Take Action to Save Whales

The goal of Humane Society International and The HSUS' Save Whales—Not Whaling campaign is to mobilize people and governments around the world to protect whales.

The Save Whales—Not Whaling campaign educates the public and politicians about the threat that commercial whaling poses to whale species, the use of trade sanctions to force nations to cease their commercial and so-called scientific whaling activities, and the necessity of creating whale sanctuaries that provide safe havens for whales to breed, feed, and calve away from human predators.

Currently, whales face dire consequences from the actions of Japan and other pro-whaling nations, but you can help! Scroll down to find out what you can do to help save whales—not whaling.

Contact Governments

• Ask Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda to put an end to whaling by Japanese vessels.
• Tell Iceland to stop whaling once and for all.
• Tell Norway that whaling is staining its "green" reputation red.
• Tell the Caribbean: Watch whales, don't hunt them

Contact Companies

• Ask seafood CEOs to take responsibility for whaling.
• Urge Gorton's to do more for whales.

Donate

• Support our campaign to help end whaling for good!

Learn More About the Issues

• Read daily dispatches from IWC 2008
• Read about whaling and the International Whaling Commission
• Read reports: Who's Eating all the Fish? and A Time to Refocus (on the future of the IWC) [PDF]
• Press release: Scientists Find Whales Innocent of Global Decline in Fisheries
• Why whaling is inhumane

Spread the Word

• Ask your friends to write to Iceland's Minister of Fisheries about whaling
• Email our video to your friends or link to it from your website.
• Post one of our badges on your Facebook, blog or MySpace page. For example:
  

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Updated July 16, 2008