PREGNANT WHALES KILLED!!

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*** PLEASE CROSSPOST *** Dear Activists: More than HALF the whales killed by Japanese whalers in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary, in 2006 were pregnant! Of 505 Antarctic minke whales slaughtered, 262 of them were pregnant females. One of three giant fin whales killed was also pregnant.These findings come from Japanese reports of their most recent 2006-07 whale hunt in Antarctic waters; and were released ahead of the resumption of a Federal Court case the Humane Society International is taking against the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. Global mega-fishing conglomerates; Maruha, Nissui & Kyokuyo [collectively known as Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd.] who turned their whaling stock over to the Japanese government's "Institute of Cetacean Research" [the driving force behind whaling in Japan] in June 2006, continue to actively engage in whaling by A) using their powerful positions within

the Japanese Fisheries Agency to promote whaling; by voting to end the IWC's moratorium on whaling. B) Continuing to package and profit from the sale of whale meat in Japan. [Kyokuyo claims it will end this practice when its whale meat stockpiles are exhausted--which equates to never--as whale killing quotas (including endangered whale species) continue to increase yearly.] Between them, Maruha, Nissui & Kyokuyo own more than 250 fishing companies worldwide and virtually dominate global seafood sales! Buying seafood SUPPORTS THEIR COMPANIES & THEREFORE SUPPORTS WHALING!! TAKE ACTION! Please ask friends, family, co-workers and others NOT TO BUY SEAFOOD! Urge them to email Maruha, Nissui & Kyokuyo and DEMAND that these pro-whaling companies [who are virtually synonymous with the Japanese government] force Japan to pass laws protecting whales and dolphins! Inform them you will no longer be supporting their cruelty by

purchasing seafood. *** SAMPLE LETTER TO WHALING COMPANIES *** Sirs: Due to both your historic and recent connection to the bloody, barbaric whaling industry, and the fact that the Chief Executive Officers within your respective companies continue to vote to end the whaling moratorium; my family, friends, associates and a growing number of outraged consumers, will be boycotting Maruha, Nissui and Kyokuyo and dropping ALL seafood from our menu. We have come to realize that purchasing ANY seafood means financially supporting the cruel and unsustainable destruction of our Earth's marine mammals. Japan continues to escalate its whaling quotas and brutally slaughters dolphins, despite mounting worldwide protests. It is obvious that consumer boycotts [of your companies] remain the ONLY effective weapon in which to stop Japan's goal of mass annihilation of cetaceans. Until Maruha, Nissui and Kyokuyo use their

significant global resources and political power within the Japanese government, to immediately STOP cetacean slaughter and ENACT LAWS permanently protecting cetaceans, your companies are destined to suffer monumental economic losses. Sincerely, EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR WHALING'S BIG 3: *** MARUHA, NISSUI, KYOKUYO *** ORCA BAY [Maruha] 75% of its profits come from global seafood sales! Email: info GORTON'S [Nissui] 41% of its profits come from global seafood sales! Email: info KYOKUYO: Over 50% of its profits come from global seafood sales! USA EMAIL: kamec EUROPE EMAIL: info [if these email addresses are blocked/masked go to: http://whales.greenpeace.org/campaign/7069 Scroll down to the heading ***JAPAN *** Please sign the International Whaling

Commission petition to END WHALING: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/194508729 On behalf of our whales--thank you for caring! Brennan

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