court of Justice,
Japan is breaking the law by continuing their Antarctic whaling
program. 

We
must continue to shine a light on Japan’s horrific, criminal hunt.
Please sign and share the petition today!

Thank
you,

Alex
B. 
The
Care2 Petitions Team

P.S.
Each and every one of our signatures let Japan know that we are
against this horrible practice. Together, by speaking up, we can send
a strong message. Please
sign the petition and urge Japan to end their annual whale hunt.

P.P.S.
Care2’s World Oceans Week is leading up to the March
for the Ocean on June 9th.
Find out more and join
us in DC or at a march near you!

Last
Year, Japan Murdered 120 Pregnant Minke Whales. Thousands More Could
Be Next.

• petitie
  van: Care2
  Team

• doelwit: Prime
  Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe

Imagine
this, you are out in the ocean, swimming along with your friends and
family. The sky is blue, the water is the perfect temperature. Life
couldn’t be better. Then
all of a sudden a grenade-tipped harpoon plows into your chest.. It
explodes. Your friends look on in horror as you are dragged to your
death by a whaling ship. 

This
is what happens hundreds of times a year all thanks to the horrific
Japanese whaling industry. The
country is one of only a handful of nations that continues to harvest
the cetaceans. Officials defend the practice in the name of science.
They say the whales are harvested in order to conduct “biological
sampling.” However, according to many experts, non-lethal
surveys have been shown to be just as fruitful. 

Science
though is only an excuse, in reality, the 333 minke Antarctic whales
that were killed last
year likely ended up at the dinner table. 

Of
the hundreds of whales that were taken in 2017 more than 180 of those
were female and of those, nearly 70% were pregnant making the hunt
even more tragic. 

If
the world cannot convince Japan to abandon its whaling program the
bloodshed will continue since the country says they intend to kill at
least 4000 whales over the next decade. 

According
to a 2014 ruling by the International Court of Justice, Japan is
breaking the law by continuing their Antarctic whaling
program. Countries
like Australia and animal rights organizations around the world have
urged Japan to stop to no avail. But we can’t give up. Each and every
one of our signatures let Japan know that we are against this
horrible practice. Together, by speaking up, we can send a strong
message. 

Please
sign the petition and urge Japan to end their whaling program and
stop this barbaric hunt.