Stop this brutality

[Guest guest]

Dear Sir,

Every year from October through March in small towns along the

Japanese coast, fishermen kill about 20,000 marine mammals in the most

brutal way imaginable. They use loud noises to disorient and herd whole

pods of dolphins, porpoises and small whales into shallow bays, then

stretch nets across the mouth of the bay to close off all exits. The

next morning, the slaughter begins, as fishermen use sharp spears and

hooks to massacre the helpless cetaceans. Most of them are butchered for

meat that is sold in restaurants and supermarkets, while some are sold

to marine parks where they spend years in loneliness and deprivation for

the " entertainment " of audiences.

This annual slaughter is the largest massacre of dolphins anywhere

in the world, and it continues because the atrocity is deliberately kept

hidden from the Japanese people. That is why animal advocates around the

world join together to protest and expose the killing. As a result of

the long lasted persisitence of the Japanese Government to continue

these brutal practices, we find among others as a way to go on with our

fight to put pressure on the Japanese Government in order to end these

brutalities once and for all.

Your country's reputation has been already harmed too much by these

events in front of the eyes of all the world. As a civilized man, you

are kindly requested to support our efforts and pass our message to your

Government.

 

Sincerely yours,

Maria Nika,

Greece