Sample letter of protest and addresses to the Japanese Prime Minister regarding the Dolphin Slaughter!
If you would like to make a more direct protest, you can send the following sample letter to the addresses listed below.
SAMPLE LETTER
I am outraged by the annual brutal slaughter of whales and dolphins that
takes place in Japan. The images of bloody red water clearly show the
world that Japan has little respect for the state of the world’s oceans
and for the conservation of the marine resources it claims to support.
Many scientific studies show that the oceans are in decline. We must
take whatever actions are necessary to stop their over-exploitation and
to protect the creatures that live in them. These whales and dolphins do
not belong to Japan. The status of the species of whales and dolphins
that you kill are either endangered, threatened, or unknown. It is an
unthinkable waste that they will likely end up as a meat product or
deceptively sold as whale meat, polluted with toxic levels of mercury
and cadmium, killing people that eat it. It is tragic and unacceptable
that the remaining dolphins that are not killed will end up destined for
death in an aquarium, water park, or captive dolphin program.
In addition, the methods used to kill these animals are cruel.
Corralling the whales and dolphins into bays, then making them suffer a
long and painful death by spears, hooks, and drowning is an inhumane way
of fishing. This action is disgraceful and has caused much
disappointment in the international community.
We demand that Japan permanently and immediately renounce and stop this
slaughter. We will work diligently to bring this issue to international
light until you have ceased your reprehensible violence.
Sincerely,
Letters can be sent to the following:
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
1-6-1 Nagata-cho 1 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8968 JAPAN
Fax: +81.3.5511.8855
E-mail form:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html
MINISTER OF FISHERIES
1-2-1 Ksumigaseki 1 Chrome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8907 JAPAN
Tel:+81-3-5510-3303 (direct) or 3-3502-8111
Fax: +81-3-3502-8220 or +81-3-3502-0794
E-mail: sinsei01densi@nm.maff.go.jp
E-mail form: http://www.voice.maff.go.jp/maff-interactive/people/ShowWebFormAction.do?FORM_NO=5
THE DOLPHIN HUNT IN TAIJI IS CONDUCTED BY TAIJI FISHERY COOPERATIVE
3167-7 Taiji
Wakayama, 649-5171 Japan
Tel: +81.735.59.3517
Fax: +81 735 59 3018
PERMISSION FOR THE DOLPHIN HUNT IS GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR OF WAKAYAMA
Mr. Yoshiki Kimura
Prefectural Office of Wakayama
1-1 Komatsubaradouri, Wakayama-shi
Wakayama-ken, 640-8269 Japan
Tel: +81-73-441-2034
Fax:+81-73-423-9500
Public comment lines: +81-73-441-2028
Fax: +81-73-431-0462
E-mail: e0006001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp
THERE IS A FISHERY AGENCY POLICY EVALUATION GROUP
WHICH HAS THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE:
Kawase, Yoshino and Tokura
Tel: +81-3-3502-8111 ext. 7057 and 7058
OR: +81-3-3591-5613 ( direct)
E-mail: sui_hyoka@nm.maff.go.jp
EMBASSY OF JAPAN IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Ambassador Ryozo Kato
2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008-2869
Tel: (202) 238-6700
Fax: 202-328-2187
Hours: M-F 9:15-12:30 and 2:00-6:16
E-mail: jicc@embjapan.org