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Dear Friends
Today is the 13th day in a row without whaling in the Southern Ocean due to the presence of the Greenpeace Ship Esperanza. It looks like the whalers are still intent on hunting though, so we're calling on prominant figures in Japan to speak up.
One man with more influence than most is the CEO of Canon, the world's number one camera maker, and current head of the Japanese Business Federation. He'd also make a perfect whale defender, since Canon has built so much of its reputation on conservation of endangered species (you may have seen their ads in National Geographic--every month since 1981).
This is the statement we're asking Canon's CEO, Mr. Fujio Mitarai, to sign: "Canon is committed to building a better world for future generations, and does not support the hunting of endangered or threatened species with anything other than a camera. Canon believes the lethal whaling research programme in the Southern Ocean should be ended, and replaced with a non-lethal research programme."
Please write a letter to Canon urging them to join the cause
Whales need a powerful domestic ally in Japan. If Japan wants to do research, it can do so with cameras and other non-lethal means -- just as we're using photo identification to research whale migration patterns, along with skin biopsies, satellite tracking, and other harmless methods as part of our Great Whale Trail project.
Best regards,
Brian, Lisa, Eoin and everyone at Greenpeace P.S. Please forward this message to your friends too -- nature-lovers and photography-lovers alike!
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6:05:47 PM EST
Picture from pacemed2's AOL Pictures Public Gallery
Picture from pacemed2's AOL Pictures Public Gallery.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE INFORM ME ABOUT THE KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE...?
This is one of the most interesting series of photos of whales that I have seen, but because I am not whale savvy, I do not know whether there is a strange creature in amonst the whales or if the whales are mating; I regret that there is no text accompanining the photos. They are remarkable. If anyone knows what type of activities these whales are enjoying, please post it in the comments block below.
Pacemed2's photographs are unbelievablely close, clear and taken with the obvious knowledge required to access whale behavior in such close proximity; but those of us who are laymen when it comes to whales need more information. If Pacemed can shoot photos like these, Pacemed should present us with some text. We are waiting. What an opportunity, following a pod of whales like these, watching them doing whatever they are doing, watching the gulls following their every antic. The thought of one solitary soul in such a majestic form in awe-inspiring. A life is a life, but there is something different that clicks in my mind when I consider the life of a gull and the life of a whale. Is it significant that the dimensions of these whales in comparison to the gulls make them more important than the gulls? I guess I must be prejudiced; I find the whales more fascinating than the gulls. Otherwise, I would be writing about the number of gulls a few whales stirred up. Oh, my, my, would you look at what those two big fish did...they stirred up an unbelievable amount of seabirds! I love sea gulls, honestly, but I really love whales. Perhaps I would love gulls more if they were as rare as whales.
seagulls delighted as the whales do whatever they are doing...
I thought this shot was a shot of killer whale, but I can clearly see it is the tail fin of a regular whale. Congratulations to Picture from pacemed2's for some fantastic shots...
What kind of whales are these and where are they? Imagine the thrill of seeing this display of nature's beauty. It makes me realize that no matter how important man and woman believe they are, we are not nearly as important as we might like to think. If there is another audience watching this display, I would imagine it is one that truly loves nature. This is one of life's blessings, a visual that is hard to describe.
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