tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44158620908239823512024-03-05T18:21:00.725-07:00The Big Taiji ListSpecifically about the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan. Generally about cetacean affairs around the globe. Taiji, Japan, Ric O'Barry, Sea Shepherd, Cove Guardians, Paul Watson, Australia, Operation Zero Tolerance, Sam Simon, Bob Barker, Steve Irwin, Brigitte Bardot, Tony Burke, Julia GillardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-87323611717726533802013-07-18T23:47:00.001-06:002014-03-29T16:19:00.870-06:00#SHUTDOWNTAIJIIN2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Contact U.S.A. Congress, tell them what is going on </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">with the Taiji Dolphin Slaughters and tell them it's time for them </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">to lend their voices to stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #45818e;">SAVE JAPAN DOLPHINS</span><br /><a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/">http://savejapandolphins.org/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Japan-Dolphins/130698636967311">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Japan-Dolphins/130698636967311</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">DOLPHIN PROJECT</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://dolphinproject.org/">http://dolphinproject.org/</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://dolphinproject.org/blog">http://dolphinproject.org/blog</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ricobarrysdolphinproject">https://www.facebook.com/ricobarrysdolphinproject</a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">PETITIONS AND CONTACT FORMS / ADDRESSES BELOW FOR GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO PROTEST TAIJI DOLPHIN CAPTURES AND SLAUGHTERS IN THE COVE.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">DOLPHIN DRIVE HUNT ~ TAIJI</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">TELL WAZA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GERALD DICK:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">STOP THE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN TAIJI, JAPAN</span><br />
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-dolphin-slaughter/"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-dolphin-slaughter/</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">WAZA & IMATA : </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">STOP SUPPORTING THE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN TAIJI</span><br />
<a href="https://www.change.org/petitions/waza-imata-top-upporting-the-dolphin-laughter-in-taiji"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">https://www.change.org/petitions/waza-imata-top-upporting-the-dolphin-laughter-in-taiji</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">COCA~COLA : STOP SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL MARINE ANIMAL TRAINERS ASSOCIATION (IMATA)</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/coca-cola-stop-supporting-international-marine-animal-trainers-association-imata"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.change.org/petitions/coca-cola-stop-supporting-international-marine-animal-trainers-association-imata</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">HAAGEN ~DAZS : STOP SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL MARINE ANIMAL TRAINERS ASSOCIATION (IMATA)</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/haagen-dazs-stop-supporting-imata-international-marine-animal-trainers-association"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.change.org/petitions/haagen-dazs-stop-supporting-imata-international-marine-animal-trainers-association</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">HORROR BEHIND THE CURTAIN </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">TELL JAPAN AIRLINES & CHINA AIR:</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">NO DOLPHIN TRANSPORT </span><br />
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/679/343/431/horror-behind-the-curtain/"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/679/343/431/horror-behind-the-curtain/</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION : PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST THE KILLING OF DEFENSELESS DOLPHINS</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/international-whaling-commission-provide-protection-against-the-killing-of-defenseless-dolphins"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.change.org/petitions/international-whaling-commission-provide-protection-against-the-killing-of-defenseless-dolphins</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISION : STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF DOLPHINS IN TAIJI JAPAN</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/international-whaling-commission-stop-the-slaughter-of-dolphins-in-taiji-japan"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">http://www.change.org/petitions/international-whaling-commission-stop-the-slaughter-of-dolphins-in-taiji-japan</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">STOP THE TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.causes.com/actions/1682149-stop-the-taiji-dolphin-hunt">http://www.causes.com/actions/1682149-stop-the-taiji-dolphin-hunt</a> ~ FaceBook ~ Causes</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">PETITION: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">CHALLENGE JAPAN TO END TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT FOR TOKYO 2020 BID</span><br />
<a href="http://www.causes.com/olympicdolphins?recruiter_id=171354352&utm_campaign=invite&utm_medium=wall&utm_source=fb"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.causes.com/olympicdolphins?recruiter_id=171354352&utm_campaign=invite&utm_medium=wall&utm_source=fb</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">~ FaceBook ~ Causes</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">STOP THE TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.causes.com/actions/1682149-stop-the-taiji-dolphin-hunt?causes_ref=email&template=activity_mailer%2Fcustom_activity_mail&utm_campaign=custom_activity_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=causes&open_inviter=true">http://www.causes.com/actions/1682149-stop-the-taiji-dolphin-hunt?causes_ref=email&template=activity_mailer%2Fcustom_activity_mail&utm_campaign=custom_activity_email&utm_medium=ema<span style="font-size: large;">il&utm_source=causes&open_inviter=true</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">~ </span>FaceBook ~ Causes</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">SKY NEWS LONDON news@sky.com: COVER AND UPDATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TAIJI JAPAN</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/sky-broadcasting-cover-and-update-what-is-happening-in-taiji-japan"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/sky-broadcasting-cover-and-update-what-is-happening-in-taiji-japan</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">BBC ~ TAKE A CREW TO TAIJI!</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/bbc-take-a-crew-to-taiji"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/bbc-take-a-crew-to-taiji</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">GET 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA TO COVER DOLPHIN KILLINGS AND CAPTRUES IN TAIJI JAPAN</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/get-60minutes-australia-to-cover-killings-and-captures.html"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/get-60minutes-australia-to-cover-killings-and-captures.html</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">NHK WORLD BROADCASTING CORPORATION:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">RESEARCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN TAIJI, WAKAYAMA & BROADCAST WHAT YOU FIND:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/japan-international-broadcasting-inc-research-what-is-going-on-in-taiji-wakayama-and-broadcast-what-you-find"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/japan-international-broadcasting-inc-research-what-is-going-on-in-taiji-wakayama-and-broadcast-what-you-find</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">THE COVE : </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP SAVE JAPAN'S DOLPHINS</span><br />
<a href="http://www.takepart.com/actions/cove-help-save-japans-dolphins"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.takepart.com/actions/cove-help-save-japans-dolphins</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">MARINE LAND AND GAME FARM, 7657 PORTAGE ROAD, NAIGRA FALLS, ONTARIO :STOP TAKING DOLPHINS FROM THE TAIJI COVE IN JAPAN</span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/marine-land-and-game-farm-7657-portage-road-niagara-falls-ontario-stop-taking-dolphins-from-the-taiji-cove-in-japan"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/marine-land-and-game-farm-7657-portage-road-niagara-falls-ontario-stop-taking-dolphins-from-the-taiji-cove-in-japan</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">BROOME CITY COUNCIL: SAY NO TO TAIJI</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/broome-city-council-say-no-to-taiji"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/broome-city-council-say-no-to-taiji</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">THE DOLPHIN HUNTERS OF JAPAN : </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">STOP THE SLAUGHTER AND CAPTURE OF WILD DOLPHINS IN TAIJI, JAPAN</span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/the-dolphin-hunters-of-taiji-japan-stop-the-slaughter-and-capture-of-wild-dolphins-in-taiji-japan"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/the-dolphin-hunters-of-taiji-japan-stop-the-slaughter-and-capture-of-wild-dolphins-in-taiji-japan</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">PETITION DOLPHIN BASE RESORT : </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">STOP THE ANNUAL SLAUGHTER OF DOLPHINS</span><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-annual-slaughter-of-dolphins"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-annual-slaughter-of-dolphins</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">DOLPHIN DRIVE HUNT ~ TAIJI</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/13/save-the-dolphins-of-taiji/"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/13/save-the-dolphins-of-taiji/</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">THE COVE : </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP SAVE JAPAN'S DOLPHINS</span><br />
<a href="http://www.takepart.com/actions/cove-help-save-japans-dolphins"><span style="color: #45818e;">http://www.takepart.com/actions/cove-help-save-japans-dolphins</span></a><br />
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<i><span style="color: #45818e;">Thank you Olaf Janssen and Save Misty the Dolphin</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN</span><br />
<i><span style="color: #45818e;">Thank you Olaf Janssen</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">WEBSITES OF JAPANESE EMBASSIES, CONSULATES AND PERMANENT MISSIONS.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html">http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">CONTACT ~ MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">CONTACT ~ TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.contact.maff.go.jp/maff/form/114e.html">https://www.contact.maff.go.jp/maff/form/114e.html</a></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Please write your comment on the Administration of Japan</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html">https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan:</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-3-3581-3883</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: <a href="http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html">http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">MR. KAZUTAKA SANGEN, </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">TAIJI TOWN MAYOR</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-735-59-2801</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: <a href="http://www.town.taiji.wakayama.jp/">http://www.town.taiji.wakayama.jp/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">SECRETARIAT OF TAIJI TOWN ASSEMBLY</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-735-59-2884</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">TAIJI FISHERY COOPERATIVE</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-735-59-2821</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Embassy of Japan in Washinton D.C.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Ambassador Ryozo Kato</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Washington D.C. 20008-2869</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Tel: (202) 238-6700,</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: 202-328-2187</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Hours: M-F 9:15-12:30 and 2:00-6:16</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: mailto:jicc@embjapan.org</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/">http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fisheries Agency of Japan</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Mr. Yoshio Kobayashi, Director-General of Japan Fisheries Agency:</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-3-3502-1682</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Jun Yamashita, Head of Whaling Section of Japan at Far Seas Fisheries Division in Japan Fisheries Agency</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-3-3591-5824</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: mailto:whaling-section@nm.maff.go.jp</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Mr. Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-3-3580-5556</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Ministry of the Environment</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Ms. Masatoshi Wakabayashi, Minister of the Environment</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-3-3581-3003</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: mailto:MOE@env.go.jp</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wakayama Prefecture:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Local Government, Wakayama/Taiji</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Yoshiki Kimura, Governor of Wakayama</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-73-441-2020</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: <a href="http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/secure/teigen/teigen.html">http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/secure/teigen/teigen.html</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">or mailto:webmaster@pref.wakayama.lg.jp</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nourinsuisanbu Suisankyoku Shigenkanrika</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">(Resources Management Section at the Fisheries Section, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Wakayama Prefecture)</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fax: +81-73-432-4124</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">E-mail: mailto: e0715001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Facts About the Drive Hunt: </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Death or Imprisonment for Life</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shared by Olaf Janssen</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: large;">The dolphin drive hunts in Taiji do not just end in the killing of the dolphins. Taiji is “ground zero” for international trade in live dolphins. There is money – big money – in the captive dolphin entertainment industry. Without the money the FU makes from the live trade business, it is doubtful that the Taiji FU would be able to sustain the killing of dolphins. The operation is expensive. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">We understand that the FU makes about $32,000 USD for each live dolphin it captures. Trained dolphins sell for much, much more. There is a direct link between the captive dolphin entertainment industry and the bloody waters of the Cove in Taiji. Supporting a live dolphin show or participating in a confined swim-with-dolphin program anywhere in the world is the same as slicing open a dolphin in Taiji. The dolphin entertainment industry drives the hunt. The killing of the dolphins follows in its wake. Well-intentioned marine mammal trainers and the dolphin-show-viewing public all have the blood of innocent dolphins on their hands.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">For the dolphins pulled from their families and sold into captivity, life is beyond horrible. Even those dolphins born in captivity exist in prison-like conditions. It is now illegal in the United States to import a dolphin which has been caught in the wild, so there is a big business in captive-bred dolphins. One wonders though how many of the so-called captive bred dolphins imported into the US each year are actually wild-caught. Even the captive-bred dolphins most likely have ancestors who were captured in Taiji. The link to the killing in Taiji is undeniable, and unavoidable.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Taiji is located in a protected nook off of a bay. The rocky land soars up from the water along the coast there. The water in the bay is shallow and there are many rock spurs and islets. Near the entrance to Taiji harbor is the entrance to the infamous Cove. The rock spurs, islets, and shallows create a natural funnel right into the entrance of the Cove.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">There are a dozen small fishing boats in Taiji equipped with metal poles on their sides. These boats go out into the ocean off the Wakayama coast each morning at first light. They fan out and start patrolling in the known dolphin migratory routes looking for pods of dolphins or small whales. They often go over the horizon. They also look for seabirds because the birds will follow the dolphins looking for an easy meal from the fish the dolphins chase. Once a hunting boat finds a pod, the operator will radio to the other boats. While the others are racing to that location, the first boat will follow the pod. Once there are five or more hunting boats on the scene, they will herd the dolphins using their boats and by banging with a hammer on a flange on top of the poles. We call them “banger boats” because of these poles. This banging creates a wall of sound from which the dolphins and small whales swim away. This is the “drive hunt.” The banger boats next drive the pod into the bay, along the coast past the entrance to Taiji harbor and then into the entrance to the Cove. Once the dolphins are past the entrance, other dolphin hunters close off the entrance with nets.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>NO BOYCOTT JAPAN!!!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;"><b>Taiji is not all of Japan.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;"><b>Not all Japanese folks are even AWARE of Taiji dolphin hunting, nor are they themselves the hunters, nor would they condone this if they DID know.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;"><b>We cannot afford to demonize the Japanese activists who will help to end the Taiji dolphin massacres by referring to them in terms of racist naming and slurs. We need to show them support and the same applied to all of the Cove Guardians who are there to witness.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;"><b>Anything less will ENDANGER their safety, and then WHO will end this hell for Taiji dolphins?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;"><b>YOU CAN'T BOYCOTT A COUNTRY AND A PEOPLE OF THAT COUNTRY!</b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The following does represent my personal point of view concerning ending the Taiji cetacean hunts by peaceful means. Please place your support and your praise with Save Japan Dolphins and Sea Shepherd. These powerful advocacy groups do not condone violence or racial hatred.</span></span></b><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Weight of a Snowflake </span></span></b><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a coalmouse asked a wild dove. </span></span></b><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"Nothing more than nothing," the dove answered. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the coalmouse said. "I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a raging blizzard. No, just like in a dream, without any violence at all. Since I didn't have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,471,952. When the next snowflake dropped onto the branch--nothing more than nothing -- as you say -- the branch broke off."</span></span></b><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Having said that, the coalmouse ran away. </span></span></b><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The dove, since Noah's time an authority on peace, thought about the story for a while. Finally, she said to herself, "Perhaps there is only one person's voice lacking for peace to come to the world."</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>February 11, 2013</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>Why I do not support a boycott of Japan</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>Taiji Dolphin Slaughter</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>by Sandy McElhaney</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/why-i-do-not-support-a-boycott-of-japan"><b>http://www.examiner.com/article/why-i-do-not-support-a-boycott-of-japan</b></a></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Dolphin Activist Ric O’Barry: Boycotting Japan Is ‘Racist’</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>‘Cove’ star sounds off on the Solomon Islands slaughter, a Spanish dolphin named Marcos, rereleasing wild-caught orcas—and more.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/12/10/dolphin-activist-ric-obarry-boycotting-japan-racist#.UNzBQg70Fd8.twitter"><b>http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/12/10/dolphin-activist-ric-obarry-boycotting-japan-racist#.UNzBQg70Fd8.twitter</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Why Boycotting Japan is a Bad Idea</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>An article by Ric O'Barry</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan"><b>http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan</b></a></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Regarding a boycott on Japan....</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>An article by Lotus</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://ourgreenandblueplanet.blogspot.ca/2012/09/regarding-boycott-on-japan.html"><b>http://ourgreenandblueplanet.blogspot.ca/2012/09/regarding-boycott-on-japan.html</b></a></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Taiji and dolphins: would boycotting Japan solve anything?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>An article by Charlie Moores</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/taiji-dolphins-boycotting-japan-solve-anything/"><b>http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/taiji-dolphins-boycotting-japan-solve-anything/</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Eloquent, Intelligent, Spot On!</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>Article explaining the effectiveness of the peaceful activist solution for Taiji dolphin hunt</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/japan-love-your-dolphins/"><b>http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/japan-love-your-dolphins/</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">MANY THANKS TO CALL OF THE COVE FOR PETITIONS. </span><span style="font-size: large;">PLEASE VISIT</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://callofthecove.wordpress.com/">http://callofthecove.wordpress.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">AND FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER</span> <span style="font-size: large;">@callofthecove</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">THEY HAVE GREAT FAX + PHONE ACTIONS & PETITIONS & EMBASSY, MEDIA, & POLITICIAN CONTACTS</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-67783789928041945682013-06-17T00:33:00.001-06:002013-06-17T00:42:30.542-06:00Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narwhals Come Up In Seal Holes Photograph by Paul Nicklen</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Narwahl ~ Wiipedia </span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Narwhal Monodon monoceros : National Geographic</span><br />
<a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/narwhal/">http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/narwhal/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">ICTMN Staff</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">June 14, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The government of Canada has confirmed that a narwhal hunt will take place this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"We are pleased to confirm that the majority of Inuit hunters will be able to continue to sell narwhal by-products resulting from their subsistence hunt on international markets,” read a statement from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on June 14. “This decision was made based on the best available scientific information and in consultation with partners including Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Government of Nunavut, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, hunters and trappers organizations, and northern communities to ensure the long-term sustainability of the traditional narwhal hunt.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The consultation was done in recognition of “the importance of the traditional narwhal hunt to many Nunavut communities,” said the statement released jointly by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield, Environment Minister Peter Kent and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, who also serves as minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development and is the Member of Parliament for Nunavut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After evaluating the narwhal hunt for its impact on the endangered species, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced on June 14 that Inuit of Nunavut could continue harvesting the animals and selling their byproducts internationally. The agency conducted its evaluation in light of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which met in May. (Related: International Wildlife Trade Group Votes to Protect Hundreds of Species)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fisheries and Oceans Canada “concluded that the planned harvest in 2013 will not be detrimental to the species’ survival in the wild,” the government said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for narwhal, agreed upon in January by the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and Ashfield, formed part of the basis for the summer-harvest limits calculation. That plan took two years to build.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“At times, the development of the plan was very difficult, but in the end, Inuit now have a management plan in place that we feel meets our needs and respects our harvesting rights,” said James Eetoolook, Acting President of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., in a statement after the management plan was announced in January. (Related: Canada Feds Ban Narwhal Tusk Exports)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Under the management plan, the narwhal limit for the community of Grise Fiord harvesting from Jones Sound was raised from 20 to 50, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides the Narwhal Integrated Fisheries Management Plan, the government also examined scientific information as well as Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge that had been published.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“In particular, by-products of narwhal from the summering stocks of Somerset Island, Admiralty Inlet, Eclipse Sound, East Baffin Island, and Northern Hudson Bay can be exported again this year,” the government’s statement said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The numbers for some areas of Parry Channel, Jones Sound and Smith Sound (the community of Grise Fiord) still need to be fine-tuned, the statement said, and a broad survey to do so will be conducted this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“This will provide comprehensive advice on abundance, distribution and sustainable harvest levels of Canadian narwhal populations for the future as a decision could not be reached this year due to lack of scientific information,” the statement concluded. “We will continue building collaborative relationships to reflect our common objective —a sustainable narwhal harvest that will maximize the benefits to Inuit harvesters today and into the future.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Read more at <a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/14/summer-narwhal-hunt-confirmed-2013-149917">http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/14/summer-narwhal-hunt-confirmed-2013-149917</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Via BloodWolfie</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-47902101446437758372013-05-19T14:46:00.000-06:002013-05-19T14:49:01.786-06:00THE SEA SHEPHERD FAMILY~SARA PRISCILA<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Courtesy Olaf Janssen</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the words of Sara Priscila.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>She is SeaShepherd.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">She speaks for us all, and I feel blessed to hear this incredible voice from our </span><span style="font-size: large;">family of SeaShepherd.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let our dolphin #Swimfree because #captivitykills</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sara Priscila </b>7:44 AM+1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lugar de cetáceos, peixes, moluscos, etc não é em aquários nem em laboratórios pra experiência nem tão pouco em panelas ou em lojas de shopping. Eles merecem viver livres em seu habitat natural!!! Assim como o lugar de todos os outros animais da fauna não é em cativeiro pois a jaula só deve aprisionar criminosos!!! Sou a favor do fechamento dos circos com animais, dos zoológicos, dos cativeiros e tanques particulares, laboratórios de pesquisas, lojas e marcas que comercializem qualquer animal ou derivado animal, parques que mantenham animais obrigados a trabalhar com entretenimento humano, etc. Querem conhecer os animais? Façam trilhas em grupos nas florestas com biólogos e botânicos que será bem mais instrutivo. Querem que suas crianças conheçam golfinhos, pinguins, leões marinhos, etc? Reunam as famílias de seus amigos e aluguem uma embarcação legalizada que os leve para passearem no final de semana, feriado ou férias em alto mar. Mergulhem com instrutores profissionais e seus filhos aprenderão mais sobre a natureza em poucos dias do que acham que aprenderam em anos dentro das escolas... Incentivem a educação ambiental e o respeito mesmo ao desconhecido pois o temido nem sempre é o vilão na realidade. Dessa forma, os pescadores poderão viver da renda que receberão em levar famílias pra conhecer os animais vivos e em seu habitat natural sem recorrem ao finning ou outras práticas abomináveis e será muito mais interessante e emocionante conhecer os animais livres do que aprisionados. Vamos tentar mudar a consciência dos outros a partir de nós? Só assim obteremos êxito!!! Façam o correto que valerá a pena. Abraço</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Olaf Janssen9:53 AM+1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place of cetaceans, fish, shellfish, etc. is not in aquariums or in laboratories to experience nor in pots or in mall stores. They deserve to live free in their natural habitat!! As the place of all other animals fauna in captivity is not only because the cage to imprison criminals!! I favor the close of animal circuses, zoos, captivity by tanks and private research laboratories, stores and brands that sell any animal derived or animal parks to keep animals forced to work with human entertainment, etc.. Want to know the animals? Make tracks in groups in forests with biologists and botanists who will be far more instructive. Want their children know dolphins, penguins, sea lions, etc.? Gather your families and friends to rent a vessel that legalized mild to roam over the weekend, holiday or vacation at sea. Dive with professional instructors and their children learn more about nature in a few days they think they have learned in years within schools ... Encourage environmental education and respect even when</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adelheid Adelliam10:01 AM+2</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Obrigado!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">+Sara Priscila </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Suas palavras são poderosas, bonito e totalmente inspirador. Tenho a honra de conhecê-lo e abençoado que vocês estão aqui como parte da família SSCS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">+Sara Priscila </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your words are powerful, beautiful, and totally inspiring. I am honored to know you and blessed that you are here as part of the SSCS family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you +Olaf Janssen for allowing me to understand. :) *</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sara Priscila</b>12:02 PM+2</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eu que me sinto agraciada pelo Criador por me permitir conhecer o trabalho mais que maravilhoso da Sea Shepherd. Mais que piratas, cada voluntário da Sea Shepherd é um anjo de guerra que luta pela vida, pelo respeito, pela justiça e sinto que fui contemplada com a amizade de vocês. Sou Sea Shepherd na alma, no espírito, no DNA... Só depende de nós que nossos "inimigos" de hoje podem se tornar nossos aliados amanhã!!! Nós que temos a consciência ambiental devidamente fundamentada e as ideias revolucionárias é que devemos apresentá-las à eles ao invés de esperar que eles se comovam com nossa luta. Oque na realidade os move é o dinheiro para sustentar suas famílias, precisamos adaptar nosso combate ao que nos trará resultado efetivo. Se eles precisam do dinheiro e nós temos as ideias, vamos unir nossas forças por um bem maior: salvar os oceanos conscientizando e também salvando famílias de milênios de anos de tradições equivocadas e que mesmo adotando práticas erradas na tentativa de alcançar mais lucros ainda assim vivem em situação de miséria ou pobreza. Se mudarmos a forma de pensar a economia desde as pequenas vilas de pescadores, mudaremos o conceito de uso dos oceanos e com maior número de cidadãos conscientes ao nosso lado poderemos abalar o mundo e reescrever nossas leis e fazer a fiscalização acontecer de fato, não para os que se vendem para a injustiça mas as nações poderão pressionar o Japão e quem for necessário para que as futuras gerações conheçam a natureza fora da tela de um computador ou de livros antigos com histórias contadas por um povo que não reagiu à extinção do planeta. É nossa responsabilidade mudar a linha de raciocínio deles e não somente combatê-los e, mudar o jeito de pensar deles é muito mais difícil e árduo para nós que para eles, porém os resultados valerão mais que os confrontos. Necessitamos e podemos fazer a diferença e vamos fazê-la porque somos abençoados e munidos de uma arma que nem todos sabem utilizar: nossa capacidade de criar saídas onde não há e nossa coragem que mesmo em momentos de terror nos alerta para não desistirmos de lutar pela única coisa que vale à pena: dignidade e amor pela vida!!! Sem oceanos nós não somos nada... Obrigada por existirem e me estimularem a manter a cabeça erguida mesmo em momentos de tristeza em que parece que a esperança nos abandonou. Vocês são meus amados companheiros de causa e fé e luta constante. Podemos não estar precisamente do jeito que queremos mas haveremos de conquistar além de tudo que sonhamos se nunca esmorecermos. A Sea Shepherd é o coração dos oceanos que bate através de cada um de nós... A Sea Shepherd não pode esperar que governos nos apoiem. Precisamos sair da nossa zona de conforto. Deveriamos estar palestrando dentro das escolas das crianças, nas tribos indígenas, nos quilombos, nas universidades... Lá estão nossas gerações de guerreiros que atuarão juntamente conosco em todos os lugares deste mundo sem fronteiras. Chegou a vez dos voluntários também baterem nas portas das creches, das escolinhas de surf, nas alas infanto-juvenis de hospitais, das ongs que "se dizem" protetoras da natureza... Vamos sacudir a sociedade atual e cobrar de quem se diz protetor da natureza que se faça a parte que lhes cabe. Hoje, não podemos só cobrar a fiscalização das entidades responsáveis, nós somos os fiscais!!! Cada um armado com sua câmera no celular ou profissional, com seu blog, com seu perfil de protesto, com seus encontros nas ruas, nos meios de transporte...enfim... só depende de nós!!! Eu amo todos vocês, família Sea Shepherd!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Olaf Janssen12:24 PM+1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>That I feel honored by the Creator for allowing me to know the work that most wonderful of Sea Shepherd. More than pirates, each volunteer Sea Shepherd is an angel of war who struggle for life, respect, justice and feel that I have been awarded your friendship. Sea Shepherd'm the soul, the spirit, the DNA ... It's up to us who our "enemies" today can become our allies tomorrow!! We have reasoned environmental awareness and revolutionary ideas is that we should present them to them rather than expecting them to be moved by our struggle. What did actually moves them is the money to support their families, we need to adapt our fight we will bring effective results. If they need the money and we have ideas, let us unite our forces for the greater good: save the oceans and also saving families aware of millennia of years of traditions and misleading that even adopting wrong practices in an attempt to achieve more profits still live in extreme poverty or poverty. If we change the way we think the economy from small fishing villages, we will change the concept of use of the oceans and large number of concerned citizens on our side we can shake the world and rewrite our laws and exercise oversight actually happen, not for those who sell to the injustice but nations could push Japan and who needed so that future generations know the nature off the screen of a computer or old books with stories told by people who did not react to the extinction of the planet. It is our responsibility to change the line of thinking of them and not just fight them and change the way of thinking of them is much more difficult and arduous for us than for them, but the results will be worth more than the clashes. We need and we can make a difference and we do it because we are blessed and having a weapon that not everyone knows to use: our ability to create solutions where there and our courage that even in times of terror alerts us to not give up the fight for only thing worth it: dignity and love for life!! No oceans we are nothing ... Thanks for stimulating me there and keep your head up even in moments of sadness when it seems that hope has abandoned us. You are my beloved companions of cause and faith and constant struggle. We may not be exactly the way we want but we will conquer beyond anything ever dreamed up esmorecermos. Sea Shepherd is the heart of the oceans hitting through each one of us ... The Sea Shepherd can not expect governments to support us. We need to get out of our comfort zone. We should be lecturing in schools of children in indigenous tribes, the runaway slave, universities ... There are generations of our warriors who will work together with us everywhere this borderless world. Came the turn of the volunteers also knocking on the doors of kindergartens, schools for the surf, in the wards of hospitals for children and teenagers, the NGOs who "say" protective nature ... Let's shake up the company's current and charge who is said protector of nature that make their fair share. Today, we can not only charge the supervision of the responsible entities, we are the tax!! Each armed with his camera on mobile or professional blog, with your profile protest, with their encounters on the streets, in transport ... finally ... only depends on us! I love you all, family Sea Shepherd!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Olaf Janssen12:25 PM+1</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">obrigado por essas palavras fortes e maravilhoso +Sara Priscila :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adelheid Adelliam12:33 PM+1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh. +Sara Priscila Eu nunca li nada na minha vida que me fez chorar como suas palavras fizeram. Estou honrado de estar a sua família em Sea Shepherd. xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adelheid Adelliam1:51 PM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Posso postar esse incrível escrita de vocês neste blog, http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com para que as pessoas possam lê-lo e venha se juntar a nossa família em Sea Shepherd? Sua escrita me trouxe lágrimas de esperança, orgulho, gratidão e alegria Sara. Obrigado, Heidi +Sara Priscila </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sara Priscila2:36 PM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Claro!!! Devemos disseminar nossa filosofia e incentivar as novas e velhas gerações a começarem a fazer o que é certo desde já... Abração!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure! We spread our philosophy and encourage new and old generations to start doing the right thing already ... Abrasive!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dam Guardian Campaign - Call to Action for the Sea Lions of the Columbia River! Please call M-F between 9-5 PST:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oregon Governor Kitzhaber 503-378-4582</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Washington Governor Inslee #360-902-4111</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tell them that killing sea lions won't save salmon!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians/columbia-river-sea-lion-kill.html</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dam Guardians report "Hope", Sea Lion #781 finally gets assessment, but no intervention.</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/26/dam-guardians-report-hope-sea-lion-781-finally-gets-assessment-but-no-intervention-1498"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/26/dam-guardians-report-hope-sea-lion-781-finally-gets-assessment-but-no-intervention-1498</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please help the Dam Guardians by taking the actions listed below.</span><br />
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<b>EMAIL. FAX. CALL. TWEET. PETITION. </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">TELL Everyone who will listen!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These photos are going to break your heart. Count on it.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine what it does to the sweet pea Sea lion who was simply trying to eat his lunch?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How about what it does to our SSCS Dam Guardians, and Aaron Hall to be our witness to this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could be that strong. I am not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The BEST thing we all can to do is to follow @DamGuardians .</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They are right there, no second hand news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They recommend that we champion a Sea lion.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians/champion-a-sea-lion.html"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.seashepherd.org/dam-guardians/champion-a-sea-lion.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We need to ramp up the action effort here folks. <b>WE NEED YOUR HELP!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Updated Friday April 26~2013</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Astoria - No Help for Hope</b>: We would like thank all of the caring people around the world who have been calling various state and federal agencies asking that someone with authority to do so, come and check on Hope. A biologist from Portland State University did come out this afternoon to assess this wounded sea lion, but offered no intervention. Oregon has no facilities to treat an animal such as this. It is our understanding that in the event that Hope dies, a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. That is all the state of Oregon has to offer for Hope at this time. Meanwhile, as the biologist was on-site, the ODFW worker was nearby scaring the other sea lions off of the docks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Current federal and state laws permit the branding, harassing and lethal removal of sea lions for eating fish, but do not provide care for injured sea lions like Hope. Something is very fishy in Oregon. <b>Please contact Governor Kitzhaber and NOAA. Tell them it is time to move away from bad policies and to give a damn about the sea lions of the Columbia River. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">State Capitol Building</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">900 Court Street</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salem, OR 97301</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">phone: (503) 378-4582</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Internet: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber">https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">phone: 301-427-8400</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/23/sea-shepherd-dam-guardians-report-sea-lion-in-severe-distress-at-port-of-astoria-1497"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2013/04/23/sea-shepherd-dam-guardians-report-sea-lion-in-severe-distress-at-port-of-astoria-1497</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below courtesy Fins And Flukes</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">URGENT CALL TO ACTION! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We need your daily actions to end the cruel and unjust Sea Lion cull at Bonneville Dam. We must apply constant pressure on Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and Washington Governor Jay Inslee in hopes that they will end the suffering, cruelty and death of the innocent Sea Lions. Please use hashtag #DamTweet on all correspondence and be sure to follow your Dam Guardians on Twitter, SSCS Dam Guardians @DamGuardians. Please feel free to copy and paste tweets to send to them and please Re-Tweet the Dam Gaurdians. Thank you in advance for your much needed help!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please also fax, email and call the Governors offices. There is no limit on actions that you may take. Please invite your friends and share this event. Together we can end this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WHO TO CONTACT AND HOW TO REACH THEM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">State Capitol Building</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">900 Court Street</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salem, OR 97301</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">phone: (503) 378-4582</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fax: (503) 378-6827</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Internet: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber">https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">twitter: @govkitz</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Washington Governor Jay Inslee</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">phone: (360) 902-4111</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fax: 360-753-4110</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Internet: <a href="http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/">http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov?ref=ts&fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov?ref=ts&fref=ts</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">EMAIL. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sample email from Danette:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Borrow, steal, edit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's a good write!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm very concerned about the less than humane way the sealions at Astoria are being treated. Hazing and harassing is one thing, but to shoot at, and then leave to suffer...that's far beyond the call of conservation and safe-guarding of the precious salmon of the Columbia River.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Please take some time to consider the plight of for instance "Hope" a sealion currently suffering from gunshots, bleeding on the shore of the river!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I urge you to help this animal, and to re-consider how you go about saving salmons for the enjoyment of the public. Nature usually very well manages to balance itself, without interference like this. Or is it perhaps another agenda behind this? To extinguish any competition for the precious salmon?..</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yeah I know I'm public, but I can't be bothered... help please?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Still, I hereby request that assistance is forwarded to the fitting instances so this sealion "Hope" and others like him will not need to suffer needlessly like this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Than you for your time, and with the hope of a swift and positive action to follow.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Contact form to submit to Governor John Kitzhaber</span><br />
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/RequestAssistance.aspx</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TWEET.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may also follow Governor John Kitzhaber on Twitter at @GovKitz</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I do. And I talk to him via tweet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not very polite though, and I don't set a decent precedent for diplomacy. At all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you do care to tweet to him, Steve Jack has compiled a list of tweets for #DamTweet storms here:</span><br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sealioncampaign/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://sites.google.com/site/sealioncampaign/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rock The #DamTweet for Sea Lions</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sample Tweets-</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SEA LIONS BRANDED WITH HOT IRONS The crime? Eating Fish! Tweet @GovKitz & @JayInslee Tell them to stop it! #DamTweet pic.twitter.com/rxjAHfzZRE</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">STOP #hazing sea lions in #Astoria NOW !!! @GovKitz @govInslee have you no #compassion? #DamTweet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@GovKitz @GovInslee PLEASE SHARE THE RIVER WITH THE SEA LIONS! There are better options than #Killing #DamTweet @DamGuardians #sealions</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@GovKitz @jayinslee There's no excuse for animal abuse! Save the #SeaLions at #BonnevilleDam! You can stop this! #DamTweet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@govkitz Branding Sea Lions for doing what they do naturally is a disgusting case of animal cruelty. #DamTweet #YouShouldBeAshamed</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DFW employee Matt Tennis https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539960852693793&set=a.510751328948079.107668.507053622651183&type=1&theater … burning the flesh of#sealions #DamTweet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rock The #DamTweet for Sea Lions! Event to help them on FB! Plz join!https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/?notif_t=plan_user_joined …</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#Oregon @GovKitz grants clemency to #murderers but not 2 #California sea lions who eat #Salmon #WTH #DamTweet @DamGuardians @SeaShepherd</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@DamGuardians @seashepherd branded, bleeding & burnt #California sea lions brought 2 you courtesy of @GovKitz & our #Taxpayer $$$ #DamTweet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plz support #DamTweet & Sea Shepherd @DamGuardians as they fight to protect Sea Lions being tortured & killed in USA</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@GovKitz STOP THE TORTURE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR STATE! #DAMTWEET</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@JayInslee STOP THE TORTURE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR STATE! #damtweet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plz support #DamTweet & @SeaShepherd @DamGuardians as they fight to protect Sea Lions being tortured & killed in USA !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">@govkitz Branding Sea Lions for doing what they do naturally is a disgusting case of animal cruelty. #DamTweet #YouShouldBeAshamed</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">FAX.</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.facebook.com/events/619998414681442/620443061303644/?comment_id=626119637402653&notif_t=like</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sample Letter to fax both Governor John Kitzhaber (Oregon) Fax# 5033786827 and Governor Jay Inslee (Washington) Fax# 3607534110.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am contacting you to take immediate action to stop the hazing, branding, and death of Sea Lions. I strongly urge you to find alternative and humane solutions to save the endangered salmon and halt the lethal removal of California Sea Lions at the Bonneville Dam. Thank you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Name</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">City, State</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Country</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.freefaxbutton.com/free_fax_machine.php</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Two free faxes per day)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Courtesy Fins and Flukes</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FinsAndFluke"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.facebook.com/FinsAndFluke</span></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">PETITION</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Petition to STOP Hazing, Branding and Killing Columbia River Sea Lions</span><br />
<a href="http://signon.org/sign/stop-hazing-branding"><span style="font-size: large;">http://signon.org/sign/stop-hazing-branding</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PETITION: U.S. District Judge Boasberg: #Oregon — Stop Killing Sea Lions <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/871/540/062/oregon-stop-killing-sea-lions/">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/871/540/062/oregon-stop-killing-sea-lions/</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">BACKGROUND</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.idausa.org/saving-oregons-sea-lions/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.idausa.org/saving-oregons-sea-lions/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This news was from March 5, 2010 so you can see how long this has been going on.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-52902191005642699002013-04-19T09:27:00.002-06:002013-07-14T13:55:03.358-06:00Blowing Up Tanzanian Dolphins for Sharkbait. Actions to take if you disagree.<br />
April 18 at 7:45pm until July 1 at 10:45pm in EDT<br />
Thank you to @Adriaticdawn<br />
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ON-LINE ALL OVER THE WORLD<br />
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PLEASE TAKE THESE 3 IMPORTANT STEPS TO INFORM JAKAYA KIKWETE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THAT KILLING DOLPHINS AND SHARKS FOR SHARK FIN SOUP IS BARBARIC AND MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY:<br />
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► 1. SIGN & SHARE WIDELY THIS PETITION: <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/701/204/671/tanzania-stop-dynamiting-dolphins-and-using-them-as-shark-bait">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/701/204/671/tanzania-stop-dynamiting-dolphins-and-using-them-as-shark-bait</a><br />
► 2. SEND HIM TWEETS: <a href="https://twitter.com/jmkikwete">https://twitter.com/jmkikwete</a> @jmkikwete<br />
► 3. COMMENT ON HIS FB PAGE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kikwete">https://www.facebook.com/Kikwete</a>, please keep in mind that you need to COMMENT on a post that is ALREADY THERE, since his page doesn't allow posts by others.<br />
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YOU ALSO CONTACT THE MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT:<br />
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Website:<a href="http://www.mifugo.go.tz/about_us/contacts.php"> http://www.mifugo.go.tz/about_us/contacts.php</a><br />
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Address:<br />
Permanent Secretary<br />
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development<br />
PO BOX 9152<br />
Dar es Salaam<br />
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Telephone: 2861910<br />
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Fax: 2861908<br />
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Email : ps-mlfd@mifugo.go.tz<br />
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In Tanzania, Africa, dynamite fisherman have been blowing up dolphins and using them as bait in the profitable shark-fin trade in the Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park. The dolphins are protected in the marine park and also protected under the country’s fisheries regulations.<br />
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The Tanga region marine park is located on the northern coastline of Tanzania. It has an important regional coral reef ecosystem, and is also important habitat for other endangered species such as the dugong, sea turtles and migratory birds.<br />
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Tell Tanzania to stop the destructive dynamite fishing. Besides exposing tourists to this barbaric and cruel fishing method, it is very destructive to the entire ecosystem. Furthermore, hunting sharks for their fins should be banned as many shark species are approaching extinction. Stop this gruesome and destructive practice.<br />
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LINKS:<br />
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Tanzania Government To Fishermen: 'Stop Catching Dolphins, It Upsets The Tourists' <a href="http://www.gadling.com/2013/04/18/tanzania-government-to-fishermen-stop-catching-dolphins-it-up">http://www.gadling.com/2013/04/18/tanzania-government-to-fishermen-stop-catching-dolphins-it-up</a><br />
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Tourism fears as dolphins blown up <a href="http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/tourism-fears-as-dolphins-blown-up">http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/tourism-fears-as-dolphins-blown-up</a><br />
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Tanzania: Dolphin Hunting in Pangani Worries Tourism Stakeholders <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201304150052.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201304150052.html</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-21617493773167105672013-03-26T21:46:00.002-06:002013-03-27T08:32:48.326-06:00France: Grant political asylum to Captain Paul Watson<br />
Disclaimer: This is translated from French to English via Google Translate<br />
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<b>France: Grant political asylum to Captain Paul Watson</b><br />
Petition Link for Avaaz<br />
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Pour_que_la_France_acceuille_Paul_WATSON/">http://www.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Pour_que_la_France_acceuille_Paul_WATSON/</a><br />
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PAUL WATSON, Founder and President of the international NGO advocacy oceans SEA SHEPHERD (Sea Shepherd) is now on the verge of losing his freedom, his life can be.<br />
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Honorary citizen of the French town of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat and designated by Times Magazine as one of the twenty greatest heroes of the twentieth century environmentalists, activist Paul Watson is invested in defending the oceans for over 40 years. In his fight for the oceans, he has attracted powerful enemies at the highest state level.<br />
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Paul Watson was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany on May 13, following an arrest warrant issued by Costa Rica for offenses dating back to 2002. Watson was then interrupted operation of illegal shark fin in the waters of Guatemala (cruel practice that involves cutting the fins of sharks and their bodies reject dying at sea). Watson then patrolled mandated Guatemala. The previous year, poachers Costa Ricans implicated in this operation were charged with illegal fishing of sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, World Heritage Site of Humanity and declared World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO in 2009. During this operation, Paul Watson did not hurt anyone and any damaged equipment. It is nevertheless pursued by Costa Rica, ten years after the fact, for "endangering the lives of others" even though two successive Costa Rican judges had not made a place at the time of the facts. Paul Watson is particularly subject to a red notice issued by Interpol after refused entry in a first time, finally bent to the will of Costa Rica, acting itself as a "subcontractor" Japan.<br />
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Because beyond the Costa Rican case, Paul Watson was particularly angered Japan-third-largest economy for its repeated interventions for 8 years against the Japanese whaling (hunting violates the international moratorium on whaling in force since 1986) in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary. In 2010, Wikileaks revealed in the press that secret negotiations between the Japanese Prime Minister and the U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton sought to deny Sea Shepherd charitable status of his order to weaken financially. In these cables, Japan, Sea Shepherd made directly responsible for the poor performance of its whaling and tens of millions of dollars in losses that ensue. (In 2011 alone, 172 whales were killed in the Antarctic on a quota of more than 1000).<br />
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In October 2011, the date of issuance of the arrest warrant against Costa Rican Paul Watson, Japan intentait parallel action against Sea Shepherd American Court Justice to ban the NGO interventions in the whale sanctuary Antarctica. In March 2012, U.S. judge ruled in favor of Sea Shepherd in dismissing the complaint Japanese.<br />
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Subsequently, an arrest warrant was issued by Japan for imaginary crimes allegedly committed during the 2010 campaign by Sea Shepherd Antarctic.<br />
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Arrest warrants from the Costa Rica (and Japan) are based on highly questionable procedures whose political aim is not to doubt.<br />
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Now hunted by the mafia shark fins by the Japanese government and its ally the State of Costa Rica, Watson became the "environmentalist" hit. It is a symbol, for example, continued. 700 While environmental activists have been murdered in the past decade.1, Captain Paul Watson reduce to silence, is to send a very clear message of threat to all ecological resistance movements struggling painfully to save what we remaining biodiversity.<br />
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At a time when the United Nations announced the establishment of the initiative "Ocean Compact 'meant more effective protection effective Oceans, do not let one of their strongest supporters be delivered to the powerful lobbies that destroy impunity marine biodiversity, thereby jeopardizing our future and that of our children.<br />
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Already in 1992, Cousteau was trying to warn us: "The oceans are dying before our eyes ...". Twenty years later, this vast ocean remains lawless zone in which crimes unpunished and where to play yet, out of sight of all, the future of humanity.<br />
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Because beyond the struggle for survival of marine animals, the battle of Paul Watson is no doubt one of the greatest humanitarian causes worldwide. If the oceans die, we all die, it is obvious that we can not escape, this is the one.<br />
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Today, let's not look away.<br />
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We, the undersigned, ask that France, home to the historic tour and Ocean country of Human Rights, agrees to give political asylum to Captain Paul Watson, one of the largest environmental heroes of our time.<br />
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.<br />
site: www.seashepherd.fr<br />
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PAUL WATSON, Fondateur et Président de l’ONG internationale de défense des océans SEA SHEPHERD (Berger de la mer) est actuellement en passe de perdre sa liberté, peut être sa vie.<br />
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PAUL WATSON, Fondateur et Président de l’ONG internationale de défense des océans SEA SHEPHERD (Berger de la mer) est actuellement en passe de perdre sa liberté, peut être sa vie.<br />
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Citoyen d’honneur de la ville française de Saint Jean Cap Ferrat et désigné par Times Magazine comme l’un des vingt plus grands héros écologistes du XXème siècle, Paul Watson est un activiste investi dans la défense des océans depuis plus de 40 ans. Dans son combat pour les océans, il s’est attiré de puissants ennemis, au plus haut niveau des Etats.<br />
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Paul Watson a été arrêté à Francfort, en Allemagne le 13 mai dernier, suite à un mandat d’arrêt émis par le Costa Rica pour des faits remontant à 2002. Watson avait alors interrompu une opération de pêche illégale aux ailerons de requins dans les eaux du Guatemala (pratique cruelle qui consiste à découper les ailerons de requins et rejeter leurs corps agonisants à la mer). Watson patrouillait alors sous mandat Guatémaltèque. L’année précédente, les braconniers Costa Ricains mis en cause lors de cette opération avaient été inculpés pour pêche illégale au requin dans la Réserve Marine des Galápagos, classée Patrimoine Mondial de l’Humanité et déclarée Patrimoine en péril par l’Unesco en 2009. Lors de cette opération, Paul Watson n’a blessé personne et n’a endommagé aucun matériel. Il est néanmoins poursuivi par le Costa Rica, dix ans après les faits, pour « mise en danger de la vie d’autrui » alors même que deux juges Costa Ricains successifs avaient déjà prononcé un non lieu à l’époque des faits. Paul Watson fait notamment l’objet d’une notice rouge émise par Interpol qui après l’avoir refusé son inscription dans un premier temps, s’est finalement plié à la volonté du Costa Rica, pays agissant lui même comme « sous-traitant » du Japon.<br />
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Car par delà le cas Costa Ricain, Paul Watson s’est surtout attiré les foudres du Japon- troisième puissance économique mondiale- pour ses interventions répétées depuis 8 ans contre la chasse baleinière Japonaise (chasse qui viole le moratoire international sur la chasse baleinière en vigueur depuis 1986) dans le sanctuaire baleinier de l’Antarctique. En 2010, Wikileaks révélait dans la presse que des négociations secrètes entre le premier Ministre Japonais et la secrétaire d’Etat américain, Hilary Clinton visaient à priver Sea Shepherd de son statut caritatif afin de l’affaiblir financièrement. Dans ces cables, le Japon, rendait Sea Shepherd directement responsable du faible rendement de sa chasse baleinière et des dizaines de millions de dollars de pertes qui s’ensuivent. (Pour la seule année 2011, 172 baleines furent tuées en Antarctique sur un quota fixé à plus de 1000).<br />
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En octobre 2011, date de l’émission du mandat d’arrêt Costa Ricain contre Paul Watson, le Japon intentait en parallèle une action contre Sea Shepherd devant la Cour Américaine de Justice pour faire interdire les interventions de l’ONG pour la dans sanctuaire baleinier de l’Antarctique. En mars 2012, le juge américain statua en faveur de Sea Shepherd en rejetant la plainte japonaise.<br />
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Par la suite, un mandat d’arrêt aurait été délivré par le Japon visant des infractions imaginaires qui auraient été commises à l’occasion de la campagne 2010 de Sea Shepherd en Antarctique.<br />
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Les mandats d’arrêt issus par le Costa Rica (et par le Japon) reposent sur des procédures hautement contestables dont la finalité politique ne fait pas de doute.<br />
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Aujourd’hui traqué par la mafia des ailerons de requins, par l’Etat japonais et son allié l’Etat du Costa Rica, Paul Watson est devenu « l’écologiste à abattre ». C’est un symbole, poursuivi pour l’exemple. Alors que 700 militants écologistes ont été assassinés au cours de la dernière décennie1, réduire le Capitaine Paul Watson au silence, c’est envoyer un message de menace très clair à tous les mouvements de résistance écologiste qui luttent péniblement pour sauver ce qu’il nous reste de biodiversité.<br />
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A l’heure où les Nations Unies annoncent la mise en place de l’initiative « Ocean Compact », censée rendre plus efficace la protection effective des Océans, ne laissons pas l’un de leur plus fervents défenseurs être livré aux puissants lobbys qui détruisent impunément la biodiversité marine, mettant ainsi en péril notre avenir et celui de nos enfants.<br />
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Déjà en 1992, le Commandant Cousteau tentait de nous alerter : « Les Océans sont en train de mourir sous nos yeux… ». Vingt ans plus tard, l’océan demeure cette vaste zone de non droit dans laquelle les crimes restent impunis et où se joue pourtant, loin des regards de tous, l’avenir de l’humanité.<br />
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Car par delà la lutte pour la survie des animaux marins, le combat de Paul Watson est à n’en point douter l’une des plus grandes causes humanitaires au monde. Si les océans meurent, nous mourrons tous, s’il est une évidence à laquelle nous ne pourrons échapper, c’est celle là.<br />
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Aujourd’hui, cessons de détourner le regard.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-63329110335661708312013-03-21T14:16:00.000-06:002013-04-24T14:58:10.756-06:00<b>From Captain Paul Watson:</b><br />
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<b>"To be a Conservation Activist, one must be prepared to say things some people do not wish to hear, to do things many people do not like to see being done, and to provoke controversies many people would rather remain ignorant of. An Activist is like an acupuncture needle poking about for a reaction in an attempt to cure a problem. To do this we need to rock the boat, we need to get people's attention. We need to harness imagination and passion with courage and practicality. In truth I really don't care what people think of me. I represent my clients and their interests and my clients are whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, turtles, birds and fish. Not people."</b><br />
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<i>Thank you to AdriaticDawn for sharing the words of Captain Paul Watson in this graphic work by Tom O'Brien</i><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555161711172112&set=a.100829143272040.1705.100000348641195&type=1">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555161711172112&set=a.100829143272040.1705.100000348641195&type=1</a><br />
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<b>The White House Government Petition to lift the Interpol Red Notice</b><br />
<b>for Captain Paul Watson. </b><br />
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Why did this petition not reach it's fulfillment goal of 100,000 signatures?<br />
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This issue still has me shaking my head, and based on recent conversations with a few<br />
wonderful folks on Twitter, I'm not alone with my confusion.<br />
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SSCS had stated flat out that they don't usually work through petitions, so that in and of itself<br />
implies that they are asking for some help from their supporters, us, and not merely suggesting that it <i>might</i> be a good idea to sign these petitions, if we could remember to, if we could get around to it sometime.<br />
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From what I can see on Captain Paul Watson's Facebook page, there are .........."likes", and<br />
over on the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society Facebook page, there are......."likes".<br />
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That support was not visible when time came to sign this petition as far as I could see. When SO many "die hard" supporters would not sign and circulate that one action that would have had an impact, how are we going to rally 5 times that many folks to sign another one that is floating around?<br />
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Rumor has it many SSCS supporters were reticent to register their name or have their IP address logged at the White House petition site.<br />
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Come on folks, that was the flimsiest excuse I can think of, and it just doesn't hold water.<br />
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What, do we think for a moment that the USA government doesn't already have our IP address?<br />
Heck, any savvy techie could probably figure out how to find it in minutes.<br />
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The White House Government petition site is cumbersome.<br />
I had to ask for my password to go through 3 times, but it finally did, and then it took 30 seconds tops<br />
to register my name.<br />
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Even SSCS issued an action that would enable supporters to register their name and address, in the<br />
event that they had encountered difficulty accessing the WH GOV petition site, and their would be counted as being signed.<br />
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We are supposed to be supporting a global network of folks, our SSCS heroes, who literally<br />
not only <i>risk</i> being rammed by a ship many times the size the size of the vessel they are on, they<br />
<i>do</i> and<i> did</i> get rammed.<br />
We're not speculating about the possibility, it already happened and it has been well documented on film.<br />
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All you have to do is visit youtube, punch in Sea Shepherd + Nisshan Maru and see the videos for yourself.<br />
Again, and again, and again.<br />
From many angles.<br />
Take your pick.<br />
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So, my frustration stems from the fact that the discomfort level of having to register a name and an email with the White House Government petition site appears to be greater than the discomfort of living on a ship at sea, being rammed by bigger ships at sea, in order to make sure that justice is done for the Cetacean clients.<br />
<br />
How did we not ponder what the ramifications of arrest and extradition for are for the man who would have benefitted from the action that drove that petition?<br />
<br />
Namely at lot of days in a prison cell, probably not a very comfy one at that.<br />
And that would be the best case scenario.<br />
<br />
Good thing that it appears to be that we all have plenty of time now to ponder what could have been, had the armchair been less of burden.<br />
<br />
The only comfort here is that Captain Paul Watson and SSCS are too darned smart and have been burned too many times to walk into a trap. They are under no obligation to inform you and I about their plans, and yet when they did, and asked for a very small token of support ~ a name and an email address on a petition site ~ we indisputably let them down.<br />
<br />
I realize that this is probably the end of the line for quite a few of my "social media relationships"<br />
that have developed during Operation Zero Tolerance.<br />
<br />
That's just fine, nothing I can or am willing to do about it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Disclaimer.<br />
<br />
This one is mine.<br />
Adelheid16<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-33319616123072693292013-03-07T19:25:00.003-07:002013-03-15T20:25:52.653-06:00 Please tell Australia not to send Captain Paul Watson to JapanMarch 8, 2013<br />
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<b>Hello Sea Shepherd Folks!</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Here are email samples to send to Australian Government officials to support Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson, </b><b>urging them not to surrender Captain Paul Watson to the Japanese officials who have been </b><b>planning to meet Sea Shepherd upon their arrival in Australia.</b><br />
<b>Please note that the email text extends beyond the signature & date line to include news & links to document the details pertaining to our request.</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Please use these samples and if you decide to edit, polite speech will best reflect the fact that </b><br />
<b>Sea Shepherd </b><b>operates on policy of not advocating racism, causing personal injury or falsifying facts. </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>In addition to saving our Whales, Dolphins, Sharks and Seals, that's why we love them.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<i>Thank you @AlysonHypnotik1 for Australian government contact info and news sharing @blubdha for editing ~format~research @foreveroceans for news sharing~editing @OrcaSOS @SaveMisty for news sharing</i><br />
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<b>Email to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard:</b><br />
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Email form to Julia Gillard<br />
<a href="http://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm">http://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm</a><br />
<br />
Fax (03) 9741 6213<br />
<a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83L">http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83L</a><br />
<br />
Greetings Prime Minister Gillard,<br />
<br />
I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Prime Minister to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.<br />
<br />
Captain Paul Watson has protected the internationally established Southern Ocean Sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.<br />
<br />
I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.<br />
<br />
During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.<br />
<br />
I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.<br />
<br />
While I understand that there are differences of opinion and points of view held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.<br />
<br />
Please find documentation and news with links below, regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.<br />
<br />
I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.<br />
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
<i>*Please add date of your email, thank you!</i><br />
<br />
Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..<br />
<br />
<a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html">http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html</a><br />
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"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.<br />
<br />
Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).<br />
<br />
The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.” In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."<br />
<br />
February 17, 2013<br />
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500">http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500</a><br />
<br />
Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:<br />
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary<br />
<br />
International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
<br />
Australian Whale Sanctuary<br />
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.<br />
<br />
Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html</a><br />
<br />
SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY<br />
<a href="http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary">http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary</a><br />
<br />
Australian legal action toward Japan:<br />
The Hague Justice Portal<br />
<br />
Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011<br />
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter">http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter</a><br />
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<b>Email to the Honorable Tony Burke MP :</b><br />
<br />
Paste email in web contact form here:<br />
<a href="http://www.tonyburke.com.au/get-in-touch/">http://www.tonyburke.com.au/get-in-touch/</a><br />
<br />
Or email directly here:<br />
<a href="http://tony.burke.mp@environment.gov.au./">tony.burke.mp@environment.gov.au.</a><br />
<br />
Greetings Honorable Tony Burke MP,<br />
<br />
I am writing you today, to urge you to use the power of your position as Australia's Member for Watson Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities to intervene on behalf of Sea Shepherd Australia and quash any action by The Australian Federal Police at the behest of the Japanese government to apprehend Captain Paul Watson.<br />
<br />
Captain Paul Watson has protected internationally established whale sanctuary from the ICR, who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.<br />
<br />
I feel that Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd have provided protection for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where whaling is illegal.<br />
<br />
During the recent much publicized events between the Sun Laurel, Nisshun Maru, and SS vessels, it has been documented that the fueler ship Sun Laurel was leaking fuel into the Ocean.<br />
<br />
I have to wonder who would assume responsibility for the very costly clean up of such a spill in the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary where the act of refueling is illegal.<br />
<br />
Please find documentation and news below with links regarding the recent events occurring in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary involving the ICR Japan and Sea Shepherd Australia.<br />
<br />
You have been quoted on record that you find the act of whaling to be disgusting.<br />
<br />
Tony Burke, Australia's environment minister, has called the Japanese whale hunt a "disgusting operation." Japan's fisheries minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, complains that Australian criticism represents "a cultural attack, a kind of prejudice against Japanese culture". Source:<br />
<br />
28 February 2013 Last updated at 19:44 ET<br />
Politics at play in Sea Shepherd-Japan whaling wars<br />
By Nick Bryant<br />
Sydney correspondent<br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740</a><br />
<br />
While I understand that there are differences of opinion held by the Japanese Government, the Australian Government, and Sea Shepherd, the bottom line is that Sea Shepherd has in fact upheld current laws pertaining to illegal whaling and illegal refueling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which resides in Australian territory, hence falling under Australian judicial jurisdiction.<br />
<br />
I thank you in advance for exhibiting leadership pertaining to this situation.<br />
I will applaud you for leaving a legacy of stewardship for the environment of Australia, and setting the standard for other world leaders to follow.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
<i>*Please add date of your email, thank you!</i><br />
<br />
Japan whale poachers spill oil during illegal refueling operation …..<br />
<a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html">http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/02/japan-whale-poachers-spill-oil-during-illegal-refueling-operation-the-time-has-come-for-the-australian-government-to-intervene-and-put-a-stop-to-this-insanity-2461908.html</a><br />
<br />
"On the 17th of February at approximately 4:00 pm AEDT the Sam Simon recorded an audio transmission between the Captain and Bosun of the Sun Laurel - the Japanese whaling fleet's refuelling vessel. In this recording, the Captain of the Sun Laurel refers to the oil spill that the Sam Simon had documented and collected samples of hours earlier. The Sun Laurel Captain informed his Bosun to take care covering refuelling hoses, and that if oil dropped into the water there would be a “big problem”, as the Sam Simon had caught the Sun Laurel leaking fuel into the wake behind them earlier that morning.<br />
<br />
Sea Shepherd Australia believes this transmission is further proof of an oil spill by the Sun Laurel in Antarctica's pristine waters, and has reported the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).<br />
<br />
The Sun Laurel is in direct violation of international law. Marpol Regulation 15 Subpart B, Discharge in Special Areas Point 4 states: “In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.” In addition, The Sun Laurel has failed to issue a statement on their spill to AMSA, which puts them in breach of MARPOL'S Pollution Incident Reporting Regulations. Marpol 73/78 is the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, to which all sea-going vessels are bound."<br />
<br />
February 17, 2013<br />
Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill Confirmed<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500">http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/17/japanese-whaling-fleet-oil-tanker-spill-confirmed-1500</a><br />
<br />
Audio recording of oil spill confirmation:<br />
Sea Shepherd-Intercepted Radio Transmission Confirms Japanese Whaling Fleet Oil Tanker Spill<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
…………………………………………………………………………<br />
Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary<br />
<br />
International Protection of Whales ~ International Whaling Commission<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
<br />
Australian Whale Sanctuary<br />
Within Australia, all Commonwealth waters are part of the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, it is illegal to kill, injure or interfere with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Australian waters.<br />
<br />
Whale Conservation ~ Australian Whale Sanctuary<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html</a><br />
<br />
SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY<br />
<a href="http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary">http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary</a><br />
<br />
Australian legal action toward Japan:<br />
The Hague Justice Portal<br />
<br />
Australia takes Whaling case against Japan to the International Court of Justice 09 May 2011<br />
The Australian government files a written submission at the ICJ, calling for an end to Japan's Antarctic whaling program on the grounds that it breaches the international ban on commercial whaling.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter">http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter</a><br />
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<b>Here you'll find the background story leading to our request to support Captain Paul Watson.</b><br />
<b>March 8, 2013</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Germany Drops Sea Shepherd warrant</span></b><br />
<b><i>"Watson, though, says he will remain at sea and continue his seven-month exile unless the Australian government backs its anti-whaling stance by guaranteeing he won't be sent to Japan."</i></b><br />
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<i>Published: 7:23PM Friday March 08, 2013 Source: AAP</i></div>
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<a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/germany-drops-sea-shepherd-warrant-5363854">http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/germany-drops-sea-shepherd-warrant-5363854</a><br />
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<i>Thank you to:</i><br />
<i>Save Misty the Dolphin @SaveMisty</i><br />
<br />
<b>March 7, 2013</b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin/posts/518421814862627">https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin/posts/518421814862627</a><br />
<br />
<i>Thank you to:</i><br />
<i>Save Misty the Dolphin </i><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Update from Paul Watson:</b><br />
<br />
Adverse weather has put an end to the whaling season. The whalers returned South more for show than practicality. Monitoring the weather and it is joyfully stormy. The Sea Shepherd ships have just enough fuel to reach Melbourne and should arrive in 12 days. This has been the most successful campaign undertaken and Sea Shepherd Australia has done an incredible job of coordinating it. A very courageous job by the three crews of the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Sam Simon. The Australian Federal Police are expected to raid the ships but they do that every year because Japan asks them to. Not sure why Australia never asks the police to raid the Japanese vessels. Sea Shepherd always cooperates with the authorities. Japan never does. They can destroy a boat and get away with it without having to answer questions while Sea Shepherd is expected to justify saving endangered whales in an internationally established whale sanctuary from whalers who are in contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.<br />
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<b>Police Await Ships</b><br />
<i>by Michelle Pain</i><br />
<br />
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.<br />
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<a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter</a><br />
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<b><i>In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.</i></b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199">https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199</a><br />
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<i><b>Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!</b></i><br />
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<i>Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1</i><br />
<a href="http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament">http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Julia Gillard @JuliaGillard<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Tony Burke @Tony_Burke <a href="http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke">http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke</a><br />
Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities<br />
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<i><b>Tweet to Australian Government Officials and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help </b><b>those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.</b></i><br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be</a> …<br />
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.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html</a> …<br />
@SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary<br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights<br />
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.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html</a> …<br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!<br />
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.@Tony_Burke Please see what #SeaShepherd's presence in your #SO #Whale #Sanctuary means 4 your #Ocean!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5tpkx3PLE&feature=youtu.be</a> …<br />
<br />
.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html</a> …<br />
@SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary<br />
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.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html</a> …<br />
<br />
.@Tony_Burke Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
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@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS<br />
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@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling<br />
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<b><i>Also, some very relevant PETITIONS to sign:</i></b><br />
<br />
<b>*** United Nations: Propose the OCEAN PROTECTION RESOLUTION ACT for a General Assembly vote</b><br />
<i>by Rogerio Mariani</i><br />
<i>Séte, France</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.change.org/fr/p%C3%A9titions/united-nations-propose-the-ocean-protection-resolution-act-for-a-general-assembly-vote?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=25749937">http://www.change.org/fr/pétitions/united-nations-propose-the-ocean-protection-resolution-act-for-a-general-assembly-vote?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=25749937</a></div>
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<b>*Petitioning Interpol</b><br />
<b>Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON</b><br />
<i>Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France</i><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition">http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<b>* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists</b><br />
<i>by Bruce Berry</i><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists">http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists</a><br />
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<b>* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications</b><br />
<i>by Stephen Hambrik</i><br />
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-2247091295998672582013-03-06T21:09:00.003-07:002013-03-06T21:19:15.932-07:00Support Sea Shepherd! Brigitte Bardot Wish list ~ SSCA<br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/support-us/brigitte-bardot-wish-list.html">http://www.seashepherd.org.au/support-us/brigitte-bardot-wish-list.html</a><br />
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<b>Brigitte Bardot Wish list updated March 2013</b><br />
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Brigitte Bardot Supplies Needed<br />
This list is a priority donation list of supplies needed on the Brigitte Bardot. Donating supplies enables our crew to keep working and helps ensure our ship will be ready to protect marine wildlife worldwide!<br />
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The main and most urgent request is for fresh fruit and veg, soy or other non-dairy milks, tinned<br />
tomatoes, baked beans and spreads (PEANUT BUTTER)<br />
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Fresh produce<br />
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Bunnings vouchers<br />
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Woolworths/coles vouchers<br />
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Eco friendly (grey water friendly) dish washing liquid<br />
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Eco friendly laundry detergent (liquid)<br />
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Garbage bags<br />
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Soy and other non dairy milks<br />
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Toilet paper<br />
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Eco friendly bathroom cleaner/all purpose surface cleaner spray<br />
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Vegan Cereals (Weet bix, corn-flakes, bran etc)<br />
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Loaves of bread<br />
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Chux cleaning cloths, sponges etc<br />
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Canned goods (baked beans, tomatoes, tinned veggies etc)<br />
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Tea & coffee<br />
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Sugar<br />
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Spreads (Peanut butter, Vegemite, Jams etc)<br />
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Rice<br />
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20 inch LCD flat screen TV<br />
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Please contact anna@seashepherd.org.au with any enquiries and please send donations to:<br />
Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown 3016<br />
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Thank you very much for your support!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-57553941481049561392013-03-06T18:42:00.002-07:002013-03-06T18:43:32.338-07:00Great read about the Cove in Taiji, Japan by David Kirby<b>This Year's "Cove" Slaughter is Almost Over, but the Death Toll is Steep</b><br />
<i>by David Kirby March 4, 2013 via TakePart</i><br />
<a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/04/taiji-2013">http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/04/taiji-2013</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-64877155924269725932013-03-04T13:40:00.001-07:002013-03-04T13:42:25.875-07:00Whale Sanctuary & Australian Whale Sanctuary & International Protection of Whales<b>Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary</b><br />
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition<br />
<a href="http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary">http://www.asoc.org/issues-and-advocacy/antarctic-wildlife-conservation/southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary</a><br />
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<b>Protecting the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary: Development of a Management Plan</b><br />
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition ~ ASOC<br />
PDF format below:<br />
<a href="http://www.asoc.org/storage/documents/Meetings/CCAMLR/XXVII/ASOC_IP_Whale_Sanctuary_Management_Plan092208.pdf">http://www.asoc.org/storage/documents/Meetings/CCAMLR/XXVII/ASOC_IP_Whale_Sanctuary_Management_Plan092208.pdf</a><br />
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<b>Australian Whale Sanctuaries</b><br />
<b>Whale Conservation</b><br />
Australian Government ~ Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and<br />
Communities<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/conservation/sanctuary.html</a><br />
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<b>Whale Sanctuaries</b><br />
<b>International Protection of Whales</b><br />
International Whaling Commission<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#sanctuaries">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#sanctuaries</a><br />
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<b>International Protection of Whales</b><br />
International Whaling Commission IWC<br />
Legal Action ~ May ~ 31 ~ 2010<br />
<a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#legal">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#legal</a><br />
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<b>Australia takes Whaling Case against Japan to the International Court of Justice</b><br />
The Hague Justice Portal ~ May ~ 9 ~ 2011<br />
<a href="http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter">http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=12589#.UTParz-RWco.twitter</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-26282974768579400742013-03-03T11:07:00.000-07:002013-03-03T22:44:28.633-07:00 Captain Paul Watson Rocks & Sea Shepherd News<b>"Sea Shepherd Stood Fast for our Clients"</b><br />
<i>by Captain Paul Watson</i><br />
<i>March 4, 2013</i><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson?group_id=0">https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson?group_id=0</a><br />
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<b>Police Await Sea Shepherd ships as Watson slams critics</b><br />
<i>by Elizabeth Batt</i><br />
<i>Digital Journal </i><br />
<i>March 3, 2013</i><br />
<a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344734#">http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344734#</a><br />
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<b>BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd ~ Japan Whaling Wars</b><br />
<i>by Nick Bryant</i><br />
<i>Sydney Correspondant</i><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740</a><br />
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<b>Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ships force Japanese whalers to withdraw from Antarctic waters</b><br />
<i>By: Russell Piffer News reporter </i><br />
<i>Published on Sat Mar 02 2013</i><br />
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/02/antiwhaling_ships_chase_off_japanese_ship_in_antarctica_farley_mowat.html">http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/02/antiwhaling_ships_chase_off_japanese_ship_in_antarctica_farley_mowat.html</a><br />
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<b>Op-Ed: Sea Shepherd '80 percent sure' whaling season 'may be over'</b><br />
<i>by Elizabeth Batt</i><br />
<i>Digital Journal</i><br />
<i>March 1, 2013</i><br />
<a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344601">http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344601</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-12802511657500983022013-03-02T13:28:00.002-07:002013-03-07T14:49:03.290-07:00Let's Support Sea Shepherd with Action March 2~2013<b>These folks are supposed to be watching out for the welfare of our Whales.</b><br />
<b>Please contact them and tell them that allowing the Japanese Whaling Industry <i>or</i></b><br />
<b><i><a href="http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html">The Institute of Cetacean Research</a>, if you prefer,</i> to continue to slaughter whales in</b><br />
<b>the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is really not acceptable. </b><br />
<b>At all. </b><br />
<b>It's illegal, as </b><b>a matter of fact.</b><br />
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<b>International Whaling Commission</b><br />
<a href="http://iwc.int/home">http://iwc.int/home</a><br />
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The main contacts for the IWC Secretariat<br />
Postal Address:<br />
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The International Whaling Commission<br />
The Red House,<br />
135 Station Road,<br />
Impington,<br />
Cambridge,<br />
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 876<br />
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<b>Email:</b><br />
for general enquiries: secretariat@iwc.int<br />
for editorial correspondence: iwcjournal@iwc.int<br />
for comments on this website: webmaster@iwc.int<br />
<a href="http://iwc.int/contacts">http://iwc.int/contacts</a><br />
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<b><br /></b>
<b>BBC News ~ Politics at play in Sea Shepherd Japan Whaling Wars</b><br />
<i>by Nick Bryant</i><br />
<i>Sydney Correspondant</i><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21612740</a><br />
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<b>Sea Shepherd ships set to be raided by Australian Federal Police</b><br />
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<i>by: Michelle Paine</i><br />
<i>From: The Mercury</i><br />
<i>March 03, 2013 10:51AM</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherd-fleet-set-to-be-raided-by-australian-federal-police/story-fncynkc6-1226589262705">http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sea-shepherd-fleet-set-to-be-raided-by-australian-federal-police/story-fncynkc6-1226589262705</a><br />
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<b>In response to The Australian Federal Police who are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australia, please voice your support for Captain Paul Watson.</b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199">https://www.facebook.com/alyson.walshfernandez/posts/464559230264199</a><i><br /></i><br />
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<b>Folks! Contact the people holding office in Australia and tell them that you expect them to show leadership and respect for Sea Shepherd for protecting the Australian Ocean from an oil spill disaster and decimation of the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the hands of the ICR!</b><br />
<b>Thank you to@AlysonHypnotik1</b><br />
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<a href="http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament">http://australia.gov.au/directories/contact-parliament</a><br />
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<b>Police Await Ships </b><br />
<i>by Michelle Pain</i><br />
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AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are expected to raid the Sea Shepherd ships on their return to Australian waters after clashes in the Southern Ocean.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/03/373666_todays-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter</a><br />
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<b>Tweet to these folks and ask them to please step up to the plate, and take action to help</b><br />
<b>those who are really defending their Southern Oceans : Sea Shepherd.</b><br />
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<br />
.@JuliaGillard Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html%20%E2%80%A6">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …</a><br />
@SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary<br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please be an example to other World leaders and respect #SeaShepherd for defending your #Ocean Sanctuary +#Cetacean rights<br />
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.@JuliaGillard It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html%20%E2%80%A6">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …</a><br />
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.@JuliaGillard Please support #SeaShepherd They defended your Oceans from risk of #Oilspill by #Whale Poachers! #Australia lead please!<br />
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<b>Julia Gillard <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" href="https://twitter.com/JuliaGillard" style="background-color: white; color: #268787; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none !important;"><s style="color: #7cb7b7; text-decoration: none;">@</s>JuliaGillard</a></b><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia"><b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia</b></a><br />
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.@Tony_Burke Southern Ocean Research Partnership ~ Remember This? <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html%20%E2%80%A6">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …</a><br />
@SeaShepherd_Aus Does! #StopWhaling #Sanctuary<br />
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.@Tony_Burke It is illegal 2 kill, injure or interfere w/ cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in AU waters. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html%20%E2%80%A6">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html …</a><br />
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.@Tony_Burke Please remember this and respect #SeaShepherd! They have abided by your #Ocean Sanctuary rights. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega">http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/international/iwc.html#lega</a><br />
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@Tony_Burke Please support #SeaShepherd. They have been saving your Southern Oceans from illegal #Whale Poachers and high risk of #OILSPILLS<br />
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@Tony_Burke Please show #SeaShepherd the respect they have earned by defending your #Ocean #Sanctuary from #OILSPILL risk +illegal #Whaling<br />
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<b>Tony Burke @Tony_Burke <a href="http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke">http://twitter.com/Tony_Burke</a></b><br />
<b>Member for Watson in the Australian Parliament Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities</b><br />
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<b>*Petitioning Interpol </b><br />
<b>Interpol: SUPPRESS THE RED NOTICE ISSUED FOR PAUL WATSON</b><br />
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<i>Petition by Rogerio Mariani : Séte, France</i><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition">http://www.change.org/petitions/interpol-suppress-the-red-notice-issued-for-paul-watson?utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition</a><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">* Petition the President of the USA, the Congress and the Senate: To Stop Treating Sea Shepherd as Terrorists</b><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">by Bruce Berry</i><br />
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists" style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-senate-and-congress-to-stop-treating-sea-shepherd-as-terrorists</a><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">* Impose Ecomonic Sanctions against Japanese Government: Enforce Pelly Amendment Certifications</b><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">by Stephen Hambrik</i><br />
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/" style="background-color: white; color: #254e79; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/889/195/257/impose-economic-sanctions-against-japanenforce-pelly-amendment-certifications/</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-54156045023821728172013-03-01T11:35:00.003-07:002013-03-06T21:18:06.837-07:00Thank you Sea Shepherd Australia!<br />
March 1, 2013<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sea Shepherd Australia Escorts the Japanese Whaling Fleet Out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary</span><br />
POSITION AT MARCH 1ST AT 1858 HOURS AEDT 59°59’ SOUTH AND 60° 32’ EAST<br />
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Commentary By Paul Watson - Observer<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/czdrmp6">http://tinyurl.com/czdrmp6</a></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-68255079340838193602013-02-28T11:06:00.001-07:002013-03-06T21:24:19.816-07:00SeaShepherd and The Institute of Cetacean ResearchHello Cetacean Activist Folks!<br />
<br />
This is redundant information for many of you, my apologies.<br />
However, there is a fair amount of news coverage lately concerning these folks:<br />
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<b>SSCS ~ Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</b><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/">http://www.seashepherd.org</a><br />
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<b>Sea Shepherd Conservation Australia</b><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/">http://www.seashepherd.org.au</a><br />
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<b>Captain Paul Watson</b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson">https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson</a><br />
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<b>The Institute of Cetacean Research ( ICR )</b><br />
<a href="http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html">http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html</a><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b>The ICR conducts the practice of whale slaughter, however it is referred to as <i>Scientific Research</i>. Japan's Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-will-never-stop-whaling-minister-20130226-2f4jt.html" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/UJjdKfEW4j" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-will-never-stop-whaling-minister-20130226-2f4jt.html"><span class="invisible" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none;">http://www.</span></a>does not deny that the whale meat is consumed,</b> </span><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-will-never-stop-whaling-minister-20130226-2f4jt.html">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-will-never-stop-whaling-minister-20130226-2f4jt.html</a> <span style="color: #073763;"><b>so the ICR <i>could</i> indeed also be referred to as the Japanese Whaling Industry (sort of? maybe?) But the Whaling Industry is Illegal, so the<i> legal </i>pseudonym they prefer to be known by is ICR</b></span><br />
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<b>How "The Institute of Cetacean Research" views those opposing the Whale slaughters</b><br />
<a href="http://www.icrwhale.org/gpandsea.html">http://www.icrwhale.org/gpandsea.html</a><br />
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<b>The United States Courts of the 9th Circuit</b><br />
<a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=0000000655">http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/view.php?pk_id=0000000655</a><br />
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<b>The United States Courts of the 9th Circuit Opinion:</b><br />
<a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/02/25/1235266.pdf">http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/02/25/1235266.pdf</a><br />
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I promise to update as often as humanly possible, but the links above will take you to the<br />
sources. Stay tuned, there will be more. We can count on that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-56310945442554622412013-02-24T21:14:00.001-07:002013-02-26T15:12:55.188-07:00Email NOAA about SeaWorld Dolphin Permit<br />
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Below is a sample email to use and/or edit to question and voice opposition to Sea World's application for permit to import a female Pacific white-sided dolphin from Japan to Sea World, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.</div>
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Although this situation may indeed cause you to see red, if you chose to edit, please remember to be polite, as we need the opportunity to be heard.</div>
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Please submit your comments and suggestions via Email: NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov</div>
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Via Fax: (301) 713-0376</div>
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For additional information or if you have more questions, please contact either Jennifer Skidmore or Kristy Beard: (301)427-8401</div>
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Hello!</div>
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It has recently come to my attention that you are considering granting a permit to import one female, captive-born Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) for the purposes of public display.</div>
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While I understand that it has been claimed that said female Pacific white-sided dolphin was born in captivity, and not captured from the wild, as in the case of dolphin imports from the Cove in Taiji, Japan, there are still factors to consider that are not in the best interest of the dolphin you propose to import. But we should begin here:</div>
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1. Do you have possession of and have you made available to the public the certified birth records of the Pacific white-sided dolphin to verify that she was indeed captive born?</div>
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If you cannot provide irrefutable substantiation that the Pacific white-sided dolphin was captive bred, then we, the public, will presume that she was indeed wild captured, most likely in a drive hunt that has been established as being cruel and inhumane, that point of view being held not only by Cetacean advocacy groups, by also by the International Marine Animal Trainers Associaton ( IMATA )</div>
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Also, if you cannot provide this substantiation of proof to captivity bred, we are led to assume that this transport will entail an unlawful importation into the United States and will be in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.</div>
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I ask that you regard and adhere to the The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), enacted on October 21, 1972, where is stated that all marine mammals are protected under the MMPA.</div>
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http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa/</div>
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2. How do you plan to transport said Pacific white-sided dolphin?</div>
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Given that she currently resides in a Japanese aquarium, that would entail either air cargo or ship cargo.</div>
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If she is to be transported via air cargo, who is the airline that will be transferring the Pacific white-sided dolphin for import?</div>
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3. What are the physical and psychological ramifications of removing said Pacific white-sided dolphin from the company of cetaceans she currently resides with?</div>
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4. What will the ramifications be for the Pacific white-sided dolphin upon introduction to a new environment?</div>
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5. Will she be in direct contact with other cetaceans, or will she be isolated in a tank or pool with no other cetacean contact?</div>
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6. If she is to be in direct contact with other cetaceans, can you guarantee that this new forced arrangement will cause no physical harm to the Pacific white-sided dolphin or to the companion cetaceans?</div>
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7. Is there a risk of conflict that will result in injury to any of the above cetaceans due to aggressive behavior that might escalate due to the introduction of the new Pacific white-sided dolphin?</div>
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8. Have you provided the public adequate time to review this permit application and submit their comments? This came to my attention on February 24th, 2013, and I understand the deadline for comment submission to be March 6, 2103. However, we must consider that this deadline does not allow time for you to provide a response to the questions raised here.</div>
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We ask that you make your responses available to the public and provide adequate time for their reply.</div>
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We respectfully request that you make available a public hearing before you proceed with granting the permit for transfer of the female Pacific white-sided dolphin from Kamogawa SeaWorld 1404-18 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan to Sea World San Antonio, 10500 SeaWorld Drive, San Antonio, TX 78251.</div>
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.</div>
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I respectfully await your timely response.</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Cove Blue for Jiyo ~ Mo Brock</div>
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<a href="http://coveblueforjiyu.com/">http://coveblueforjiyu.com</a></div>
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Federal Register, Volume 78, Number 23, Monday, February 24, 2013</div>
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<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-04/html/2013-02235.htm">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-04/html/2013-02235.htm</a></div>
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Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)</div>
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<a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa/">http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa/</a></div>
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NOAA Protected Resources Glossary</div>
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<a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/glossary.htm#strategic">http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/glossary.htm#strategic</a></div>
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Below are additional speaking points:</div>
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1. Transport of any cetacean, whether they are captive born or wild caught causes physical stress on said cetacean.</div>
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2. Depletion of breeding stock in the wild. Again, if we return to the situation in Taiji, Japan, we can see that a decimation of dolphin population by either capture for import, or slaughter for consumption will indeed cause a dangerous drop in breeding stock, thus pushing this cetacean species into the zone of endangered species at best, teetering on the edge of extinction, or extinct at worst.</div>
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3. Perpetuates the general public acceptance that dolphin capture for public display or entertainment purposes does not cause harm to the individual cetaceans who are imported, or to the pod family that has been disrupted by the removal of said cetacean.</div>
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The removal of even one cetacean has been proven to cause distress to the remaining pod. The slaughter of pod members not chosen for captivity causes distress to any remaining pod members. Those not captured, but released back into the wild, have seriously diminished chances of survival due to psychological and possible physical injuries occurring during the capture.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415862090823982351.post-66617251479846209792013-02-23T17:48:00.003-07:002013-07-01T16:15:57.744-06:00Newest Stuff<div style="font-size: 16px;">
<b>The Institute of Cetacean Research</b><br />
<a href="http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html">http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html</a><br />
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February 21, 2013 06:02<br />
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Japanese turn against whaling</b></div>
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<i>by Justin McCurry via @Blubdha</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/130214/whaling-whalemeat-japanese-food">http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/130214/whaling-whalemeat-japanese-food</a></span></div>
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This was <i>supposed</i> to happen:</div>
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HSI'S LEGAL BATTLE FOR WHALES</b></div>
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<i>Humane Society International Australia</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hsi.org.au/?catID=85">http://www.hsi.org.au/?catID=85</a></span></div>
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This <i>is</i> what happened:</div>
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February 16, 2013</div>
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<b>Sea Shepherd Australia Shuts Down Illegal Japanese Whale Poaching Operations</b></div>
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<i>ALL POACHING OPERATIONS BY THE JAPANESE WHALING FLEET HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN AS OF 0800 HOURS AEDT THIS MORNING.</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/16/sea-shepherd-australia-shuts-down-illegal-japanese-whale-poaching-operations-1496#.UR_HU9GnBD4.twitter">http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/16/sea-shepherd-australia-shuts-down-illegal-japanese-whale-poaching-operations-1496#.UR_HU9GnBD4.twitter</a></span></div>
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</b>FEBRUARY 15, 2013</div>
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<b>Sea Shepherd Ship Bob Barker is On the Slipway of the Nisshin Maru</b></div>
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<i>by TRI</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://rewilding.org/rewildit/2614/sea-shepherd-ship-bob-barker-is-on-the-slipway-of-the-nisshin-maru/">http://rewilding.org/rewildit/2614/sea-shepherd-ship-bob-barker-is-on-the-slipway-of-the-nisshin-maru/</a></span></div>
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<b><br />
Vote Rigging In CITES?</b></div>
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Secret Ballots allow for corruption</div>
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<i>January 9, 2013</i></div>
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<i>Commentary by Gary Stokes, Sea Shepherd Hong Kong</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2013/01/09/vote-rigging-in-cites-593">http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2013/01/09/vote-rigging-in-cites-593</a></span></div>
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<b><br />
Sea Shepherd takes battle to top US court</b></div>
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<i>From: AAP February 12, 2013 9:39AM</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/sea-shepherd-takes-battle-to-top-us-court/story-fn3dxix6-1226575863804">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/sea-shepherd-takes-battle-to-top-us-court/story-fn3dxix6-1226575863804</a></span></div>
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<i>February 7, 2013</i></div>
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<b>Sea Shepherd Severs Fuel Supply to the Whaling Fleet</b></div>
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<i>SSS SAM SIMON INTERCEPTS THE WHALER’S REFUELLING TANKER, THE SUN LAURE</i>L</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/07/sea-shepherd-severs-fuel-supply-to-the-whaling-fleet-1489#.URPIfXdQvdF.twitter">http://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-media/2013/02/07/sea-shepherd-severs-fuel-supply-to-the-whaling-fleet-1489#.URPIfXdQvdF.twitter</a></span></div>
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<b><br />
Could Kidnapping a Baby Dolphin End the Slaughter at ‘The Cove’?</b></div>
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Australian wildlife experts use an infant cetacean's cries to lure a pod away from shore—should the same technique be used in Taiji?</div>
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<i>By David Kirby February 5, 2013</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/02/05/ending-the-cove-dolphin-slaughter">http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/02/05/ending-the-cove-dolphin-slaughter</a></span></div>
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Sample letter to write in protest of continued dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan</b></div>
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After Seeing The Cove</div>
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<i>by Oceanic Preservation Society</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://opsociety.org/what-you-can-do/after-seeing-the-cove">http://opsociety.org/what-you-can-do/after-seeing-the-cove</a></span></div>
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<b>The Cove Movie website</b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/_blog/Blog">http://www.thecovemovie.com/_blog/Blog</a></span></div>
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</b></span><b>DOLPHIN HUNTING IN JAPAN: TAIJI, THE COVE, DOLPHIN ACTIVISTS</b></div>
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Facts and Details</div>
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<i>by Jeff Hays</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=1811&catid=26&subcatid=164">http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=1811&catid=26&subcatid=164</a></span></div>
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Younger generations of Japanese are speaking out against whaling</b></div>
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Interviews included</div>
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<i>by Elizabeth Batt</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/340003">http://digitaljournal.com/article/340003</a></span></div>
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</b></span><b>Op-Ed: Best achievements in cetacean animal activism 2012</b></div>
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<i>by Elizabeth Batt</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339242">http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339242</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b></span><b>FINAL 2012 TAIJI REPORT</b></div>
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December 27, 2012 by Ric O'Barry, Earth Island Institute</div>
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<b><i>By Yoav Ben-Shushan</i></b></div>
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<i>Cove Monitor</i></div>
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<i>Save Japan Dolphins</i></div>
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<i>Earth Island Institute</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/final-2012-taiji-report#.UN2-aCMcgRc.twitter">http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/final-2012-taiji-report#.UN2-aCMcgRc.twitter</a></span></div>
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<b>Cove Guardian "Call to Action" Page on Facebook:</b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=416223498445758">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=416223498445758</a></span></div>
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<b>Sample email for use with the Cove Guardian "Call to Action"</b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com/p/call-write.html">http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com/p/call-write.html</a></span></div>
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<b>Official Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Facebook Page:</b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage">https://www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage</a></span></div>
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<i>The following does represent our personal point of view concerning ending the Taiji cetacean hunts by peaceful means. Please place your support and your praise with Save Japan Dolphins and Sea Shepherd. These powerful advocacy groups do not condone violence or racial hatred.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #195394;"><i><br />
</i></span><b>The Weight of a Snowflake </b></div>
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"Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a coalmouse asked a wild dove. </div>
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"Nothing more than nothing," the dove answered. </div>
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"In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the coalmouse said. "I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a raging blizzard. No, just like in a dream, without any violence at all. Since I didn't have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,471,952. When the next snowflake dropped onto the branch--nothing more than nothing -- as you say -- the branch broke off."</div>
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Having said that, the coalmouse ran away. </div>
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The dove, since Noah's time an authority on peace, thought about the story for a while. Finally, she said to herself, "Perhaps there is only one person's voice lacking for peace to come to the world."</div>
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- Source unknown</div>
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February 11, 2013</div>
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<b>Why I do not support a boycott of Japan</b></div>
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Taiji Dolphin Slaughter</div>
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<i>by Sandy McElhaney</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/why-i-do-not-support-a-boycott-of-japan">http://www.examiner.com/article/why-i-do-not-support-a-boycott-of-japan</a></span></div>
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<b><br />
Dolphin Activist Ric O’Barry: Boycotting Japan Is ‘Racist’</b></div>
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<i>‘Cove’ star sounds off on the Solomon Islands slaughter, a Spanish dolphin named Marcos, rereleasing wild-caught orcas—and more.</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/12/10/dolphin-activist-ric-obarry-boycotting-japan-racist#.UNzBQg70Fd8.twitter">http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/12/10/dolphin-activist-ric-obarry-boycotting-japan-racist#.UNzBQg70Fd8.twitter</a></span></div>
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<b>Why Boycotting Japan is a Bad Idea</b></div>
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<i>An article by Ric O'Barry</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan"><b>http://dolphinproject.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan</b></a></span></div>
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<b>Regarding a boycott on Japan....</b></div>
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<i>An article by Lotus</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ourgreenandblueplanet.blogspot.ca/2012/09/regarding-boycott-on-japan.html">http://ourgreenandblueplanet.blogspot.ca/2012/09/regarding-boycott-on-japan.html</a></span></div>
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<b>Taiji and dolphins: would boycotting Japan solve anything?</b></div>
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<i>An article by Charlie Moores</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/taiji-dolphins-boycotting-japan-solve-anything/">http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/taiji-dolphins-boycotting-japan-solve-anything/</a></span></div>
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<b>Eloquent, Intelligent, Spot On!</b></div>
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<i>Article explaining the effectiveness of the peaceful activist solution for Taiji dolphin hunt</i></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/japan-love-your-dolphins/">http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/japan-love-your-dolphins/</a></span></div>
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<b>They are The Cove Guardians</b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/"><b>http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/</b></a></span></div>
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<b>A great guide to help you put your thoughts into action:</b></div>
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<span style="color: #3102ee; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8"><b><i>http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8</i></b></a></span><b><i> -From the Climate & Energy Project</i></b></div>
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More good stuff!</i></div>
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<b><i>Lots of good info here - Thank you Mo - we're lucky to have you on our side! </i></b></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://coveblueforjiyu.com/"><b>http://coveblueforjiyu.com</b></a></span></div>
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<b>A great guide to help you put your thoughts into action:</b></div>
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<span style="color: #3102ee; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8"><b><i>http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8</i></b></a></span><b><i> -From the Climate & Energy Project</i></b></div>
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