WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP! The slaughter of 20,000 dolphins, porpoises, and small whales occurs in Japan each year. Starting on September 1st and continuing through March of the next year, fishermen herd whole families of small cetaceans into shallow bays and mercilessly stab and drown them to death. This annual slaughter of dolphins was virtually unknown until 2003 when Sea Shepherd globally released covertly obtained film and photographs of the now infamous bloody “Cove” in a village called Taiji. Beginning in 2010, and continuing to this day, Sea Shepherd has an ongoing presence of volunteers standing watch on site at the Cove. They are The Cove Guardians. With your help, we will continue to pressure Japan to end this cruel and destructive slaughter of dolphins. We are passionate, dedicated, and committed - it may take time, but determination will win for the dolphins in Taiji. We can all make a difference. If you would like your voices to be heard, please contact the respective representatives to tell them the massacre must stop! Please help us end this slaughter. Your opinion is important – apathy allows this barbaric “tradition” to continue. You can help directly support the Cove Guardians by purchasing items from our Amazon Wish List. Consider applying to be a Cove Guardian and joining our team in Taiji. This position requires dedication, time, and resources. You must pay for your travel, lodging, food, and all other personal expenses. Application process: Send e-mail to [email protected] and express your interest. You will be sent an information packet that includes links to the Onshore Volunteer Application and a supplemental questionnaire for Cove Guardians. You will submit that package either by electronic or physical mail. You will be notified if you are selected and provided more detailed information to help you in booking your travels to and stay in Japan. A ticket purchased to a dolphin show buys blood in Taiji The captive dolphin entertainment industry makes a lot of money from dolphin suffering and death. The way to shut them down is to take the profit out of their operations. By ending the demand for their shows, we can sink them economically. Do not support these entertainment venues. Terminate your season passes. Encourage your friends and family to stay away from them. Do not include them in your holiday packages or cruises. Contact the parks and let them know how you feel about dolphins kept in captivity. Educate others on the link between the captive dolphin industry and the Taiji dolphin slaughter. Do not participate in captive dolphin programs like “swimming with the dolphins” The Ceta-Base Phinventory is a list of captive dolphins world wide. Follow Operation Infinite Patience on social media and share with your friends and family. Ask them to help us end this atrocity. Cove Guardian Facebook Sea Shepherd USA Facebook Cove Guardian Twitter Sea Shepherd USA Twitter Help us end the brutal Taiji dolphin slaughter by voicing your concerns to the authorities in Taiji as well as the Japanese Embassy, US Embassy to Japan, US and Japanese Ambassadors to the UN, and the US Senate members of the Committee on Foreign Relations. PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN Prime Minister Shinzo- Abe Cabinet Office, Government of Japan 1-6-1 Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8914 JAPAN +81-3-5253-2111 Website: kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html Online comment form #1:https://kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html Online comment form #2: https://form.cao.go.jp/kokusai/en_opinion-0001.html Japanese Embassies Worldwide: Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan: List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan US Embassy in Japan: Caroline Kennedy – Ambassador of the United States to Japan Telephone: 011-81-3-3224-5000 Fax: 011-81-3-3505-1862 Send E-mail to the U.S. Embassy in Japan Please thank Caroline Kennedy for her defense of the dolphins Japanese UN Representatives: H.E. Mr Kazuyoshi Umemoto – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary [email protected] H.E. Mr. Jun Yamazaki – Deputy Representative of Japan to the UN [email protected] United States UN Representative: Samantha Power - US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Powers Twitter United States Mission to the United Nations Contact Form US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Wakayama Prefecture Office, Fishery Division: [email protected] Telephone: +81-73-441-3010 Fax: +81-73-432-4124 International Whaling Commission (IWC) The Red House, 135 Station Road, Impington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 87 Email: [email protected] United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Convention on Migratory Species (CMP) UNEP/CMS Secretariat Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel: (+49 228) 815 2401 Fax: (+49 228) 815 2449 Email: [email protected] Hotel Dolphin Resort/Dolphin Base: Telephone: +81-0735-59-3514 Fax: +81-0735-59-2810 Japan Fisheries Public Content Form: Contact the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries WAZA: The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums [email protected] IMATA: The International Marine Mammal Trainers’ Association [email protected]
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:28:37 +0000
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