Sample letter 1
Dear Mr/ Ms:
I am outraged by the annual brutal slaughter of whales and dolphins that takes place in Japan. The images of bloody red water clearly show the world that Japan has little respect for the state of the world's oceans and for the conservation of the marine resources it claims to support.
Many scientific studies show that the oceans are in decline. We must take whatever actions are necessary to stop their over-exploitation and to protect the creatures that live in them. These whales and dolphins do not belong to Japan. The status of the species of whales and dolphins that you kill are either endangered, threatened, or unknown. It is an unthinkable waste that they will likely end up as a meat product or deceptively sold as whale meat, polluted with toxic levels of mercury and cadmium, killing people that eat it. It is tragic and unacceptable that the remaining dolphins that are not killed will end up destined for death in an aquarium, water park, or captive dolphin program.
In addition, the methods used to kill these animals are cruel. Corralling the whales and dolphins into bays, then making them suffer a long and painful death by spears, hooks, and drowning is an inhumane way of fishing. This action is disgraceful and has caused much disappointment in the international community.
We demand that Japan permanently and immediately renounce and stop this slaughter. We will work diligently to bring this issue to international light until you have ceased your reprehensible violence.
Sincerely,
Sample letter 2
Dear Mr/ Ms:
I was appalled to hear that Japanese fishers are trapping and slaughtering dolphins for six months every year in Taiji. Terrorizing the dolphins with underwater sound, the fishers herd the dolphins into a killing cove close to Taiji. Many of these beautiful, majestic creatures die during the chase, which can last eight hours or more. Please do whatever is in your power to stop this horrific slaughter today.
[Your comment here]
Your immediate action is needed.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
Japan Embassies and Consulates Worldwide:
http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/japan
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Also send an Email or letter or to the International Whaling Commission:
Iternational Whaling Commission (IWC)
IWC Contacts
The main contacts for the IWC Secretariat
Postal Address: The International Whaling Commission
The Red House,
135 Station Road,
Impington,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 876
Email:
for general enquiries: secretariat@iwcoffice.org
for editorial correspondence: iwcjournal@iwcoffice.org
for comments on this website: webmaster@iwcoffice.org
Dear Mr/ Ms:
I recently heard about the documentary film The Cove and was alarmed to find out that more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are brutally killed each year off the coast of Japan. In addition, Japanese consumers are being sold dolphin meat, containing dangerously high levels of mercury, often labeled as whale meat.
I ask that you urge the Japanese government to revoke permits that allow Japan's Fisheries Agency to continue this heinous, dangerous and illegal practice.
I'm a also urge the International Whaling Commission includes the proper management of dolphins and porpoises and a comprehensive plan to stop the slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
[Your comment here]
Your immediate action is needed.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
Letters can be sent also to the following:
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
1-6-1 Nagata-cho 1 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8968 JAPAN
Fax: +81.3.5511.8855
E-mail form:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html
MINISTER OF FISHERIES
1-2-1 Ksumigaseki 1 Chrome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8907 JAPAN
Tel:+81-3-5510-3303 (direct) or 3-3502-8111
Fax: +81-3-3502-8220 or +81-3-3502-0794
E-mail: sinsei01densi@nm.maff.go.j
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E-mail form:
http://www.voice.maff.go.jp/maff-interactive/people/ShowWebFormAction.do?FORM_NO=5
THE DOLPHIN HUNT IN TAIJI IS CONDUCTED BY TAIJI FISHERY COOPERATIVE
3167-7 Taiji
Wakayama, 649-5171 Japan
Tel: +81.735.59.3517
Fax: +81 735 59 3018
PERMISSION FOR THE DOLPHIN HUNT IS GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR OF WAKAYAMA
Mr. Yoshiki Kimura
Prefectural Office of Wakayama
1-1 Komatsubaradouri, Wakayama-shi
Wakayama-ken, 640-8269 Japan
Tel: +81-73-441-2034
Fax:+81-73-423-9500
Public comment lines: +81-73-441-2028
Fax: +81-73-431-0462
E-mail: e0006001@pref.wakayama.lg.
jp
THERE IS A FISHERY AGENCY POLICY EVALUATION GROUP
WHICH HAS THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE:
Kawase, Yoshino and Tokura
Tel: +81-3-3502-8111 ext. 7057 and 7058
OR: +81-3-3591-5613 ( direct)
E-mail: sui_hyoka@nm.maff.go.jp
http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/japan
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