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Stop Icelandic Whaling
(If you've already taken the pledge,click here to just send a message to Tourism officials in Iceland.)
Iceland Whales Pledge
“I would seriously consider taking a vacation in Iceland rather than somewhere else if the Government of Iceland stopped whaling. I would be willing to receive an email about the options available for Icelandic tourism, an email that would be sent to me if the Government of Iceland ends its whaling program.”
If you agree with the statement above, send the message below to the Icelandic Ministry of Tourism. (If you’ve previously taken the pledge, click here to just send the letter.)
Iceland Whaling
Minister of Industry and Tourism
Össur Skarphéðinsson
Iceland
Copies to:
Erna Hauksdóttir
Iceland Travel Industry Association
Dear Sir,
I was pleased to hear of Iceland's decision not to set quotas on its commercial whale hunt.
I have pledged to seriously consider a visit to Iceland, as have more than a hundred thousand others, if whaling were to end.
The value of those pledges is now worth far, far more than whaling can ever bring Iceland -- from people who greatly value the whale watching and nature tourism which Iceland has to offer.
I understand that the commercial value of the whale hunt was a mere US$4 million per annum at its peak. Its current commercial value appears to be negative.
Greenpeace has offered to provide to the Iceland government a mailing list of people like me who would like to visit Iceland.
I ask you to impress upon the Fisheries Minister and the Prime Minister that an announcement that Iceland will end all whale hunting would be the reason I need to make good on my pledge to consider a trip to Iceland.
By putting away harpoons that have no commercial value, your country's tourism trade stands to gain greatly.
I hope you can effectively speak for all of us who would like to visit Iceland, but find Iceland's whaling policy difficult to reconcile with its otherwise very strong environmental and conservationist reputation.
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at 19:48 on October 21st, 2009
SAVING WHALES = Sea Shepherd Notícias Quinta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2009 A Great Victory for the Whales in Indonesia + Uma grande vitória para as baleias na Indonésia + ACORDA INDONÉSIA! O JAPÃO NÃO PODE TE SALVAR...
www.nowpublic.com/environment/scandal-whaling-video-13
Whale Shark to be held Captive Indefinitely... what a surprise!
my.nowpublic.com/world/whale-shark-be-held-captive-indefi...
The Japanese Whale hunt will remain.
www.nowpublic.com/environment/japanese-whale-hunt-will-re...
Stop Icelandic Whaling
www.nowpublic.com/stop_icelandic_whaling
Iceland has just announced that they will give a license to one man to commercially hunt whales. The quota is 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales - which are an endangered species.
39 whales might not sound like much, but considering the threats that these whales face from climate change, pollution and overfishing, this is the last thing they need.
The decision does not make economic sense either. Greenpeace campaigner Frode Pleym said, "Iceland has no market for whale meat, but they do have a huge and far more valuable market for whale watching."
Tell Iceland that it makes much more sense to support whale watching, not whaling.
oceans.greenpeace.org/en/the-expedition/news/iceland-resu...
SIGN THE ICELAND WHALES PLADGE
oceans.greenpeace.org/en/stop-icelandic-whaling
Become an Ocean Defeneder (It's Free!)
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posted by Giona
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Faroé Islands:
Ilhas Faroé, Fábrica de Monstros.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9uM0iqgfo
Captain Paul Watson
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Faroe islanders told to stop eating toxic pilot whales - Mercury poisoning (graphic pic at end)
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view...
DENMARK: WHAT A SHAME - WHAT DOES THE EU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?
www.nowpublic.com/environment/denmark-what-shame-what-doe...
Petition asks Denmark to defend whales
www.nowpublic.com/petition_asks_denmark_to_defend_whales
Denmark: Assassina - Whales Massacre
www.nowpublic.com/environment/denmark-assassina-whales-ma...
To the people of the Faroe Islands...I say, "STOPTHIS SENSELESS MASSACRE!!!" Anyone who could bury a hook into the backof a whale, drag it to shore, slit its throat, and butcher it, deservesto die of mercury poisoning...or worse.
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
www.nowpublic.com/environment/whale-dolphin-massacre-europe
FOTOS:
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
www.nowpublic.com/environment/whale-dolphin-massacre-euro...
MGODET's Channel
www.nowpublic.com/np-1-1369512
A DINAMARCA TEM RÓTULO DE SANGRIA E TERROR E SUAS ILHAS EXALAM SANGUE INOCENTE DE ANIMAIS INDEFESOS
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Gray Whale Migration - More Bad News for Puget Sound Orcas? - Beaked Whales: First Marine Mammal to Use Secondary Sexual Selection
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faroe_politik - VAMOS ACOMPANHAR CADA PASSO DADO POLITICAMENTE PARA TIRARMOS NOSSAS CONCLUSÕES - ESTAMOS EM ALERTA! www.nowpublic.com/environment/faroe-politik-vamos-acompan...
MGODET's Recently Published Photos, Videos and Audio
www.nowpublic.com/user/460224/footage?page=1
MGODET's Recently Published Photos, Videos and Audio
www.nowpublic.com/user/460224/footage
"Great Turtle Race" - Let the Race begin! - The turtles are off and swimming
www.nowpublic.com/environment/great-turtle-race-let-race-...
"WHALES EUROPE"
www.nowpublic.com/search?page=1&fulltext=1&type=i...
UMA GRANDE VITORIA...
"WHALES EUROPE" II
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Uma grande vitória para as baleias na Indonésia
flag_japan_tiny Japanese translation Tradução japonesa
www.flickr.com/photos/9183672/3227874300/in/set-721576126...
NA DINAMARCA, EM SEUS CONSOLES DAS ILHAS FAROÉ TAMBÉM GOSTAM DE MASSACRAR AS BALEIAS E OS GOLFINHOS...
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
www.nowpublic.com/environment/whale-dolphin-massacre-europe
SAVING WHALES = Sea Shepherd Notícias Quinta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2009 A Great Victory for the Whales in Indonesia
sadicosdosreinosdanatureza.blogspot.com/
HOLOCAUSTO ANIMAL
holocaustoanimalbrazil.blogspot.com/
SADICOS
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Pilot Whales Brutally Slaughtered Annually in the Faroe Islands
earthfirst.com/pilot-whales-brutally-slaughtered-annually...
Heartbreaking Pictures of Whale Slaughter
ahimsablog.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/heartbreaking-picture...
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at 09:39 on October 22nd, 2009
at 09:20 on October 23rd, 2009
ATÉ QUANDO TEREMOS QUE SUPORTAR ESSAS AGRESSÕES A NOSSA RIQUEZA ANIMAL???
ACORDA ICELAND!!!
STOP WHALING...
"SAVING DOLPHINS & WHALES"
FALANDO DO PREJUÍZO ECOLOGICAMENTE TAMBÉM...