Please reconsider your decision...

[Guest guest]

Richard, put down AnimalNepal for a walk on the Japanese Embassy here. We

(well Lucia) recently got a group of students to dress as monkeys to protest

Monkey Business here at the Ministry and that seemed to raise some eyebrows

(for about a minute). This topic should be of interest in Nepal, as one of

the last fresh water dolphins of Nepal recently wound up in a curry.

Jigs, for AnimalNepal.org

 

 

Dear Friends,

 

Of all the statements the captive dolphin industry has made about people who

protest the capture, confinement and other forms of dolphin abuse, the one

that stands out, at least to me, is this: " You protesters always make a lot

of noise in the beginning -- but then you go away, and we can continue doing

what we do in peace. "

 

Sadly, the claim has some truth to it. Too often, if the results we want are

not produced immediately, we give up, go away and move on to another issue.

The annual dolphin slaughter in Japan has been going on for more than 400

years. The annual worldwide protest of the slaughter -- known as Japan

Dolphin Day -- has only been going on for a couple of years. This year, very

few groups have signed up for the event. What has caused this lack of

interest? Have we really given up so soon? Japan Dolphin Day is about

stopping the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world. But it's about so

much more than that. It's about giving the doomed dolphins a voice that can

be heard all over the world. It's about bringing international attention to

their terrible plight. With so few groups participating, our global

community of dolphin advocates appears very weak and scattered.

 

Dolphins are hunted and killed in Japan in the most gruesome way imaginable

every single day six months out of the year. All that we have to do to give

those dolphins a voice is spend a few hours protesting just one day.

Whatever your reason might be for not participating in Japan Dolphin Day,

please reconsider your decision. The Japanese government officials and

whalers would welcome our silence. They may even have predicted that this is

what would happen: Eventually, we would just go away. Please prove them

wrong.

 

Japan Dolphin Day is taking place at all international Japanese embassies

and consulate offices on Wednesday, September 3rd. If you can participate

for a few hours on that most important day, please contact me ASAP.

 

Please keep the faith,

-- ric o'barry

ricobarry <ricobarry%40bellsouth.net>

 

Here's who we are so far:

 

Andreas Morlock-Walschutzaktionen - Munich

Animalisti Italiani Onlus - Rome

Animal Welfare Institute - Washington DC

Asian Animal Protection Network - Hong Kong

British Divers Marinelife Rescue - London

Care for the Wild International - London

CATCA - Vancouver

Campaign Whale - London

Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society - Vancouver

Cetacean Society International - New York/Boston

Coalition for No Whales in Captivity - Vancouver

Compassion in Action - Calgary

Dolphin Spirit - San Francisco

Earth Island Institute - San Francisco/ Manila

Elsa Nature Conservancy - Tok

-- Paul Reitman, CEO

Phoenix Studios Nepal

Mobile: 9841589797

 

www.phoenixstudios.com.np/corporate

 

 

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Environmental Investigation Agency - London

In Defense of Animals - San Francisco

International Animal Rescue - London

The Junglees - Calcuta

Lamma Animal Welfare Centre - Hong Kong

Linking Individuals for Nature Conservation - Hong Kong

Marine Connection - London

Marine Animal Survival Team of CSI - Boston

Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition - Boston

NY Whale and Dolphin Action League - New York

Ocean Care (ASMS) - Bern

Philippine Animal Welfare Society - Manila

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Budapest/Calgary

Stichting Dolphinmotion - Den Haag

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - London

Wal-und Delfinschutz-Forum - Berlin

WSPA - Boston

Zoocheck - Toronto