Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Victory for Whales! > > > I have the best news of the year to share with you - > are you ready for it? The Gorton's fisherman and his > Japanese parent company have agreed to get out of > whaling. That's right, thanks to you, we've proven > that whaling is bad for business. And I want us all > to take a minute to celebrate together. > > More than 25,000 of you wrote to Gorton's, sent > postcards, attended whale watching parties, folded > origami whales and made generous contributions, all > to send Gorton's a clear message: Get out of the > whale killing business. Well, in less than four > short months, you've managed to get the largest > corporate shareholder in commercial whaling to agree > to get out of the whaling business altogether. > > And that's not all...the rest of the corporate > shareholders in the Japanese whaling fleet have also > decided to divest their shares of the business > rather than face your wrath. > > This doesn't mean an end to so-called " scientific " > whaling, but it does mean that public pressure is > gaining momentum and forcing corporations to jump > ship. I can't tell you what a tremendous milestone > this is, and words can't express how grateful I am > for everything you've done to make this happen. > > This is the most important victory I've seen since > commercial whaling was officially banned in 1986. > You have so much to be proud of. But the fight is > far from over, and now we're gearing up for what > could be the greatest threat yet. The next meeting > of the International Whaling Commission will be > taking place in June, and Japan is threatening to > win the majority vote and overturn the commercial > whaling moratorium. For years, the Japanese > government has spent billions of Yen buying votes on > the commission, and this year could be the critical > year that they manage to turn the tide. Our own > government will have a critical role to play, and we > expect a lot more from them than we've seen lately > if we're going to prevent this from happening. So > stay tuned for the next round. > > Now that you can see for yourself how effective your > actions have been, I hope you won't pull any punches > come June. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can > accomplish together. > > Thanks again! > > Your Friend, > John Hocevar > Oceans Campaigner > > p.s. June is just around the corner, so if you want > to help give us a head-start, feel free to make a > whale of a donation here: > https://secureusa.greenpeace.org/securedonate/index.php?usa_source_template=ocea\ ns > ~~~~~ > 3 Ways to Help > > 1: Help Greenpeace Take a Stand. Become a Member > Today. > https://secureusa.greenpeace.org/securedonate/index.php?from=040306 > > 2: Take Action. Visit our Action Center and take > action today. > http://usactions.greenpeace.org/ > > 3: Tell a Friend. Forward this message to a friend. > Help spread the word. > http://hq.demaction.org/dia/organizations/greenpeace/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_frie\ nd_KEY=738 > ~~~~~ > Spring is in the Air > > We had a blast at the cherry blossom festival in > Washington, D.C. this past weekend, where our > mascot, Flo the whale, helped us gather postcard > signatures against whaling. With the back-drop of > Japan's world-famous cherry trees, we drew attention > to Japan's uglier activities of whale slaughter in > the Southern Ocean. > ~~~~~ > Greenpeace > 702 H Street, NW > Suite 300 > Washington, D.C. 20001 > (800) 326-0959 > ~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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