Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign 2006-7
Operation Leviathan

The history of Sea Shepherd's efforts to defend the whales goes back to 1975 when Captain Watson was 1st Mate on the first Greenpeace voyage to protect the whales. In June of 1975, Captain Watson and Robert Hunter became the first people ever to risk their lives to protect a whale when they placed themselves in a small inflatable Zodiac to block the deadly harpoons of the Soviet whaling fleet.

More than thirty years later, Captain Watson and Sea Shepherd are as committed as ever to protect these intelligent beings from an illegal and senseless slaughter. We now have over sixty people of all ages and walks of life, and from all over the world, who have paid their own way to join the ship and elected to spend their December holidays away from family and friends to try to save the precious whales that Japan is illegally targeting - some of them on the endangered species list.

Please send the below letter to the Prime Minister of Japan to ask him to stop the killing of whales. Simply type in your contact information and press the "Send Message" button.

Thank you for your efforts to help save the whales!

Send a protest letter:

Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo Fukuda
1-6-1 Nagata-cho 1 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968 JAPAN

Dear Prime Minister Fukuda,

I am outraged by the annual brutal slaughter of dolphins and whales that takes place in Japan. The images of bloody red water clearly show the world that Japan has little respect for the state of the world’s oceans and for the conservation of the marine resources it claims to support.

Many scientific studies show that the oceans are in decline. We must take whatever actions are necessary to stop their over-exploitation and to protect the creatures that live in them. These dolphins do not belong to Japan. The status of the species of dolphins and whales that you kill are either endangered, threatened, or unknown. It is an unthinkable waste that they will likely end up as a meat product or deceptively sold as whale meat, polluted with toxic levels of mercury and cadmium, killing people that eat it. It is tragic and unacceptable that the remaining dolphins that are not killed will end up destined for death in an aquarium, water park, or "swim with dolphins" program.

In addition, the methods used to kill these animals are cruel. Corralling the dolphins into bays, then making them suffer a long and painful death by spears, hooks, and drowning is an inhumane way of fishing. This action is disgraceful and has caused much disappointment in the international community.

We demand that Japan permanently and immediately renounce and stop this slaughter. We will work diligently to bring this issue to international light until you have ceased your reprehensible violence.

Sincerely,

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