61st International Whaling Commission Meeting in Madeira
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:10 pm
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Save the Whales Again! with Hayden, Pierce and Isabel
Join Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet - Heroes) in reaching 1,000,000 signatures on the exclusive Whaleman Foundation petition. The goal is to stop all commercial whaling and "lethal scientific research" whaling by Japan, Norway, Iceland, and to enforce the current global whaling moratorium - certain whale species are close to extinct. This petition will be taken to the June 2009 meeting of The International Whaling Commission, where the petition will be personally delivered by Hayden.
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Updated: 06. 20. 2009.
Why should I sign this? - more detailed version:
On the 27th September 2007, professional surfer Dave Rastovich led an international group of over 30 surfers, celebrities and musicians on a peaceful paddle-out ceremony to honour the dolphins killed in Japan. The following day, the fishermen began killing dolphins. The surfer crew returned including 'Heroes' TV star Hayden Panettiere and Australian actress Isabel Lucas. After the group entered the water, the fishermen shouted at the group, jabbing them with poles and threatening them with the boat propellers. The fishermen almost arrested them and Hayden was a "wanted" person in Japan for long...
This year - instead of trying to get herself arrested - the Heroes star wants to use the help of SocialVibe. SV allows you to get sponsored by your favorite brands on your social profiles (MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, MyYearbook, etc.) while earning points and free charity donations for the reward of your choice with a simple badge.
More than 31,000 $ donations have been collected so far with SocialVibe and 20k $ of this had been already paid to the Whaleman Foundation.
Hayden's also joined by other celebrities,
like Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), and Isabel Lucas.
Right now, despite the worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling, Japanese, Norwegian, and Icelandic fisherman are going to kill over 3,000 whales in addition to 20,000 dolphins and porpoises this year selling their meat for profit.
Since 1986, Japan has defied the moratorium by killing thousands of whales under the guise of "lethal scientific research".
Norway has also defied the commercial whaling moratorium, killing over 500 minke whales per year as well. This year they plan to kill over 1,500 minke whales.
Iceland also joined ranks with Japan as pirate whalers by whaling under the guise of scientific research.
Demonstrations against whaling tend to take place in the mentioned countries as well. In times past, local whalers in Japan would take at most one whale a month never killing the young calves or mothers with lamb, it was beleived to be bad luck. However these days with dollars in their eyes and ocean's stocks declining, fishermen kill all inside mothers and calves receive not a second thought.
On top of that, Japan whales not only in their coasts. Unfortunately they kill a lot of whales every year in international waters at Antarctica.
It is still not known if some species will ever recover, even after decades of protection. The blue whales of the Antarctic are at less than 1 percent of their original abundance, despite 40 years of complete protection. Some populations of whales are recovering but some are not. Only one population, the East Pacific grey whale, is thought to have recovered to its original abundance, but the closely related West Pacific grey whale population is the most endangered in the world. It hovers on the edge of extinction with just over 100 remaining. Japan started whaling under the name of "scientific research" after the IWC settled the whaling moratorium. They refer to scientific purposes , but it's well known that 3000 ton of whalemeat make it to market every year in a value of 52 million dollars.
The blubber of whales in some areas is highly contaminated with organochlorines such as PCBs, pesticides, and extremely high levels of Mercury, Dioxin, DDT, so it is unsafe for human consumption. Organochlorines are known to damage development of children and affect reproduction by whales.
Then this whalemeat get to some restaurants or - most of the amount into cans and some dog foods.
Whales are one of the most important species in the food pyramid of the oceans. If you kill them, you kick up the balance the oceans. For example, Japan have serious medusa problem in their coasts. Now, the medusas are planctonic lifeforms in their earlier lifestage, and several species of the whales eat planctons. So, if Japan kills more whales, they'll have more serious problems since medusas are dangerous not for people only, but for fishes as well where the fishermen get their food supply from.
Japan is one of the world's foremost fishing nations, accounting on average for about 8% of the world's catch. In 2000, the total catch was 4,989,354 tons, ranking third in the world. The waters off Japan include cold and warm currents in which fish abound. In 1990, there were 416,000 registered fishing boats which sailed both on nearby waters and in other fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, and the Indian and Atlantic oceans.
Fish culture in freshwater pools, as well as in rice paddies, has long been practiced in Japan. Aquaculture provides an additional 1.5 million tons of fish annually. The leading species cultivated are laver (nori), yesso scallops, Pacific cupped oysters, and Japanese amberjack.
Known environmental threats to whales include global warming, pollution, overfishing, ozone depletion, noise such as sonar weaponry, and ship strikes. Industrial fishing threatens the food supply of whales and also puts whales at risk of entanglement in fishing gear.
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) are not fish, but mammals just like us. They are warm-blooded, breathe in air through their lungs, bear their young alive and suckle them on their own milk, and have hair, although very little of it. They give birth to calves every 2-3 years only, after 12-15 months of pregnancy, so their reproduction is very slow and is the main barrier of recovering to their original abundance.
Ceteceans' lifespan is similar to humans', so depending on species they can live for up to 80 years. It shows advanced communication that just like humans, they can communicate not only with each other - but about each other as well, so they can forward information. Scientific researchs prove that they're able to recognize their own bodies in a mirror, and can cry in pain. They have advanced memory too, as they can recognize by sound a member of their family after decades of separation.
It was in the 20th Century that most whale species met their fate. High speed ships, modern hunting equipment (like whaling-guns and harpoon ships launched to sea since 1925) pushed these giant mammals to the edge of extinction in a few decades. More than 2.5 million whales fell victims to these marine slaughters in our previous century.
The scientific examinations prove that the survival of the whales would be insured only if the hunting of the species would be banned forever...
Hayden Panettiere, Pierce Brosnan, Isabel Lucas, The Whaleman Foundation and SocialVibe have teamed up to collect 1,000,000 signatures on the exclusive Whaleman petition to put a stop to commercial whaling. More than 31,000 $ donations have been collected so far which will go to the Whaleman Foundation. This petition will be taken to the June 2009 meeting of The International Whaling Commission.
Now, President Obama already announced that the United States firmly opposes whaling. Earlier, when Obama was only a candidate, Hayden has asked him for his opinion, and he promised he'll support her cause.
But we still need your help, please sign!
1 minute:
It's easy!
You don't have to join SocialVibe anymore, only if you want 50B naq from me,
or you want to be a member of the SV community...
If so, then you take this easy and quick guide for joining: >> Here <<
or...
Just sign Hayden's petition here - without joining SV.
"To: All Member Nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and their respective Government Leaders
We, the undersigned, call on all member nations of the IWC to vote to immediately stop all commercial whaling and lethal scientific research whaling by Japan, Norway, and Iceland and to enforce the current global whaling moratorium. Furthermore, we call on the Governments of Japan, Norway, and Iceland to stop their respective government sponsored whaling operations and to cease the hunting of any and all cetacean (dolphin, whale, and porpoise) species as whaling poses an unnecessary and unacceptable risk to both the health and recovery of surviving cetacean populations and to the people who consume cetacean meat which has been shown to contain extremely high levels of contaminants including Mercury, Dioxin, DDT, PCBs and is unsafe for human consumption."
Save the Whales Again! with Hayden, Pierce and Isabel
Join Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet - Heroes) in reaching 1,000,000 signatures on the exclusive Whaleman Foundation petition. The goal is to stop all commercial whaling and "lethal scientific research" whaling by Japan, Norway, Iceland, and to enforce the current global whaling moratorium - certain whale species are close to extinct. This petition will be taken to the June 2009 meeting of The International Whaling Commission, where the petition will be personally delivered by Hayden.
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Simplier than ever!
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or you want to be a member of the SV community...
If so, then you take this easy and quick guide for joining: >> Here <<
or...
Sign Hayden's petition here - without joining SV:
It's that simple as these 4 fields!
Note: If you don't have an english qwerty keyboard layout
just press SHIFT + 2 for an "@" character in the e-mail field.
Signatures:
162,903 / 1,000,000
Unknown number of SGW signatures.
39 SGW players has joined me on SV so far - (24 of these are HU members)
18 SGW players dugg the digg topic so far - 13 of these are HU members.. come on!!!
Updated: 06. 20. 2009.
Why should I sign this? - more detailed version:
On the 27th September 2007, professional surfer Dave Rastovich led an international group of over 30 surfers, celebrities and musicians on a peaceful paddle-out ceremony to honour the dolphins killed in Japan. The following day, the fishermen began killing dolphins. The surfer crew returned including 'Heroes' TV star Hayden Panettiere and Australian actress Isabel Lucas. After the group entered the water, the fishermen shouted at the group, jabbing them with poles and threatening them with the boat propellers. The fishermen almost arrested them and Hayden was a "wanted" person in Japan for long...
This year - instead of trying to get herself arrested - the Heroes star wants to use the help of SocialVibe. SV allows you to get sponsored by your favorite brands on your social profiles (MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, MyYearbook, etc.) while earning points and free charity donations for the reward of your choice with a simple badge.
More than 31,000 $ donations have been collected so far with SocialVibe and 20k $ of this had been already paid to the Whaleman Foundation.
Hayden's also joined by other celebrities,
like Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), and Isabel Lucas.
Right now, despite the worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling, Japanese, Norwegian, and Icelandic fisherman are going to kill over 3,000 whales in addition to 20,000 dolphins and porpoises this year selling their meat for profit.
Since 1986, Japan has defied the moratorium by killing thousands of whales under the guise of "lethal scientific research".
Norway has also defied the commercial whaling moratorium, killing over 500 minke whales per year as well. This year they plan to kill over 1,500 minke whales.
Iceland also joined ranks with Japan as pirate whalers by whaling under the guise of scientific research.
Demonstrations against whaling tend to take place in the mentioned countries as well. In times past, local whalers in Japan would take at most one whale a month never killing the young calves or mothers with lamb, it was beleived to be bad luck. However these days with dollars in their eyes and ocean's stocks declining, fishermen kill all inside mothers and calves receive not a second thought.
On top of that, Japan whales not only in their coasts. Unfortunately they kill a lot of whales every year in international waters at Antarctica.
It is still not known if some species will ever recover, even after decades of protection. The blue whales of the Antarctic are at less than 1 percent of their original abundance, despite 40 years of complete protection. Some populations of whales are recovering but some are not. Only one population, the East Pacific grey whale, is thought to have recovered to its original abundance, but the closely related West Pacific grey whale population is the most endangered in the world. It hovers on the edge of extinction with just over 100 remaining. Japan started whaling under the name of "scientific research" after the IWC settled the whaling moratorium. They refer to scientific purposes , but it's well known that 3000 ton of whalemeat make it to market every year in a value of 52 million dollars.
The blubber of whales in some areas is highly contaminated with organochlorines such as PCBs, pesticides, and extremely high levels of Mercury, Dioxin, DDT, so it is unsafe for human consumption. Organochlorines are known to damage development of children and affect reproduction by whales.
Then this whalemeat get to some restaurants or - most of the amount into cans and some dog foods.
Whales are one of the most important species in the food pyramid of the oceans. If you kill them, you kick up the balance the oceans. For example, Japan have serious medusa problem in their coasts. Now, the medusas are planctonic lifeforms in their earlier lifestage, and several species of the whales eat planctons. So, if Japan kills more whales, they'll have more serious problems since medusas are dangerous not for people only, but for fishes as well where the fishermen get their food supply from.
Japan is one of the world's foremost fishing nations, accounting on average for about 8% of the world's catch. In 2000, the total catch was 4,989,354 tons, ranking third in the world. The waters off Japan include cold and warm currents in which fish abound. In 1990, there were 416,000 registered fishing boats which sailed both on nearby waters and in other fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, and the Indian and Atlantic oceans.
Fish culture in freshwater pools, as well as in rice paddies, has long been practiced in Japan. Aquaculture provides an additional 1.5 million tons of fish annually. The leading species cultivated are laver (nori), yesso scallops, Pacific cupped oysters, and Japanese amberjack.
Known environmental threats to whales include global warming, pollution, overfishing, ozone depletion, noise such as sonar weaponry, and ship strikes. Industrial fishing threatens the food supply of whales and also puts whales at risk of entanglement in fishing gear.
- It has been estimated that a staggering 100 million sharks and rays are caught and discarded each year. Tuna fisheries, which in the past had high dolphin bycatch levels, are still responsible for the death of many sharks. An estimated 300,000 cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) also die as bycatch each year, because they are unable to escape when caught in nets.
- Another significant impact of human activity on the marine environment is pollution. The most visible and familiar is oil pollution caused by tanker accidents. Yet despite the scale and visibility of such impacts, the total quantities of pollutants entering the sea from oil spills are dwarfed by those of pollutants introduced from other sources. These include domestic sewage, industrial discharges, urban and industrial run-off, accidents, spillage, explosions, sea dumping operations, mining, agricultural nutrients and pesticides, waste heat sources, and radioactive discharges.
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) are not fish, but mammals just like us. They are warm-blooded, breathe in air through their lungs, bear their young alive and suckle them on their own milk, and have hair, although very little of it. They give birth to calves every 2-3 years only, after 12-15 months of pregnancy, so their reproduction is very slow and is the main barrier of recovering to their original abundance.
Ceteceans' lifespan is similar to humans', so depending on species they can live for up to 80 years. It shows advanced communication that just like humans, they can communicate not only with each other - but about each other as well, so they can forward information. Scientific researchs prove that they're able to recognize their own bodies in a mirror, and can cry in pain. They have advanced memory too, as they can recognize by sound a member of their family after decades of separation.
It was in the 20th Century that most whale species met their fate. High speed ships, modern hunting equipment (like whaling-guns and harpoon ships launched to sea since 1925) pushed these giant mammals to the edge of extinction in a few decades. More than 2.5 million whales fell victims to these marine slaughters in our previous century.
The scientific examinations prove that the survival of the whales would be insured only if the hunting of the species would be banned forever...
Hayden Panettiere, Pierce Brosnan, Isabel Lucas, The Whaleman Foundation and SocialVibe have teamed up to collect 1,000,000 signatures on the exclusive Whaleman petition to put a stop to commercial whaling. More than 31,000 $ donations have been collected so far which will go to the Whaleman Foundation. This petition will be taken to the June 2009 meeting of The International Whaling Commission.
Now, President Obama already announced that the United States firmly opposes whaling. Earlier, when Obama was only a candidate, Hayden has asked him for his opinion, and he promised he'll support her cause.
But we still need your help, please sign!
1 minute:
It's easy!
You don't have to join SocialVibe anymore, only if you want 50B naq from me,
or you want to be a member of the SV community...
If so, then you take this easy and quick guide for joining: >> Here <<
or...
Just sign Hayden's petition here - without joining SV.
"To: All Member Nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and their respective Government Leaders
We, the undersigned, call on all member nations of the IWC to vote to immediately stop all commercial whaling and lethal scientific research whaling by Japan, Norway, and Iceland and to enforce the current global whaling moratorium. Furthermore, we call on the Governments of Japan, Norway, and Iceland to stop their respective government sponsored whaling operations and to cease the hunting of any and all cetacean (dolphin, whale, and porpoise) species as whaling poses an unnecessary and unacceptable risk to both the health and recovery of surviving cetacean populations and to the people who consume cetacean meat which has been shown to contain extremely high levels of contaminants including Mercury, Dioxin, DDT, PCBs and is unsafe for human consumption."
Thank you for your help!
