Tell the Caribbean: Watch Whales, Don't Hunt Them!
By stvasile
@stvasile (7306)
Romania
June 28, 2008 8:42am CST
The Caribbean is a tourism destination, where people go to snorkel, dive, and increasingly, enjoy whale watching excursions. Ironically, though they do not hunt whales commercially and whale watching is a profitable and growing industry in their region, five Caribbean nations consistently vote against protecting whales at the annual International Whaling Commission meetings: * St. Kitts and Nevis
* Antigua and Barbuda
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* St. Lucia
* Grenada
Dominica, recently announced that after many years of support for Japan, it would no longer vote in favor of commercial whaling. Now, we need to encourage Dominica's neighbors to do the same.
TAKE ACTION
Use the form provided to send an email to these five island nations, urging them to support whale sanctuaries and whale watching—which provide valuable tourism revenue opportunities for their citizens—instead of commercial whaling. Please be sure to edit the letter below—it's much more effective to express your concerns in your own words!
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/Caribbean_whaling08
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3 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
28 Jun 08
There is also another petition for Iceland to reinact their ban on Whale Hunting. They had banned hunitn in 1996. Thye ar enow allowing 40 minke whales and unlimited endangered fin whales to be killed per year.
What a waste of a beautiful animal!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/776797730
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@paid2write (5201)
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28 Jun 08
Thanks, I will do that. I don't understand why these islands do not support whale conservation and keep voting against their protection. Maybe they think it will result in too many whales and that will affect their local fishing trade, but these creatures are becoming rare in some parts of the world and do need the support of all countries to stop them being hunted into extinction.
I agree with you that it's in the interests of all the Caribbean islands to support whale conservation, as it will help their economies to have whale watching excursions for tourists.
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@paid2write (5201)
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12 Jul 08
Thank you for marking my response and for explaining it. I understand the reason now and it is still wrong.
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@rainbow2007star (920)
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14 Jul 08
Every year many species are pushed to or are beyond the brink of extinction. Wildlife organizations save many of these endangered animals. A popular program by which these organizations raise money is through adoptions. For instance, you can adopt a whale to help preserve an endangered species. Adopt a whale and help save such a beautiful creature.Happy posting
