Great news just in - Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Ocean has been ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice! Today we have a remarkable end to a chapter in the battle to stop hundreds of whales being killed each year in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica in the name of “research”. Together, we’ve campaigned since 1987 to stop Japan’s annual “scientific” whaling expedition and expose it for what it really is - a cover for continued commercial hunting. And now one of the most respected courts in the world has agreed with us. But this isn’t the end of the story. While this may stop Japan’s whaling efforts in the Southern Ocean, Japan could still try and find new excuses to continue this cull under another guise. We need to keep on fighting. Defending our oceans means compelling governments to support a huge network of marine reserves that will act as sanctuaries for the diverse, beautiful, weird and wonderful species all over the world. This means places like the Antarctic, which is under threat from commercial fishing and climate change. Visit antarcticocean.org and join the call to defend this precious ocean. We’re telling politicians to create a vast network of marine reserves to protect the Antarctic and species like emperor penguins, minke whales and colossal squid.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:46:54 +0000
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