Dear World,
Despite worldwide outcry and a ban on whaling in place
since 1986, Iceland, like Japan, continues to kill whales
using cruel methods, saying it's for "scientific"
purposes.
But now the government of Iceland has gone even further,
launching a commercial whale hunt for the first time in
more than two decades, a hunt that has already begun to
kill the endangered fin whale.
Send
a letter to the Icelandic Embassy urging them to call
off their first commercial whale hunt in twenty years.
In order to have the most impact, please be courteous
in your letter.
Permits have been granted by Iceland's Ministry of Fisheries
for the hunting of 30 minke whales and nine endangered
fin whales. In fact, whaling ships have already killed
their first endangered fin whale. Iceland already hunts
whales for so-called "scientific" purposes,
exploiting an IWC loophole -- though the meat from the
whales killed for "science" is sold commercially
within Iceland.
Yet few Icelanders eat whale meat regularly (only 1.1%
of Icelanders eat whale meat once a week or more, Gallup
poll); and there is limited, if any, world market for
the meat. Furthermore, a growing number of jobs in Iceland
depend on the increasingly popular whale-watching industry.
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