3 September 2008 — It may surprise many people to know that despite a global ban on commercial whaling, Japan still has a whaling fleet that kills more than 1,200 whales a year — including threatened and endangered species such as humpbacks, fin, and Sei whales. Chanler Communications is working with environmental groups including the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to help them communicate their anti-whaling campaigns.
Today, EIA print and TV ads produced by Chanler Communications will begin running across the Caribbean countries of St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada to persuade local government officials to support “Caribbean whale watching, not Japanese whale hunting.” This campaign seeks to counter ongoing political and financial pressure from Japan on these small island nations to support its commercial whaling program.
Listen to one of these radio ads: Click to listen.
Then visit EIA to learn more about how you can help protect whales around the world.
A whale is harpooned by Japanese whalers. Photo: Greenpeace.
I just dont understand what kind of person could do such a thing. To animals that hurt nothing, there is no need to kill these majestc beings. I dont know if they are considerd a delicacy or somthing over there, nor do i care. This kind of thing is just unhuman and wrong. Also i dont know why someone else dose not seem to care enough to say something about it, or they are just to scared!
what gives us the right to take another living creatures life ??
whales have as much right to life as anyone else,maybe not the japanese whalers though!.
But from what i have seen in Japan ,if it moves ,kill it and eat it .
Enogh said…
I think that should be agenst the law. Not only is that crule its just plain mean! help stop whale cruleulty post acomment please stop this!
OMG. THAT’S SO SAD!!! WE NEED TO SAVE THE WHALES!
…..its just so barbaric and unecessary…. and the
way they kill them is particularly horrible…lets end
this cruelty, now…..
Isnt there laws against animal crulty? Well whales r animals snd they should b protected the same way dogs, cats, horses, ect. Its not fare that they suffer cuz of the japanes and there weird food cravings research my butt they just want to make money for there meat.
you shouldn’t kill animals they deserve to live INJ