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Media Release Nov 19th 2007
The Japanese Whaling fleet left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan on Sunday the 18th for the Antarctic to kill over 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary under the guise of ‘scientific’ whaling. This kill includes 50 endangered fin whales, 50 endangered humpback whales and 935 minke whales. This is the biggest hunt since the moratorium on commercial whaling came into force more than 20 years ago and for the first time in almost three decades the Japanese want to include the humpbacks on their menu.

Labor Minister for the Environment Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au or
http://www.environment.gov.au/about/comments.html
Japanese Airlines JAL aiko.higuchi-stennett@jal.com
Brisbane Japanese Deputy Consul Tamura
jpncgbne@magna.com.au
The Japanese Ambassador in Australia, Mr Hideaki Ueda
economics@japan.org.au
also see http://www.savejapandolphins.org/takeAction.html
Email Contacts
Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm?p=2
Write to Japans PM, GO TO THIS ADDRESS
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html

help SKYE BORTOLI from http://www.teensagainstwhaling.com/ hand deliver whaling petition to Prime Minister of Japan go to http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/541398550

I am a whale lover who looks forward to the annual migration of humpbacks up the east coast of Australia. I and concerned by a report released at this week's International Whaling Commission IWC meeting in Alaska by the commission's Scientific Committee which said Powerful warship sonar could cause widespread whale beaching or large-scale whale deaths or injuries. This could result from the Military exercises planned by Australia and the United States next month off Shoal-water bay near Yepoon.

Some people are saying boycotting is another way to pressure japan to stop killing whales following is some info from http://boycottjapan.org/ I guess the same strategy could be applied to Iceland Norway and Denmark.??? Sealords are off the hook. We won that one.

Boycott Japan NOW
Monday, 07 August 2006
Help Save Whales and Boycott Japan NOW.
Send an email(s) to Japanese associations with your pledge, for example:
"I WILL NOT TRAVEL TO JAPAN OR BUY JAPANESE GOODS UNTIL SUCH TIMES AS JAPAN STOPS KILLING WHALES"

LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
The Hon. Prime Minister
John Howard
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
to Email go to : http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

Dear Mr Howard

We citizens of Australia strongly request:

• All whaling activity is stopped from occurring in Australian territorial waters by the Commonwealth Government.
• Immediate steps are taken to prosecute boats detected slaughtering whales within Australian territorial waters, whether for scientific or commercial purposes and irrespective of whether that country recognises our territorial waters.

14,000 US military will arrive in Australia on board Nuclear Warships and Military Aircraft for Talisman Sabre War Games in June 2007.

Media Alert
National Day of Action to Protect Whales
Saturday 12th May 2007

>In March 2006 Byron Whale Action Groups had a Save the whales, Boycott Sealords+Japanese Products demonstration in Brisbane at the Japanese Consulate and Japanese Airliness. One month later Sealord and Nissui sold their share in the whaiing fleet to Japan. Boycott Sealord campaign has been called off because we won that one. To see a 10 min clip click this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z0GkrE4yNY

Byron Dolphin and Whale lovers joined international day of protest at Hervey Bay

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Around 10 concerned Dolphins and Whale lovers gathered at Hervey Bay Marina at 11am today 20th sep to sing songs hand out leaflets collect petitions and talk to interested people about what can be done to help the Dolphins and Whales. Whale man Bunna Lawrie from the mirning tribe in South Australia will was also there along with cetacean activist Howie Cooke.

MEDIA RELEASE 10- 8- 06 Whale conservation representatives meet with National Parks and Wildlife Service Tweed Area manager On Thursday the10th of August Howie Cooke from Surfers for Cetaceans and Dean Jefferys from Byron Whale Action Group met with James Law the Tweed Area manager for National Parks and Wildlife Service and Sue Walker of NPWS, Cape Byron to discuss the stranding and death of a newborn female humpback whale on Cabarita beach in Northern NSW on the 17th July.

MEDIA RELEASE 1-8-06

Byron woman arrested at Brisbane whaling protest
Brisbane Anti Whaling Protest calls for boycott of Japanese products and services.
Aboriginal Whale Man Bunna Lawrie condemns Japanese killing his totem the whale

MEDIA RELEASE 20-6-06 Brisbane Anti Whaling Protest calls for boycott of Japanese products and services. Whale conservationist from Byron Bay to Noosa will converge on the Japanese Consulate in Brisbane on the 20th of June, the last day of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. They fear that after Japans recent small voting win at the IWC, Japan will attempt to control the agenda and resume full scale commercial whaling. The Whale conservationist will be calling for Japan to stop killing whales and for people to boycott Japanese products and services.

Mitsubishi
PO Box 8
Melrose Park
S.A. 5039

Dear General Manager,

I am writing to express my disgust and abhorrence at Japans massacre of up to 20,000 dolphins every year and Japans slaughtering of 863 whales this year in the Antarctic. Japan also wants to restart commercial whaling even though in effect that is what they are doing already under the thin disguise of “scientific whaling “.

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click this link to send a Whale petition to Environment minister Ian Campbell http://www.ifaw.org.au thankyou

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A few weeks ago I received fantastic news about the whales. These boycott actions and actions of Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd’s, Earth Island institute and others worldwide forced Nissui, (a 50 % shareholder in Sealord) and Kyodo Senpaku, (a 30% shareholder with Nissui and owner of the whaling fleet) to pull out of the whaling killing industry and also stop distributing and selling whale meat.

Sealord of now off the hook. No More Boycott campaign for Saelord... 

YYEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH we won that one.

Japanese whaling and SeaLord Protest Report 16th feb By Dean Jefferys Byron Whale Action Group 11 People from Byron Whale Action Group and newly formed Sea Shepherd group dumped frozen Sealord fish and calimari next to mock whale sushi out front of the Japanese consulate in Brisbane last Wednesday to protest against Japanese whaling and SeaLords involvement in the whaling industry. Howey Cooke composed a special song for the event and 2 loud drums gave it a good Byron flavour.

Japanese whaling and SeaLord Protest Report 16th febBy Dean Jefferys Byron Whale Action Group

11 People from Byron Whale Action Group and newly formed Sea Shepherd group dumped frozen Sealord fish and calimari next to mock whale sushi out front of the Japanese consulate in Brisbane last Wednesday to protest against Japanese whaling and SeaLords involvement in the whaling industry.

The Japanese Ambassador in Australia
economics@japan.org.au
Mr Hideaki Ueda, Ambassador to Japan,
112 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla,
ACT 2600.

Dear Mr Hideaki Ueda,

I am writing to express my disgust and abhorrence at Japans slaughter of 863 whales this year in the Antarctic and its massacre of up to 20,000 dolphins every year. Japan also wants to restart commercial whaling even though in effect that is what you are doing already under the thin disguise of “scientific whaling “.

For email version see www.ifaw.org

Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Parliament HouseCanberra,
ACT, 2600
and
Minister for the Environment
Parliament Hous
eCanberra
ACT 2600 
Senator Ian Campbell

 I am writing to express my concern over Japanese scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean (JARPA II) and to urge the Australian Government to take legal action against Japan immediately, to pursue an injunction to halt whaling within 14 days. I have recently learned that the Government of Japan has expanded its so-called;scientific; whaling program in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and that it plans to kill more than 935 whales in the name of science. It will also introduce the hunting of humpback whales - one of the main species that support a whale watching industry worth almost $300 million a year in Australia.

Protest on the beach calling for Japan to be held accountable for their illegal Whaling activities