NYC Dolphin Day Protest
Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 4:00 PM
International Day of Protest
Against the Japanese Dolphin Slaughter
Reposted for NY Whale and Dolphin Action League:
http://www.ny4whales.org/
The dolphin drive in Taiji, Japan, is the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world - about 2300 dolphins per year, which is more than 3x the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic. About 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed throughout Japan every year, and all of the meat tested so far has toxic levels of mercury.
Most Japanese people don't know about the slaughter or the contamination. During the drive hunts, the dolphins are killed in a secret cove hidden away in a National Park in the Wakayama prefecture, a few hours' drive down the coast from Osaka and Kyoto. The cove is covered with tarps and nets, and access is blocked by steel gates, barbed wire, razor ribbon and guards. The government is trying to keep the yearly blood bath a secret but that is getting harder to do because of all the attention this issue has been receiving. We must keep the pressure on.
In NYC: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 4-6 PM
Japanese Consulate: 49th and Park Avenue, New York, NY
For more info: www.saveJapandolphins.org
Japan Dolphin Day will take place in New York on Thursday, September 4th (4pm - 6pm) this year.** It will be held at as many Japanese embassies and consulate offices as possible. The goal is to make this the biggest global protest against the Japanese dolphin slaughter ever. To pull this off, we need YOUR help! We need to mobilize thousands of peaceful protesters in front of Japanese embassies around the world. PLEASE SIGN YOUR ORGANIZATION ON FOR THIS DEMO, and help make this the LARGEST DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER PROTEST IN HISTORY. For more info and to add your group visit www.SaveJapanDolphins.org.
Cetacean Society International / Sea Shepherd / Earth Island Institute / Animal Welfare Institute / In Defense of Animals / Elsa Nature Conservancy / Environmental Investigation Agency / Marine Connection / NY4Whales.org / Coalition For No Whales in Captivity / Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society / / Vancouver / Tokyo / Rome / Munich / Hong Kong / Washington, DC / London / San Francisco / Manila / Calcutta / Boston / Den Haag / Toronto / Boston / Calgary / Dusseldorf / New York / Bern / Budapest / Calgary / Seattle / /
Do something small. Be part of something big.
Also, some arm chair activism for EVERYONE (but if you are NYC, you should go to protest as well)
(From IDA Alert)
SEND A MESSAGE to the Japanese Prime Minister, urging him to stop the dolphin drive hunt and prohibit the sale of mercury-contaminated dolphin meat:
The Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan:
Fax: +81-3-3581-3883
E-mail: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html
SEND A COPY of your letter to:
Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.
Ambassador Ryozo Kato
2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008-2869
Tel: (202) 238-6700,
Fax: 202-328-2187
Hours: M-F 9:15-12:30 and 2:00-6:16
E-mail: jicc@embjapan.org
http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp
SEND A LETTER to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), urging them to enforce their Code of Ethics and expel the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) from their organization.
Furthermore, WAZA must expel all other facilities that have purchased dolphins from the dolphin drive hunts:
WAZA Executive Director, Gerald Dick
Email: secretariat@waza.org
I hate that it starts at 4pm! But I'm going right after work, i figure even a little time there is well spent. Hope to see you there!
International Day of Protest
Against the Japanese Dolphin Slaughter
Reposted for NY Whale and Dolphin Action League:
http://www.ny4whales.org/
The dolphin drive in Taiji, Japan, is the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world - about 2300 dolphins per year, which is more than 3x the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic. About 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed throughout Japan every year, and all of the meat tested so far has toxic levels of mercury.
Most Japanese people don't know about the slaughter or the contamination. During the drive hunts, the dolphins are killed in a secret cove hidden away in a National Park in the Wakayama prefecture, a few hours' drive down the coast from Osaka and Kyoto. The cove is covered with tarps and nets, and access is blocked by steel gates, barbed wire, razor ribbon and guards. The government is trying to keep the yearly blood bath a secret but that is getting harder to do because of all the attention this issue has been receiving. We must keep the pressure on.
In NYC: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 4-6 PM
Japanese Consulate: 49th and Park Avenue, New York, NY
For more info: www.saveJapandolphins.org
Japan Dolphin Day will take place in New York on Thursday, September 4th (4pm - 6pm) this year.** It will be held at as many Japanese embassies and consulate offices as possible. The goal is to make this the biggest global protest against the Japanese dolphin slaughter ever. To pull this off, we need YOUR help! We need to mobilize thousands of peaceful protesters in front of Japanese embassies around the world. PLEASE SIGN YOUR ORGANIZATION ON FOR THIS DEMO, and help make this the LARGEST DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER PROTEST IN HISTORY. For more info and to add your group visit www.SaveJapanDolphins.org.
Cetacean Society International / Sea Shepherd / Earth Island Institute / Animal Welfare Institute / In Defense of Animals / Elsa Nature Conservancy / Environmental Investigation Agency / Marine Connection / NY4Whales.org / Coalition For No Whales in Captivity / Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society / / Vancouver / Tokyo / Rome / Munich / Hong Kong / Washington, DC / London / San Francisco / Manila / Calcutta / Boston / Den Haag / Toronto / Boston / Calgary / Dusseldorf / New York / Bern / Budapest / Calgary / Seattle / /
Do something small. Be part of something big.
Also, some arm chair activism for EVERYONE (but if you are NYC, you should go to protest as well)
(From IDA Alert)
SEND A MESSAGE to the Japanese Prime Minister, urging him to stop the dolphin drive hunt and prohibit the sale of mercury-contaminated dolphin meat:
The Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan:
Fax: +81-3-3581-3883
E-mail: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html
SEND A COPY of your letter to:
Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.
Ambassador Ryozo Kato
2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008-2869
Tel: (202) 238-6700,
Fax: 202-328-2187
Hours: M-F 9:15-12:30 and 2:00-6:16
E-mail: jicc@embjapan.org
http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp
SEND A LETTER to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), urging them to enforce their Code of Ethics and expel the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) from their organization.
Furthermore, WAZA must expel all other facilities that have purchased dolphins from the dolphin drive hunts:
WAZA Executive Director, Gerald Dick
Email: secretariat@waza.org
I hate that it starts at 4pm! But I'm going right after work, i figure even a little time there is well spent. Hope to see you there!