For First Time in Decades, Japan and Its Pro-Whaling Allies Now Hold the Majority of Votes at the International Whaling Commission: Last Way to Help

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WDCS e-newsletter – we urgently need your help to protect whales.

Yesterday, we witnessed a huge blow for the conservation of whales, as pro-whaling nations re-took control of the International Whaling Commission.

For the first time in decades, Japan and its pro-whaling allies now hold the majority of votes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the international body that regulates whaling. Yesterday, they won a vote in favour of the “St Kitts and Nevis Declaration”, which states that the current ban on commercial whaling is unnecessary, that whales are out-competing humans for fish and that conservation groups are a threat to governments.

The ban on commercial whaling was brought into effect 20 years ago to save whales decimated by decades of unregulated and unsustainable whaling. It is now dangerously close to being overturned. With pro-whaling nations now holding the majority of votes, the IWC will quickly be driven to abandon important conservation and welfare measures.





Not only is whaling incurably inhumane, it has been proved to be impossible to regulate. The IWC’s previous attempts to control commercial whaling under a pro-whaling majority were so disastrous that some populations have still not recovered from the slaughter.

This is a wake up call for the world to take back the IWC and protect whales before it is too late!

The vote was close, with 33 votes in favour and 32 against. All member states of the European Union opposed the statement except Denmark which voted in favour. Denmark’s vote tipped the majority in favour of the whalers.

You can help the world’s whales at this crucial time!

Send a protest e-mail to the Prime Minister of Denmark calling on him to retract his country’s vote.

http://uk.wdcs.org/go/N060619whaling1

Please adopt a whale.

http://uk.wdcs.org/go/N060619aaw

Or donate to our campaign.

http://uk.wdcs.org/go/N060619donate