Oppose Japan's move to start whaling again - check out this information from IFAW and sign
if you're so inclined (if you'd like to avoid distressing information and just sign, scroll to the bottom link):
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Whales in the Southern Ocean have been safe from Japanese harpoons for the last year.
But that could change in just a matter of days.
I need you to urge President Obama to speak out against Japan's intention to resume killing whales in the Southern Ocean.
In March 2014, the International Court of Justice ruled that Japan's Antarctic whaling program was illegal and not for scientific purposes, as Japan has long claimed.
And so for the past year, and for the first time in over 100 years, whales in the Southern Ocean were free from the whalers' harpoons.
But now Japan has a new whaling program, and they're readying their ships again. They could be underway any day now.
There is no easy or humane way to kill a whale.
A whaling ship will pursue a whale for many miles, exhausting the whale so it becomes an easy target.
Then they'll shoot it with an explosive harpoon, reel it in, and shoot it with guns or suffocate the whale by forcing its head underwater alongside the boat. Some whales can take as long as 30 excruciating minutes to die.
Speak out against this cruelty
Under their new program, Japan's whalers plan to kill nearly 4,000 whales over the next 12 years in an expanded Antarctic killing zone.
Last month, Japan sought to exempt itself from the jurisdiction of the Court for any future cases about scientific whaling.
This breathtaking disregard for international law cannot go unchallenged.
Urge President Obama to speak out against Japan's intention to resume killing whales in the Southern Ocean.
Take action to protect whales
Our Government cannot stand idly by and allow this cruel slaughter to resume.
Please take action now. Time is running out for the Southern Ocean whales.
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http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/get-involved/stop-japans-plan-bring-back-antarctic-whaling?ms=UONDG151127002&mailid=13054163&af=BAXeIyex13fzU0NS2ESSCottM8jWV8JDqXT62dLTazODyWujTjg2l5C6oA0d9ghPuvYE8TiR7GSM63SQcZ8gkSbBNuY3iqx6T824RSNdHodtr6Ny%2FzfsPNHv4fBHwJXmiVZ6H%2FAKZdTJC7RlVD%2F%2BRbZsXUykCBBzrgHXuTq81b8vFMJGiyVZTiZQyOnN%2F6oc2j3jKrh965bpq%2Bq6DQpZwVVY9SRlw4sK3hcB1YrC4v8%3D&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&spMailingID=13054163&spUserID=MTg0MDE4ODE3NjU3S0&spJobID=661730417&spReportId=NjYxNzMwNDE3S0
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