A worldwide peaceful and lawful protest of the annual dolphin slaughter in Japan, as depicted in the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove and the Animal Planet series Blood Dolphins. The Japanese government issues 23,000 permits annually to coastal communities to kill dolphins of several species. A few are sold, at great profit, to aquariums and swim-with-dolphins programs around the world. The captive dolphin industry subsidizes the slaughter. The majority of the pod is then slaughtered for meat. But the meat is contaminated with outrageous amounts of mercury and other pollutants, exceeding the Japanese government’s own health limits. This is a human rights issue as much as an animal welfare issue.
Demonstrations will be going on throughout the world in front of Japanese embassies and consulates on October 14th. Please join your fellow environmentalists and animal activists in protesting the hunts and urging Japan to switch to more sustainable and benign methods of profit, such as eco-tourism and dolphin-watching cruises.
When: Thursday, October 14th, Noon to 2 PM.
Where: In front of Embassies and Consulates of the Government of Japan around the world. Below is a list of cities where events are planned along with contact information. If you don’t see your city, start your own event! Contact Shelby Proie, Shelby@savelolita.com, for more information.
If you can’t attend, please consider calling. Here is a list of all Embassies and Consulates with phone numbers:
Participating Cities and nonprofit organizations::
UNITED STATES:
Anchorage
Margaret -maggiekvet2b@aol.com
Atlanta
David Drolet-http://rescuedolphins.wordpress.com/ rescuedolphins@comcast.net
Boston
Lisa Yee, pagan_kitty05@yahoo.com
(NOTE: Boston will be having an alternate Japan Dolphin Day rally on 10/7 sponsored by WDCS, WSPA, CSI, and MARC from 12-2PM in front of the Japanese consulate)
Chicago:
Allie Presas, alpresas@sbcglobal.net; Cynthia Perez, kivrosdalai@yahoo.com
Detroit
jylforsyth@gmail.com
Denver:
Animal Rights Action Network and Emily Wolf
Contact: ann@animalrightsactionnetwork.org, newfylove@yahoo.com
Honolulu
Courtney Vail, courtney.vail@wdcs.org
Wild Dolphin Foundation: keikibeachbungalows@gmail.com
Houston
Houston Animal Rights Team (H.A.R.T.), vegan world radio
Contacts: Kara, amandalouisepetrie@gmail.com, port.ashley0@gmail.com
Los Angeles
Contact: Julia Ramsey, ramseyjulia@gmail.com
Miami:
Save Japan Dolphins and Oceanic Defense
Mary Jo Rice, mjrice@earthisland.org
New York City
NY4Whales
Contact: tlwilliams@optonline.net
San Diego
Daniela, danielaj_94@yahoo.com
San Francisco:
Earth Island Institute, In Defense of Animals, Orca Network,
Contact: Mary Jo Rice, mjrice@earthisland.org
Seattle:
SaveJapanDolphins, EcoElements
Contact: orcaspirits@msn.com
Philadelphia
Kevin Starbard, kstarbard@earthlink.net
Portland
Rae Wilson-raemarie.wilson@comcast.net
Tempe, AZ
Rockstar Rescue; For The Whale Of It
Contact: jamezblonde@gmail.com
Washington DC:
Animal Welfare Institute and Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International
CONTACT
CANADA:
Calgary
Joanne Clarke joanne.clarke@gmail.com
Ottawa
Ottawa Animal Defense League
Contact: Sue Manns, ottawaanimaldefenseleague@hotmail.com
Toronto
Ocean Activists United
Contact: Sarah Patrick, little-fizzle@hotmail.com
Vancouver
tammara443777@hotmail.com
EUROPE:
Barcelona, Spain
Coordinadora Proyecto Cetaceo Libre
Contact: Diana Morales, dmorales@hgt.es
Berlin, Germany
Tom Hernan, Elisa Brongers
hernan@gmx.de
Croatia:
Ocean Activists United - Zagreb Chapter
Mariana – Prijatelji zivotinja
mariana@prijatelji-zivotinja.hr
Edinburgh, Scotland
lucas@ruzowitzky.dk
London, England
Marine Connection and Karen Page, karen.4page@ntlworld.com
Libson, Portugal
Natalie & Nori in conjunction with: www.chickswithsticks.org.uk, www.s4cglobal.org, www.beasonefoundation.org, www.soulsurfers.org
Contact: natalievfox@hotmail.com
Paris, France
Vivamar Society-Ljubljana and Slovenija
vivamar.society@gmail.com
aurore.d.f@free.fr
Rome, Italy
Ente Nazionale Protezione Animali
Rotterdam, Netherlands
EDEV – Een DIER Een VRIEND, elisa.brongers@edev.nl
Stockholm, Sweden
Izabelle Maelan, izabelle_91@hotmail.com
Vienna, Austria
“Resistance for Peace” and Angelique Hackl
office@resistanceforpeace.org and angelique.hackl@gmx.at
MIDDLE EAST:
Israel
Jacob Berelman, jacob@savejapandolphins.ru
ASIA PACIFIC:
Taiji, Japan
Save Japan Dolphins
Leilani Munter, leilani@leilanimunter.com
Auckland, New Zealand
Joshua Walker-Joshuawalker@timelesshost.com
Bangkok, Thailand
dolphindaydemo@gmail.com
Brisbane, Australia
Robyn Price mokie485@optusnet.com.au
Christchurch, New Zealand
Aaron Nolan, az.nolan@windowslive.com
Canberra, Australia
Karin Klaus, karinklaus@hotmail.com
Hong Kong, China
Jess Chan, jesstychan@gmail.com
Indonesia
Femke, jakartaanimalaid@gmail.com
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dave, russellbanfield@sbcglobal.net
Melbourne, Australia
Haans Silver, hsiver72@bigpond.com
Perth, Australia
Melinda Reilly, melindareilly@iprimus.com.au
Philippines
Trixie (EII)-, eiiphils@gmail.com
Sydney, Australia
Naomi Wong, creamriceking@gmail.com
Wellington, New Zealand
Jarna Hamilton, j_arna@hotmail.com
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN:
Argentina
Wild Earth Foundation
Bahamas
EARTHCARE
sam@reearth.org
Mexico City
SophreEarth-ie Cortina-sophiecortina@mac.com
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jorge Perez and Aliança International do Animal ”AILA”-jorge@g3turismo.com.br and amadu10@terra.com.br
AFRICA:
Cape Town, South Africa
Bahia Fitchen- bahiafitchen@yahoo.com
Nigeria, Africa
Nigeria SPCA (Emmanuel Eyoh), nigveganimal@yahoo.com
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment