Stop Whaling !!!

"As president, I will ensure that the U.S. provides leadership in enforcing international wildlife protection agreements, including strengthening the international moratorium on commercial whaling. Allowing Japan to continue commercial whaling is unacceptable." - Senator Obama responding to a Greenpeace questionnaire on March 16, 2008 . Support the whales now. . Have we been betrayed? Earlier this week Japan's Fisheries minister announced that Japan wants to resume commercial whaling and called on the U.S. to work together to make this happen. Media reports that a proposal to throw out the ban on commercial whaling was discussed at the meeting of International Whaling Commission currently underway at St. Pete's Beach, Florida. A vote to resume commercial whaling could take place at the IWC Annual General Meeting in Morocco in June. The U.S. delegation to the IWC, hand-picked by President Obama, has given no commitment to vote against the resumption of commercial whaling. Refusal to stand up against the resumption of commercial whaling would be a total betrayal of the President’s commitment to us. Greenpeace is mounting a massive effort to protect the whales and we need your most generous support - please donate now. This is the most serious threat to the moratorium on commercial whaling that we've seen since Greenpeace fought for and won the moratorium in the 1980's. If President Obama is serious about his commitment to protecting whales, he must make sure his delegation opposes any deal that would legitimize commercial whaling. The president and his representatives at the IWC should instead support a proposal recently made by Australia, which would leave the moratorium intact and finally put an end to Japan's bogus “scientific” whaling in the Southern Ocean. We cannot reward the illegal actions of countries like Japan, Norway and Iceland by legalizing hunting - that's not a compromise; it's giving in for political expediency. Your gift of any amount will help - $5 or $500 - whatever you can afford will enable Greenpeace to continue what we've successfully done for over 30 years - save the whales. Please donate now. Thank you, on behalf of the whales, John Hocevar Oceans Campaign Director P.S. Thank you so much to the hundreds of you who have already given. Now I urge you to go one step further, forward this message to your friends and ask them to take action too there is power in numbers!

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