URGENT: JAPAN WILL KILL 400 MORE WHALES ! TIME TO UNITE FOR WHALES , NOW !!!

October 18, 2000

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JAPAN WILL KILL 400 MORE WHALES THIS YEAR !

PLEASE, IT'S THE TIME TO UNITE FOR WHALES, NOW !!!

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Stop Whaling Now URGENT CAMPAIGN UPDATE ******please read and respond immediately****** Dear friend, We have an unprecedented opportunity to stop Japanese whaling, but we MUST act within the next seven days. PLEASE... take a moment RIGHT NOW to read this brief update

and send two quick messages to US government officials.

I know you receive many urgent messages, but this is truly a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Here's what's happening:As you may know, many governments have already condemned

Japan's so-called "scientific whaling" program. But now, instead of

stopping this slaughter, Japan has expanded their hunt. Last month

they killed forty endangered Bryde's whales and five endangered

Sperm whales, and as I write they're getting ready to kill over

FOUR HUNDRED Minke whales in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. THAT'S RIGHT. JAPAN IS HUNTING IN AN INTERNATIONAL WHALE SANCTUARY. But there is hope. We've had MAJOR breakthroughs recently: * The International Whaling Commission has passed repeated resolutions calling on Japan to stop this hunt. * Fifteen nations, led by Ireland, have formally issued a diplomatic protest to the government of Japan. * SEVENTY-FOUR Japanese organizations have united to oppose

Japanese whaling practices and the IRUKA & KUJIRA

(Dolphin & Whale) Action Network in Tokyo has even stated that

Japan should be denied a permanent seat on the UN Security

Council because of its expanding whaling operations. * Public opinion polls in Japan now show little support for whaling, particularly if it damages Japan's image and economy overseas. * And now the president is considering TRADE SANCTIONS

against Japan. THE WHALES' FATE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE US CONGRESS. Here's how you can help . . . 1) URGE PRESIDENT CLINTON TO IMPOSE TRADE SANCTIONS

ON JAPAN.(I'm told the administration is "counting votes" right now, so we need a FLOOD of messages, calls or letters today.) You can address your message to president or

better yet, use the online feedback forms at:http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html 2) THEN, TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO HELP STOP

WHALING NOW. A new congressional resolution urges withholding US support for Japan's bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council until Japan ends its abuse of the scientific whaling exemption under International Whaling Commission rules. This common-sense resolution, introduced by representative Bill Delahunt and already cosponsored by more than a dozen influential members of congress, could have a tremendous impact, but it needs strong bipartisan support, so please tell your Member of Congress to "support the Delahunt Resolution" to help stop whaling now. To find the email or telephone number for your representative, visit:http://www.voter.com/home/officials/lookup/1,1192,2--,00.html 3) AND FINALLY, PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR

FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CO-WORKERS.Encourage them to send similar messages today. Believe me, every message will make a difference, so pleasesend your message right now... before you open your next email. It only takes a moment, and it could help change the course ofhistory. Many thanks, Fred O'ReganPresident, International Fund for Animal Welfarehttp://www.ifaw.org===================================

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