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Help protect deep water coral from North Carolina to Florida from destructive fishing methods including trawls, bottom longlines and dredges.  This collection of deepwater coral is believed to be one of the largest deep reef ecosystems in the world!

Bottom trawls can move 18-ton rocks and pulverize everything in its path, including deep sea corals. Help preserve these unique cold-water reefs, which include hundreds of pinnacles up to 500 feet tall. They are America's answer to the Great Barrier Reef.

Please write to the government, before we lose our amazing deep water coral reefs to destructive fishing gear »

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Dear friend.Please sign this petition for the sharks if you agree with it.Have a beautiful saturday Hugs Claudia*For the Oceans*

http://www.care2.com/news/member/228611102?sort=submitted

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Please Sign If You Care About Sharks
Environment  (tags: Sharks, petition )

Claudia
- 2 minutes ago - europeansharkweek.org

High Time To Turn The Tide For Sharks

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http://www.europeansharkweek.org/petition09/default.asp?page=sign&lang=12

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Tell Supervalu to STOP SELLING SHARKS!"

Send this to others you may know that care about this cause.

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https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?&page=UserAction&id=953&JServSessionIdr011=oda9ql4av2.app20b

We are at a critical time right now for Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead. We desperately need a change in federal policy in order to protect endangered salmon and the communities and jobs that depend upon them.

Please ask for leadership from the Obama Administration to convene a stakeholder negotiation process to resolve the conflict in the Columbia-Snake River basin -- to restore wild salmon and steelhead to healthy fishable populations, to create jobs, keep communities prosperous, and promote a clean energy economy.

Please fill in your information, personalize the message below, and send it to Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

Take action here https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?&page=UserAction&id=953&JServSessionIdr011=oda9ql4av2.app20b

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petition: Stop the Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji, Japan

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/724210624

     

Help Save Japan's Dolphins - The Petition Site

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both signed my friend...

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My friends,i've already sent out a news alert about the Dutch Government wants to ban the Dutch flag of Sea Shepherd Society vessels.Please consider signing my petition.Thanks for the support dear friends. *For the Oceans* Hugs Claudia

Just click on the picture below to go to the petition and forward !

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signed your last two.... thanks again for all your posts...

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Denmark

A proposal before the IWC this year would allow Greenland, a protectorate of Denmark, to begin killing humpback whales. Humpback whales have not been hunted industrially since the mid-1960s, and their populations have not fully recovered from centuries of whaling. Allowing them to be killed again could open up the door to extinction for this majestic species.

Tell the Prime Minister and Queen of Denmark that they should not allow Greenland to begin killing humpback whales.

Switzerland

Switzerland once disapproved of whaling because of the cruelty involved -- there is no humane way to kill an animal so large. But this country now says that it believes commercial whaling should be allowed, as long as it is regulated. Whaling is still as inhumane as ever and, with the additional threats that whales face, such as climate change, food depletion, ship collisions, and entanglement in fishing gear, there is simply no justification for subjecting them to suffering and death at the hands -- and harpoons -- of whalers.

Tell the President of the Swiss Confederation to remember why Switzerland was against whaling in the first place--it is cruel and unnecessary.

Please show your support for whales by telling Denmark and Switzerland not to sanction whaling at this year’s IWC meeting!

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Hi everyone,

Please go look at this petition regarding dolphin slaughter and if you feel as passionate about this issue as I do, please sign so that I can send this to Broome for their attention.

Thank you all in advance,

here is the link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Stop-the-dolphin-slaughter-in-Taiji

Cheers, Doris 

Just to explain - the city of Broome is a sister city to the city of Taiji.

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petition: Stop Iceland's Whale Hunting

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/4308267

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Robert Read (groupowner of SEA SHEPHERD & OCEAN SENTRY SUPPORTERS) has set up a petition against eBay,that they allow on their website the selling of sharkproducts.We all know that sharks are in much trouble allready.This petition also will represent the selling of any wild animal products on eBay.Please consider signing this petition and forward to all your friends.I know this is a petition that will be delivered to it's target !!! Lets show eBay what we are worth ! Hugs Claudia *For the Oceans*

Petition :

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ebay---stop-selling-shark-products 

Info : eBay My World - gemcentre SELLS STUFFED SHARKS, jaws and teeth.

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Gem-Centre.
Under e-bay rules, this barbaric trade is allowed to continue.

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Please consider signing this petition Against Whale Sharks in Captivity ! Hugs Claudia *For the Oceans*

http://www.whalesharkpetition.com/ 

Resorts World at Sentosa wants to import whale sharks for the attraction and entertainment of visitors. Whale sharks are vulnerable to extinction and have never done well in captivity. They can grow as large as two city buses, migrate thousands of kilometers in the wild, and live up to a hundred years. It is just plain cruel to keep them in glass cages.

Whale sharks have never fared well in captivity. Two whale sharks died within five months of each other at the Georgia Aquarium.

Write to the Minister of National Development, the Singapore Tourism Board and
Resorts World at Sentosa before this tragedy happens on our shores.

Click here to read Resorts World at Sentosa's reply.

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PETITION : Protect Our Oceans, Coastal Communities and Consumers
Environment  (tags: oceans, fish farms )

Claudia
- ago - action.foodandwaterwatch.org

A plan to open up our federal waters to industrial ocean fish farms came from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.Take action now to stop reckless development of ocean fish farms in U.S. waters.

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A proposal to allow ocean fish farming - the mass production of fish in often overcrowded huge floating net pens or cages out in ocean waters - starting in the Gulf of Mexico, could put coastal communities, the environment and consumers at risk.  We have the chance to stop this, but if we don't speak up now, this new industry could become a reality as soon as this summer.

The first regional plan to allow industrial ocean fish farms came from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council -  a federal advisory body that helps make rules about fishing. This January, the Gulf Council , which has a number of aquaculturists and people interested in aquaculture on it, finalized a plan to allow ocean fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico. This sets the stage for other councils nationwide to do the same if the plan is approved.

Some major problems with ocean fish farming:

• The cages allow fish waste and chemicals to flush straight into the open ocean.
• Fish farms can introduce escaped fish to the wild that behave differently from and compete with and spread disease to wild fish populations. 
• Fishmeal and oil - made from smaller, wild fish species - are used to feed farmed carnivorous fish.  Increasing fish farming to an industrial level could increase demand for fishmeal and oil - in turn, decreasing the food available for wild fish populations, marine mammals and seabirds.  In some cases, it takes up to six pounds of wild fish in feed to produce just one pound of farmed fish.

Congress has been protecting us from widespread development of ocean fish farming by rejecting several bills proposed in recent years allowing the industry access to our ocean waters. This Gulf plan is a backdoor way to get around Congress' decision. Luckily, there is a new leader at NOAA - Dr. Jane Lubchenco - who is known for basing decisions on sound science.

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Sign Petition For the Sharks !!!
Environment  (tags: oceans, sharks, shark angels, sea shepherd )

Claudia
- ago - removethenets.com

Please sign this petition for the sharks !!!

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Remove the Nets: Join the Shark Angels' Campaign Against Shark Nets!
Environment  (tags: oceans, sharks, sharknets, sharkangels, sea shepherd )

Claudia
- 4 minutes ago - seashepherd.org

Shark nets are an unnecessary and outdated practice designed to address an issue that could easily be tackled in a non-lethal way, and they blemish South Africa's image as a world leader in conservation.

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http://www.care2.com/news/member/365355783/1142672

Please follow link to the petition.Sign and forward !

Thankssss

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/palau-must-not-open-its-waters-to-commercial-shark-fishing  

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"Stop the Slaughter of Risso's Dolphins in Feroe Island"  

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I will probably not sleep tonight, knowing what tomorrow could bring.

We are only a few hours away from learning the outcome of one of the greatest efforts the ProtectSeals team -- together with you -- has ever undertaken. And there is still time to help.

I need your help to ensure that every elected representative walks into tomorrow's meeting with one focus: passing a strong ban that will stop the cruelty and save the seals. Please, whether this is your first action on behalf of seals or your tenth, stand with us one more time and do the following right now:

1) Sign our petition, and ask everyone you know to sign, too. Remember, the winner of our contest to recruit petition-signers will join me in Canada next spring to visit the seal pups!

2) Write to your Members of the European Parliament. Make it clear that their constituents are counting on them!

3) Send a message to your Environment Minister. Preserving wildlife -- including seals -- is their responsibility!

https://community.hsus.org/ct/g12ej-E1XE1U/takeaction

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Save the Whales
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/21/save-the-whales

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One week left: The seals' fate is in YOUR hands,sign again !!!

http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=105&ea.campaign.id=2662

One week. In just one week, European Union decision-makers will vote on a proposal that could mark the greatest milestone yet in our campaign to end cruel commercial seal slaughter in Canada and around the world.

Next week, the European Parliament will decide whether or not to ban EU trade in seal products. Tell your government you support the ban.

After months of working toward this moment, after the heartbreak of witnessing this year's seal slaughter in Canada, we have reached the final stretch in our fight to close European markets to this traffic in animal cruelty. By reducing demand, we can drive down the price for seal skins even further and leave the sealers no reason to kill seals.

The lives of millions of innocent seal pups will be saved.

TAKE ACTION

Now is the time for Europeans to act. You have the power to make this ban happen. Animal advocates across the globe are waiting and watching, each holding their breath, hoping against hope. It is up to you to help ensure that EU officials vote for a total ban when the time comes. We need you, as constituents of these decision-makers, to let your leaders know how the people feel on this issue.

There are three simple steps you can take today to help save the seals:

1) Keep spreading the word! More than 200,000 individuals have already signed our petition to pass a total ban on the trade in seal products. Thank you for asking your friends to join our campaign -- please tell everyone you know! Signatures will be forwarded to the European Parliament and European Commission. Remember, the EU citizen who recruits the most friends to sign by 5th May will win a trip to visit the Canadian harp seal nursery next spring.

2) Send a message to your Members of the European Parliament. Let your country's representatives know that its citizens care about animals and want this needless suffering stopped.

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Sign to Save the Western Gray Whale - Take Action!

Animals  (tags: whales, suffering, protection, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, conservation, endangered, environment, habitat, humans, extinction, wildlife, wildanimals )

Holly
- 5 hours ago - secure2.convio.net

Tell oil and gas companies to postpone new activities in the waters off Sakhalin Island immediately.

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 Protect seals, ecosystems and human communities!

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NEW ONLINE PETITION : to E.U. Goverments' Ministers to ban Seal products import to E.U. countries :


http://harpseals.org/help/letters_and_emails/eu_ministers_email.php

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Sea Shepherd encourages its supporters to review and sign The Underwater Channel's petition at the following link:

http://www.theunderwaterchannel.tv/not-on-our-menu

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"The Canadian government has begun its annual war on seals. This year, sealers will beat and skin 338,200 of these gentle animals. Now more than ever before, it is vital to speak up and demand a permanent end to the cruel seal slaughter and to urge everyone you know to speak out as well."

Please sign this petition of PETA for seals in Canada:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/p2_seal_slaughter_09?c=923fs

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http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=15&ea.campaign.id=2714&msource=DR090303002

Stop Iceland from killing endangered whales!
To: Please write to the Icelandic Fisheries Minister and tell him whales are worth more alive than dead.
    Iceland's Fisheries Minister Steingrímur J. Sigfússon is allowing 150 endangered fin whales and 100 minke whales to be cruelly killed; ignoring the tremendous economic benefit whale watching brings to the country and the world. Our friends at the Icelandic whale watching association, Icewhale, are worried that killing whales could also have a negative effect on their businesses. Apart from the unacceptable cruelty involved in whaling, during its economic crisis Iceland should be doing all it can to protect the whales it depends on for tourism.

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https://www.delphinschutz.org/forms/faroerprotest/index.html

Protest against the brutally slaughter of hundreds of pilot whales on the the Faroe Islands
To: Prime Minister Johannsen
"I am shocked to learn that the Faroe Islands continue to brutally slaughter hundreds of pilot whales each year. I respectfully ask you to ban this cruel tradition. The brutality exhibited by the fishermen in killing these intelligent, social and sentient beings is beyond description....."

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Hi all!!

The University of California, San Diego student organization: VEG (Vegetarian Environmentalist Group) is happy to present an online petition which aims to reduce the livestock industry via means of removal of governmental subsidies for livestock farmers as well as implementation of tax for livestock products for their detrimental external social burden on the environment. If you are still unfamiliar with the relationship between livestock production and the environment, I have listed the key facts below. Here is our petition link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/livestock-production-reduction-for-the-environment


Please support us and help us spread the word! This is definitely an attempt at a baby toward in the right direction!
Thank you!

---UCSD VEG
http://ucsdveg.blogspot.com/

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: SUMMARY OF LIVESTOCK'S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

(SOURCE: 2006 UNITED NATIONS FAO REPORT, LIVESTOCK'S LONG SHADOW)
Our current livestock industry is responsible for emitting 37% of all human-induced Methane, 65% of all human-induced Nitrous Oxide, 9% of all human-induced Carbon Dioxide, and 64% of human-induced Ammonia. The Carbon Dioxide equivalent of livestock industry emissions is 18%, which is greater than all transportation combined (transportation CO2 equivalent is 12%). So, we need to decrease the livestock industry along with turning to alternative transportation systems (like biking!!). We cannot just pin global warming on one single source and go from there, all aspects need to adapt to the current climate crisis.

In addition to the greenhouse gas emissions, livestock current needs 36% of the world grain and 74% of the world soy to sustain its industry. If you think about it, this is not sustainable at all in the long run. It is definitely not an efficient usage of world crop supplies.

Now let’s talk water. Water is essential for survival. Did you know that California currently imports 100% of its clean water supply? Yes... and we are not increasing our world water supply. Yes, there are technologies being researched to desaltize the ocean waters, but think about the cost of that. It’s not a quick and easy solution. The best solution would be for everyone to be frugal. While major medias are telling us to conserve water during showers and toothbrushing, they are leaving out a major part of water usage.
According to the Stockholm International Water Institute, 20% of all world water supply goes to industries, 10% of all water goes to households, and 70% of all water goes to producing food. These statistics awaken a lot of people because if you think about how much water we use in industries and households (it’s A LOT), many folds more is going to agriculture. Now get this: within the agricultural business (which uses 70% of all our clean water), 1 POUND OF LETTUCE takes 23 gallons of water to produce, 1 POUND OF WHEAT takes 25 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF APPLES take 49 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF CHICKEN takes 815 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF PORK takes 1,630 gallons of water, and 1 POUND OF BEEF takes 5,214 gallons of water. (You can do some research online to see how to have defined these water usage values according to pounds) So now the question is, one plate of dinner will fill most of us up (some go for seconds, thirds, but anyways..). If you fill that one plate with meat, that’s 6000 gallons of water or more. If you fill that one plate up with rice and veggies (this can be tasty faux meat too!), it takes less than 100 gallons of water. Please, be frugal and responsible. Imagine a planet with no more water.

Here are just some additional costs of livestock production. Did you know that livestock farming land takes up 70% of all agricultural land, and 30% of world's ice-free terrestrial surface? Yup. And for the forest lovers (we should all love forests, they are the lungs of our planet), 70% of the Amazon rainforest is currently being occupied by pastures; feedcrops occupy a large sector of the remaining 30%.

Everyone talks about saving energy now with new bulbs, solar power, etc. Well why not talk about food, too. The livestock sector requires 16 times more fossil fuel energy than other sectors of agriculture. Moreover, livestock is increasingly being fed with grains and cereals that could have been consumed by humans, converting only up to 33% of its nutrients for our consumption.

Lastly (for my purposes), the U.S. livestock sector alone produces 900 million tons of manure annually. Immense lagoons used to store waste are known to heavily degrade the surrounding air and water, creating dead zones within our clean bodies of water. Besides harming our precious marine life, it’s nice to know that we are surrounded by 80% of water of this planet. So if our ocean dies, we probably don’t have much of a chance for survival either.

All in all, it’s good that we are more aware of global warming and finally (most people) recognize it as partially (if not mostly) human caused. Now, besides being frugal, using a reusable bag, riding a bike or taking the bus, changing lightbulbs, and saving shower time, please also change your diet. It really makes a huge impact, even though it seems like you’re just intaking a piece of meat, that piece of meat came from loads of environmental damage (as well as suffering!). Inaction is inexcusable. If you’re a non-vegetarian, go vegetarian. If you’re already a vegetarian, go vegan. If you’re already a vegan... go organic Of course, if you can go straight to organic vegan that is the best for the environment in terms of personal contribution. Be Veg, Be Green, Save the Planet. (doubtful? do research!)

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Listen at "Save the Baby Seals"

Click on the blog talk radio player to get the code and post the player on your profile page and send out to your frtiends by email.

Please help spread the word!

to enlist the Red Lobster to boycott Canadian SeafoodSign Petition

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Hayden's New Anti-Whaling Petition Widget!

http://thevibe.socialvibe.com/index.php/2009/03/06/haydens-new-anti-whaling-petition-widget/

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https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2009_obama_whaling?rk=cpw0bwSqkZWQE   Click on this link to take action !!!

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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is calling a blanket boycott of Iceland. Paul Watson encourages everyone to say to people around the world to not buy Icelandic vodka, sweaters, and fish, to not go as tourists to Iceland and to not use Iceland as a refuelling station for private jets.

Sea Shepherd has outlined the following Companies to boycott (all of which are owned by ?Baugur? a wholly owned Icelandic company):

Karen Millen and French Connection clothing retailers - Don't wear clothing that supports the slaughter of endangered whales.

Iceland Frozen Seafoods - Boycotting this chain is a natural of course

Hamleys (Large Toy Retailer) - Children love whales and children would not want to have a toy made by a company that supports the killing of whales.

The House of Fraser (Department Store) - Not Scottish but 100% Icelandic and patronizing this chain is supporting Iceland's program to slaughter Fin and Minke whales.

If you wish to assist and join Sea Shepherd in this boycott for the whales, please follow the below instructions.

Below this is a template letter expressing your boycott. Please take a minute of your time and send it to the emails and online form links that are provided. All the contacts are for the companies that Sea Shepherd is calling a boycott to.

SEND THE BELOW LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING EMAILS:
enquiries@karenmillen.co.uk;   info@icelandic.is;   fiskval@fiskval.is;   icelandicusa@icelandic.com;   louis@blueice.is;   info@icelandic.is;   info@phhs.de;   info@phhs.de;   info@coldwater-seafood.co.uk;   technical@seachill.co.uk;   icelandic@icelandic.fr;   iberica@icelandic.is;   icelandic@icelandic.no;   info@coldwater-seafood.co.uk;   blueice@blueice.is;   party@hamleys.co.uk;   

AND ALSO SEND IT TO THE FOLLOWING ONLINE CONTACT FORMS:
http://www.randburg.com/is/salka/email.asp  
http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-hof-Site/default/Link-ContactUS?q=1  
http://baugur.com/Contact-Us  
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SAMPLE LETTER :
To whom it may concern,

I, YOUR NAME, am deeply saddened by the Icelandic Government announcement that they will slaughter 150 endangered Fin whales and 100 Minke whales over the next 5 years.

The Fin whale is listed as an endangered species and Iceland is already violating international conservation law by exporting Fin whale meat to markets in Japan without the required CITES export permits. Trading in endangered species is illegal under the provisions of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species.

I do not support the illegal trade or slaughter of whales and therefore I am hereby boycotting all your goods until the Icelandic Government revokes the authorization of whaling.

I am sorry that it has reverted to this, especially in this current economic crisis. However the Icelandic Government will not listen to us, therefore we must take these extreme measures.

It is also my personal goal to spread this boycott message to others.

Regards, 

YOUR NAME

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JAMES JUST SIGNED SENT OUT OTHERS HAD BEEN SIGNED

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WDCS Newsletter • January 2009

Dear friend

As we start a new year, it is shocking to reflect that in 2008 alone, over 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are likely to have died in fishing nets around the world. That’s around one every two minutes.

Not only are damaging fishing practices threatening the very existence of some whale and dolphin populations and species, they are also causing appalling suffering.

Our new research has revealed the horrific nature of these deaths. Once trapped in fishing gear, in their panic-stricken attempts to surface for air, whales and dolphins often sustain cuts, broken teeth, beaks and jaws, internal injuries and even, in extreme cases, severed fins and tail flukes.

Whales and dolphins breathe air, but can hold their breath for long periods of time, around five minutes for the smallest porpoises and over an hour in the case of sperm whales. Once trapped underwater, they are likely to die long, drawn-out and painful deaths.

This level of suffering would not be tolerated in commercial meat production on land, but happens routinely in the production of some fish. It must stop.

WDCS is calling for governments and regulatory bodies around the world to act urgently and decisively to end this unacceptable suffering.

In the UK, we will soon start to see bodies wash up on Cornish beaches as a result of the pelagic trawl and other fisheries, in what has become an annual destruction of hundreds, probably thousands of dolphins. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, endangered Hector's and Maui's dolphins face a fight for survival.

You can help our campaign by sending an e-mail to the New Zealand Government urging action to ensure the survival of these dolphins and to end the suffering.

Thank you for your help.

Mark Simmonds
WDCS Director of Science

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-corky-back-to-her-family

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-lolita-the-killer-whale

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Dear claudia,

It's taken nearly a year of constant pressure, but we've finally convinced Dr. Susan Lark to sell cosmetic products containing squalene derived from olives rather than deep sea sharks. More than 15,000 of you contacted Lark, telling her it was unconscionable to sacrifice already at-risk shark populations for the sake of beauty.

First she claimed her product was okay because the sharks used were bycatch of the orange roughy fishery. When we pointed out the error in this logic, she then claimed the source was "sustainably fished" sharks from the Mediterranean. When it became clear that we weren't buying her excuses, or her beauty products, she finally agreed to change her product line. We are happy to report that the first new product is currently in development.

The new Congress has hit the ground running, with the introduction of the Shark Conservation Act (HR 81). This bill would require that sharks caught in all U.S. waters be landed whole with their fins still attached. We're asking you to contact your Representative and ask him or her to help ensure fast passage of this important piece of legislation.

We've started 2009 off on the right foot with our Dr. Lark victory and the introduction of the Shark Conservation Act- and you made it happen. Please keep the momentum going by taking action today in support of the Shark Conservation Act.

For the sharks,
Elizabeth Griffin
Marine Wildlife Scientist
Oceana

Thanks to Wavemaker pressure, Dr. Susan Lark has decided to start selling beauty products containing squalene from olives rather than shark liver oil. What's more, Congress is set to ban shark finning in U.S. waters - if it hears from you!

There is a terrific in-depth report on the oceans in this week's issue of The Economist. which delivers plenty of information on the unfolding collapse of marine environments: fishery mismanagement, ocean acidification, dead zones, and poorly managed aquaculture.

Read more »

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I know,again for the whales??? Yes Again. We need to keep up this fight.For the whales,for the oceans. Please sign and crosspost.Only 1000 signatures needed.Thanks from the whales and thanks from Claudia xoxox

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Shut-Illegal-Whaling-Down

Target:

 Carlos M. Gutierrez, Makoto Ishihara - Mr, Kunihiko Koike, and Yuji Igarashi

Sponsored by: 

Sea Shepherd Support Group @ www.SeaShepherds.ning.com

31 countries issued a protest to the Japanese Government, calling on the country to end it's scientific whaling program. But the United States of Amercia was a no show. Ask USA for their support:

We will contact: The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20230 and/or cgutierrez@doc.gov 
and
Makoto Ishihara - Mr, Kunihiko Koike, and Yuji Igarashi
with your vote on this petition.

Nippon Suisan, Maruha and Kyokuyo are the Japanese seafood conglomerates who for the past 20 years, even after a global moratorium on the killing of whales, wholeheartedly supported the government of Japan's "scientific" whale hunt by purchasing, canning and selling whale products.

18 months ago, after letter writing efforts from supporters like you, these companies quietly divested their ownership in the Japanese whaling fleet. They now claim they are no longer responsible.

These three companies owned and operated the whaling fleet when the Government of Japan announced plans to kill almost 1000 whales including 50 fin whales in an internationally recognized sanctuary, yet they now claim their hands are clean.

Please urge the CEOs of these companies and their wholly-owned subsidiaries to tell the Government of Japan the world doesn't need to kill whales in the twenty-first century to study them.

 

 

 

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• Work with the Obama Administration to enact long-term protections for the Arctic;
• Keep California on track with its clean energy commitments and keep out new foreign fossil fuels;
• Support local groups in China and Russia working against great odds to protect their communities and environment;
• Hold financial institutions accountable for funding risky and destructive projects; and
• Increase shipping safety around the Pacific Rim to protect whales, marine life, and coastal communities from oil spills.

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1 "Tell Disney Hong Kong To Stop Selling Shark Fin Soup"

2 "Tell Broome to help stop the dolphin slaughter"

Or create your own personal letter to Broome and email it to shire@broome.wa.gov.au

Broome Shire Council
PO Box 44,
Broome WA 6725
Australia

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http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_092506_a

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My dear friends

I call upon you again to please sign this following petition.My friend Katia started this petition, but must recieve more signatures, For the Seals, For the Oceans... You can also find the petition in the Care2 group :

Voice for Seals

Direct Petition Link = http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/-boycott-red-lobsterdarden-restaurants-to-stop-purchasing-canadian-seafood

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Received this message from a friend -

"Pam, I'm not sure that this T-shirt is meant to be objectionable. Wil Anderson, host of the Gruen Transfer, is a vegan. Australians get outraged about whaling but then tuck into steak, and I think they are trying to point out this hypocrisy."

Oopss!

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Email just sent - this link worked for me -

http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/produc...oductid=478488

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That's DISGUSTING!

Hopefully - they've already got the message - this is what I get for the link -

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For the Whales

Ok peoples it’s time to get your pens out, start typing, send a fax or make a few calls… while Sea Shepherd are the only organization in the world heading down to Antarctica to stop the illegal killing of almost 1,000 precious whales, ABC shops around the country and online to the whole world are jumping in bed with the Japanese and unwittingly supporting the senseless murder of these majestic animals.

ABC Shops are selling a shirt with ‘whale meat… beef of the sea’. OK yes probably meant to be a joke for us Aussies but when the murderers are on their way to the Australian Antarctic whale sanctuary to kill whales in our own backyard, we should be encouraging ABC shops to sell Sea Shepherd shirts, not support the whale killers!


Here is the shirt I’m referring to:

http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/produc...oductid=478488


Please voice your disgust to the ABC shop:

Phone and Fax

To contact us within Australia:
Phone 1300 360 111
Fax 1300 360 150

To contact us from outside of Australia:
Phone: +61 2 8333 5666
Fax: +61 2 8333 5622


Post

Our postal address is:

The ABC Shop
Customer Order Centre
GPO Box 9994
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia


Email - online form

http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/widepr...sp?promoid=421



Thanks so much for your support – the whales need you!!

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