OPERATION MUSASHI A SUCCESS!
Dear John,
"After shutting down the Japanese whaling operations in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary for over a month this season, our ship the Steve Irwin is now headed back to port in Australia. Operation Musashi has been a very successful campaign for the whales this year. We found and engaged the whalers earlier than ever, kept them on the run for weeks, and actively intervened against their illegal activities. The campaign received wide international media attention and recorded hours of video footage which will be seen by millions of people in the next season of Whale Wars on Animal Planet. We intend to return next year and will never stop intervening against their illegal whaling operations. Your valued contributions insure our continued action to defend whales and all ocean wildlife."
Captain Paul Watson
February 2009
One of the greatest tragedies of the Twenty First Century is the continued slaughter of Whales, the gentle giants of the sea. Countries like Japan, Greenland, Canada, Finland and Iceland carry out the senseless slaughter of whales despite a mounting Global outcry. These countries must be made to understand that they are participating in a criminal activity that is destroying sentient members of our Global population.
The International Whaling Commission is a travesty. This organization was established to promote the murder of sentient beings. The following is from the IWC's website at http://www.iwcoffice.org/commission/iwcmain.htm#history and clearly demonstrates a flawed and greed-backed political entity that has not responded with the changing world-view.
"The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set up under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling which was signed in Washington DC on 2nd December 1946. The purpose of the Convention is to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry. The main duty of the IWC is to keep under review and revise as necessary the measures laid down in the Schedule to the Convention which govern the conduct of whaling throughout the world. These measures, among other things, provide for the complete protection of certain species; designate specified areas as whale sanctuaries; set limits on the numbers and size of whales which may be taken; prescribe open and closed seasons and areas for whaling; and prohibit the capture of suckling calves and female whales accompanied by calves. The compilation of catch reports and other statistical and biological records is also required.
In addition, the Commission encourages, co-ordinates and funds whale research, publishes the results of scientific research and promotes studies into related matters such as the humaneness of the killing operations."
Since the IWC has no enforcement arm and lacks any power to prevent the slaughter of whales, it is left to organizations such as Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace to raise the funds, encourage activism and intervene in the illegal and immoral slaughter of our fellow sentients in the Sea. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has directly intervened time and time again and continues to risk life and liberty to fight for these magnificent members of our world.
ChallengerDeep is proud to support the efforts of Sea Shepherd. We encourage you to visit their website and contribute to their on-going battle to save the whales from senseless destruction.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society welcomes your support. To learn how to support our conservation work, please visit: www.seashepherd.org/donate.html.
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