News from the Northwest - no hunt today, Erin Abbott arraignment, activist needs

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FROM WASHINGTON CITIZEN'S COASTAL ALLIANCE

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UPDATE: No hunting by the Makah today. Rising wind and an incoming weather

system MAY rule out any hunt through the end of the week. Regardless, ODI

patrol vessels will be out each and every day.

 

It is being widely reported that injured activist Erin Abbott will be

arraigned in the Federal Courthouse in Tacoma at 2:30pm today. Please try to

get there and show your support! It is advised that you get there early, as

they may try and hold the arraignment as early as possible.

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SEATTLE NEWSPAPER: " THUMBS DOWN " TO MAKAH HUNT

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" ...Thumbs down for another whale hunt by a Makah family at Neah Bay. Once

again the event is stirring strong emotions between tribal members who see

in this a return to part of their history and groups protesting the killing

of these magnificent creatures. It's a shame that 79-year-old heritage must

be revived today. "

 

Eastside Journal-

Bellevue, Washington

April 24, 2000

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FROM WEST COAST ANTI-WHALING SOCIETY

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There will be a meeting of the West Coast Anti-Whaling on April 26th at 6:00

pm at the Whale Store in Victoria, B.C. The Whale Store is at 532 Broughton

Street (between Government and Wharf).

 

Refreshments and snacks will be available. All are welcome who want to try

to put an end to the whale hunting in Washington and British Columbia.

 

Please pass this message on to anyone who may be interested!

Thanks

Anna Hall

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FROM PROJECT SEAWOLF

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The OTHER side of the illegal Makah hunt

 

I've learned today through the High North Alliance that the Chukotsky people

of Siberia finally resumed their killing of bowhead whales last November, as

the first of the 5 whales they were granted through the IWC's Makah/Yupic

Eskimo trade deal was successfully brought into shore.

 

This whale was taken by Jandraginot whalers -- probably the same individuals

whom I documented hunting gray whales a few summers back. This is a great

setback for whale preservation efforts, particularly since there is

absolutely no monitoring of kills/misses/lost whales, etc. in this remote

and politically inaccessable frontier part of Russia's newly independent

states.

 

The US's legacy in violating CITES and other whale protection has been cast

in stone. The trade of this whale represents the United States' success in

making an end-run around the IWC and other international agreements, since

the US have now effectively traded the right to kill an 'endangered' whale

species to a foreign government -- and they seem to have gotten away with

it.

 

It seems the pendulum is rapidly swinging back against the world's whales in

a steady fashion.

 

Michael Kundu

Project SeaWolf

P.O. Box 987, Marysville, WA 98270

Visit our homepage at...

http://home.earthlink.net/~projseawolf/ecos.htm

Be sure to visit our ECOS site if you're planning an eco-tourism or

adventure trip to the northwest!

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