seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/what-you-can-do.html 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. Volunteer: 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. Spread the Word: 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 Educate others on the link between the captive dolphin industry and the Taiji dolphin slaughter. Please discourage your friends and family from visiting dolphinariums, aquariums, or participating in captive dolphin programs like “swimming with the dolphins” Contact the Authorities: 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. 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: Kurt Tong – Charge d’Affaires ad interim Telephone: 011-81-3-3224-5000 Fax: 011-81-3-3505-1862 Send E-mail to the U.S. Embassy in Japan 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] Mayor – Taiji Town Hall: Telephone: +81-73-559-2335 Taiji Fishermen’s Union: Telephone: +81-73-559-2340 Fax: +81-735-59-2821 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: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:38:53 +0000
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