ACT NOW! Korean plans for whale meat factory exposed

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Hello,

 

My name is Jim Wickens, I'm an oceans campaigner for Greenpeace

International. I'm writing to you from Ulsan, an old whaling city in

South Korea, where this year's International Whaling Commission meeting

will be held. I am here with Yeyong Choi from the Korean Federation for

Environmental Movement (KFEM), and

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need your help.

 

We have uncovered plans that the Korean government is planning to build

a whale meat processing factory here, to enable them to process freshly

caught whales. What is the purpose of such a facility? It strongly

indicates Korea has plans to resume commercial whaling. Why else would

you invest in a brand new whale meat factory?

 

Greenpeace and KFEM have today set up camp on the land where the

government is planning to build this factory, establishing a Whale

Embassy, to allow us to speak for Korea's whales that have no voice to

protest. It isn't easy here, camped in the heart of Korea's pro-whaling

past, with a dozen whale and dolphin meat restaurants across the road.

You can see some whale meat for sale in the photo below.

 

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want the Korean government to know that the international community

opposes the resumption of whaling in any shape or form and we urgently

need your help to do this.

 

Please help us to speak out for Korea's whales - become a Whale

Ambassador today.

 

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Click here to send a message to the Korean embassy in your country,

telling them of your concerns, and asking the Korean government to:

 

* Publicly announce they will not build a whale meat processing

factory

 

* Bring an end to the whale meat trade in Korea

 

* Vote for whales and not whaling, at this year's International

Whaling Commission meeting in Korea.

 

By sending this letter, you can directly show your support at the

occupation - for every message sent, we will tie a ribbon to our embassy

lighthouse. The more ribbons we get, the stronger our voice becomes!

 

Thanks for your support.

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Every letter sent will make a difference.

 

All the best,

 

Jim and Yeyong

 

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