End the Dolphin Slaughter

End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan

Target:
Japanese Government through the U.S. State Department
Sponsored by:
The Association of Zoos & Aquariums

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/end-dolphin-slaughter-in-japan


The Japanese government allows a few fishermen to slaughter thousands of dolphins and small whales in so-called drive hunts.

During drive hunts, fishermen panic and confuse migrating dolphins and other small whales with loud banging on metal pipes. They herd the dolphins into shallow coves and butcher them brutally. Every year, over 20,000 dolphins and other whale species are killed this way, including bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins, spotted dolphins, Risso's dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, white-sided dolphins, and false killer whales.

Dolphins are intelligent, self-aware mammals with bonded social interactions. The Jananese drive hunts have been condemned by animal welfare experts around the world as brutal and inhumane, but pleas to stop them have been ignored.

Therefore, marine scientists and zoo and aquarium professionals, are asking for your support to bring this inhumane practice to an end.
Please sign the petition asking the U.S. State Depatment to make ending the dolphin slaughter a high priority in all negotiations with the Japanese government.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/end-dolphin-slaughter-in-japan


125,164: 3:37 am PDT, Sep 5, Paul Westmerland, United Kingdom