New whaling push

New whaling push

A proposal will be unveiled today that would legalise commercial whale-hunting for the first time in 24 years.

Internet political action group Avaaz believes many governments are planning to stand aside and allow commercial whaling to resume and that an outcry is needed now to ensure the failure of the new hunting push.

The organisation has launched a last-minute petition to be sent to the delegates of the International Whaling Commission every time they reach another 100,000 signatures.

A strong international consensus has opposed whaling for decades, but Japan, Norway, and Iceland have continued their hunt, ignoring the global ban or exploiting a loophole by claiming their expeditions were classified as “scientific research”. The new proposal is believed to completely legalise commercial whaling.

You can sign the petition here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_under_threat/?vl

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One response to “New whaling push”

  1. What has this got to do with the gay community? Whether or not whales get killed has nothing to do with the day to day issues that directly impact on gays and our ability to survive in a world largely run by straights. I hope the SSO is not regressing back into the bad old days when militant left wing activists ran the gay press and used it to push things like “wimmin” and Aboriginal land rights.