Dear Janin,
Come September, a peaceful cove in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji will become a scene of unspeakable cruelty when the
world's largest dolphin slaughtercommences once again. Australia is in a unique position to pressure
Japan to end this brutal slaughter, which is why your help is needed
today. Shocking footage shows ocean water turning red as these gentle
mammals, unable to escape, are brutally butchered by Japanese
fishermen.
Warning: this video may be distressing.Broome in Western Australia is the sister-city of Taiji and may hold the key to ending this slaughter.Thousands of visitors flock to Broome each year to watch whales and
dolphins frolic in safety in the blue waters there. Yet the willingness
of the Shire of Broome to maintain the sister-city of Taiji in effect
provides an Australian endorsement of Taiji's annual dolphin slaughter.
World-famous dolphin trainer of the
FlipperTV series Richard O'Barry visited Broome this week lobbying the Shire
to cut ties with Taiji — a move which would add significant
international pressure to end the slaughter. The extraordinary lengths
that O'Barry and an undercover team went to in filming the full horror
of the Taiji dolphin slaughter are revealed in the internationally
acclaimed documentary
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Pressure
is mounting on Broome after O'Barry's visit. Many local residents are
outraged that their city is condoning this shocking slaughter by
maintaining a sister-city relationship with Taiji.
Please
join Animals Australia in calling on the Shire of Broome to immediately
suspend its sister-city relationship and pressure Taiji to end this
mass dolphin slaughter.PETITION : [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]