Stop the dolphin and whale killings in Taiji

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Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo FUKUDA
1-6-1 Nagata-cho 1 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968 JAPAN

Dear Prime Minister Yasuo FUKUDA,

We are outraged by the annual brutal slaughter of dolphins and whales that takes place in Japan . The images of bloody red water clearly show the world that Japan has little respect for the state of the worlds oceans and for the conservation of the marine resources it claims to support.

Many scientific studies show that the oceans are in decline. We must take whatever actions are necessary to stop their over-exploitation and to protect the creatures that live in them. These dolphins do not belong to Japan . The status of the species of dolphins and whales that you kill are either endangered, threatened, or unknown. It is an unthinkable waste that they will likely end up as a meat product or deceptively sold as whale meat, polluted with toxic levels of mercury and cadmium, killing people that eat it. It is tragic and unacceptable that the remaining dolphins that are not killed will end up destined for death in an aquarium, water park, or "swim with dolphins" program.

In addition, the methods used to kill these animals are cruel.

Corralling the dolphins into bays, then making them suffer a long and painful death by spears, hooks, and drowning is an inhumane way of fishing. This action is disgraceful and has caused much disappointment in the international community.

We demand that Japan permanently and immediately renounce and stop this slaughter. We will work diligently to bring this issue to international light until you have ceased your reprehensible violence.


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  • Svetlana K
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    • killing of dolphins is equivalent to killing a person
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    • 27
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    • Russian
  • Rhonda B
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    • ~Stop the brutal slaughter of these beautiful animals!~ They need to be protected and left alone!~
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    • ~USA~
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  • Rita van N
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    • bad, bad, bad
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    • Germany
  • Petra
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    • Es MUSS aufhören!
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    • Germany
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    • turkey
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  • Svetlana G
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    • Russia
  • Svetlana
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    • It is absolutely incredible that nothing is done to make this barbarism AGAINST 'CALDERON' CEASE, a super intelligent dolphin known to approach people out of curiosity.
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    • Russia
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  • Rebecca B
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    • Are you insane? Killing a MAMMAL that isn't even a FISH for it's meat? Don't you know what you are doing. sea creatures already have a lot of mercury in them. Dolphins have more mercury than you can think of. Do you want to be responsible for the extinction of dolphins and the mercury POISONING of humans? Because that is what is going to happen and you say "We are not going to stop our plans" How would you like it if someone harpooned YOU for food? Let me say this in a language you till understand: あなたは正気ですか？でも、それは肉のためにFISHではない動物を殺す？あなたは何をしているか知りません。海の生き物は、すでにその中に水銀がたくさんあります。イルカがあなたが考えることができるより多くの水銀を持っています。あなたはイルカの絶滅と人間の水銀中毒の責任になりたいですか？それは起こるだろうものであり、誰かが食べ物をありがとう銛どうあなたはそれをご希望の"我々は計画を停止するつもりはありません"と言うので、
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    • Canada
  • May-Britt S
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    • You shouldn't kill. Neither animals nor anything else!
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  • Madison C
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    • I believe the brutal slaughtering of these poor defenseless animals needs to end. The survival of man kind and this planet depend on us, and if we keep constantly destroying our ecosystem we will be left with nothing. I wish people wouldnt be so simple minded. I mean honestly, do you want our childrens children to live in ruins?
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    • united states
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  • Evelina C
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    • Stop the cruelty!
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  • michela m
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    • THE ENTIRE WORLD SAYS SHAME ON JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO BOYCOTT ALL JAPANESE PRODUCTS, STARTING FROM BOYCOTTING THE BUYING OF JAPANESE CARS UNTILL THIS BARBARIC SLAUGHTER IS STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Agnes
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    • Stop the dolphin and whale killings in Taiji
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    • Thailand
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  • andy h
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    • this is simply not acceptabl;e in todays world given what science has shown about these magnificent creatures.you bring great dishonour to your country and people by continuing to do this japan
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  • Michael C
  • Thinara M
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    • Just do something.
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    • 27 years old.
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    • Brazil
  • Sharon J
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  • Yana
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    • Please stop this horror!
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    • Russia
  • Janice v
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    • Stop the brutal killings the meat is poisened and free erwin vermeulen!!!
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  • Susan N
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    • PLEASE STOP THIS SLAUGHTER
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    • United Kingdom
  • Yana
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    • Stop it!
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    • Russia
  • Katja R
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  • Andrew N
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    • Stop the massacre, let them live! My family is crying while we seen the shocked pictures. Stop it, if you call yourself civilized people!
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    • Belarus
  • Olivia D
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    • USA
  • Sheilah B
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    • I don't know how best to put this and remain polite.....I am absolutely horrified at the way Japan is treating these dolphins. Dolphin meat is poisonous...why do you poison your people? And more to the point.....are you aware of the terrible, terrible suffering that these creatures are subjected to? Imagine travelling with your family and suddenly running into pure blood and knowing you are about to suffer the most horrific of deaths. You scream and cry and try to escape and protect your family, but the painful blows are coming and there is no escape.....Do you know the dolphin is the only animal that will help man willingly with no training, and save his life when drowning? Do you know that the dolphin's brain is the only animal brain that is close to man's? And you repay this gentlest of creatures with fear, pain, suffering, torture.....Please please listen to us and STOP this terrible atrocity, I BEG YOU
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  • Olga T
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    • !!! STOP !!!
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  • Tui A
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    • Dolphins are the people of the sea. We should never kill them. They do not come on land and eat our food, so we should not go on to the sea and steal theirs. Let them live as nature intended.
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    • this horror must be stopped!!
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    • u.s.