-- --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 13:26:26 From: "fitri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Original Message ----- From: Donni Akbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: [hi93ers] DO YOU CARE..?? > Dolphin Slaughter - Petition > > > "If you watched Carte Blanche a few Sundays ago you will have seen the > most appalling footage of bottlenose dolphins being hoisted out of the > water, > having their throats slit and writhing pathetically on the dock as they > take minutes to die. > > This is a clipping of an article from the Internet Africa New Website > (used here with permission). The subject of this article is so appalling > > that > I decided to try and do something about it. > Hopefully this e-mail will make it's way to others that feel similarly." > > SLAUGHTER OF 17 000 DOLPHINS READY TO BEGIN > > Fishermen in central Japan are set to begin hunting dolphins, an annual > > event which comes around every autumn. This year, however, the activity > might trigger controversy after the recent international outcry over > Japan's whaling programme. > The dolphin hunting season officially got under way on Sunday in the > small > port town of Taiji > - the traditional home of Japanese whaling - some 450km southwest of > Tokyo. > Poor weather has prevented fishermen from going out to sea so far, > but they plan to catch a total of nearly 2 400 dolphins and smaller > species > of whales > during the season, which runs until the end of April, a local official > said. > > Both whaling and dolphin hunting are traditions that date back hundreds > > of years in Japanese society. But unlike Japan's whaling programme, > which > Tokyo says is for scientific research purposes, dolphins > are hunted purely to provide meat for consumption, a Fisheries Agency > official said. > The hunt was being carried out in accordance with International Whaling > > Commission (IWC) rules, according to the Fisheries Agency official, > adding that strict quotas were set each year. In addition to > Taiji, dolphin hunting is allowed at several other ports and a total of > nearly 17 000 dolphins are caught every season. > > If you feel strongly enough about this, please copy this entire mail, > pass it into a new mail (to keep the formatting neat), add your name, > city, > country and email address and send it to anyone that you think will feel > > the same. If you find that your name is at number 100, please forward > the > entire petition to the following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Every time I receive 100 names I will forward them to various > organisations such as Green Peace in order to help them in their fight > against this > sort of atrocity. Thanks for your concern! > > 1. Anneke van der Walt,Hogsback, SA > 2. Donovan Moncur, Hogsback,SA > 3. Liezel Van Niekerk,Pretoria,SA > 4. Wian Wogang,Pretoria,SA > 5. Tri Windiarti,Dubai,UAE > 6. Donni Akbar, Bandung, INA > > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > eGroups eLerts > It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! > http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/1/_/77851/_/975725917/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > > --------- End Forwarded Message --------- Great Gift Idea! FREE cell phone, internet ready at Lycos Marketplace http://www.inphonic.lycos.com/redirect.asp?referringpage=www.lycosd1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulai langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive ada di http://www.mail-archive.com/envorum@ypb.or.id
