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WARNING – GRAPHIC VIDEO FOOTAGE – BUT PLEASE WATCH, EVEN IF ONLY ONCE – SAV

Dear all

Following my previous email re: action against slaughter of dolphins in Japan, I am including the video. It shows the whole barbarism of this “ritual”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkgCTDqQYBE&feature=related

-Teresa

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“About 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labelled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this is happening. The Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. Cameras are not allowed inside and the media does not cover the story. It’s critical that we get the word out in Japan. It’s critical that we get the word out—everywhere. We believe that once the Japanese people know, they will demand change.”

· The dolphins are killed in a secluded cove three hours south of Osaka. The slaughter is hidden from public view with tarps and nets. Access is blocked by steel gates, barbed wire, razor ribbon and guards.

· Only a few people, 26 fishermen, are actually involved in the drive in Taiji.

· Migrating dolphins and porpoises are rerouted by 13 fishing boats. They become disoriented when the fishermen bang on long, metal pipes that have been lowered into the water, eventually getting herded, then sealed into the cove by drawn nets across the entrance.

· The Taiji dolphin slaughter season is from September 1st until April 30th.

ACTION

1) Please sign the letter:

http://thecovemovie.com/what_can_you_do/letter_writing.htm

2) Please contact Australian Broome City Council as they are the Sister City of Taiji and

ask that they suspend their sister city relationship until the killing stops.

BLOCK e Mail Council contact list:

councillor.mitchell@broome.wa.gov.au

Cr Graeme Campbell

Shire President

Ph: (08) 9192 1366

Mob: 0407 477 544

Fax: (08) 9193 5854

Cr Chris Mitchell JP

Deputy Shire President

Ph: (08) 9192 2450

Mob: 0407 773 258

Fax: (08) 9192 2451

councillor.mitchell@broome.wa.gov.au Ph: (08) 9192 2450Mob: 0407 773 258Fax: (08) 9192 2451

Cr Michael Albert

Ph: (08) 9193 5765

Fax: (08) 9192 2436

councillor.albert@broome.wa.gov.au Ph: (08) 9193 5765Fax: (08) 9192 2436 Cr Chris Maher

Ph: (08) 9193 7316

Mob: 0418 905 244

Fax: (08) 9193 5244

chris@arthousebroome.com Cr Robert Lander

Ph: (08) 9194 1021

councillor.lander@broome.wa.gov.au Cr Nik Wevers

Ph: (08) 9192 1170

Mob: 0417 998 598

Fax: (08) 9192 6606

nikwevers@bigpond.com Cr Peter Matsumoto

Ph (08) 9193 7304

councillor.matsumoto@broome.wa.gov.au Cr Elsta Foy

Ph: (08) 9192 1739

Fax: (08) 9192 1739 Councillor.foy@broome.wa.gov.au Please act today! With enough pressure the September slaughter might be stopped.

For more info and action pls visit:

http://www.savejapandolphins.org

http://thecovemovie.com

http://www.opsociety.org

Thank you for caring

Teresa

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