IFAW teleconference tomorrow June 9 at 10 am EST

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New U.S. Poll Reveals Strong Opposition to Japanese Whaling

 

 

Leading Conservationists Urge Action in Advance of Global Whale Meeting

 

 

 

 

WHAT: Media Teleconference/Webcast featuring results of new nationwide

poll

 

 

 

WHO: Fred O'Regan, President, IFAW (International Fund for Animal

Welfare)

 

Fred Steeper - Principal, Market Strategies, Inc.,

Leading National Pollster

 

Dr. Roger Payne - Noted Whale Researcher who discovered humpback whale songs

 

 

 

WHEN: Thursday June 9th, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time

 

 

 

HOW: Call 1-888-295-9066, use pass code 9826# and log on to the

web at:

 

http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=29269

 

 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND:

 

 

 

On the eve of this month's meeting of the International Whaling Commission

(IWC), a new national poll finds the U.S. public strongly opposed to ongoing

" scientific whaling " by Japan. Despite an international ban on commercial

whaling, Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to hunt whales. Japan recently

announced plans to double its " scientific " whaling in protected waters around

Antarctica and to add two new protected species, fin and humpback whales, to its

target list. Over the past two weeks, Japan's plan has sparked sharp

international criticism from the United States and other countries.

 

 

 

Noted national pollster Fred Steeper, IFAW President Fred O'Regan and leading

whale researcher Dr. Roger Payne will reveal the results of this latest

nationwide survey, review the latest international developments and outline

expectations for this month's IWC meeting which begins June 20th in Ulsan,

Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

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