Take Action to Save Whales

Whales face dire consequences from the actions of Japan and other pro-whaling nations, but there are ways you can help. Here's what you can do to save whales, not whaling.

Contact Governments

• Call for a global whale sanctuary
• Iceland has quadrupled its whaling quota—Stop the hunt now!
• Tell Norway that whaling is staining its "green" reputation red.
• Tell the Caribbean: Watch whales, don't kill them.
• Ask Japanese prime minister Taro Aso to put an end to whaling by Japanese vessels. 

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 March 20, 2009