Please reconsider your decision...

[Guest guest]

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

 

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 - Tokyo

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