Greetings!
Sara Wan asks that we call the White House at 202 456-1111 to request that President Obama keep his word and oppose the resumption of commercial whaling. There is a petition at Democracy in Action at Petition. She has added the bolded section on Pacific Gray Whales.
Dear President Obama,
Please honor the pledge you made in 2008 to strengthen the moratorium on commercial whaling and oppose any proposal that would legitimize commercial whaling. For nearly a quarter century, the International Whaling Commission's moratorium on commercial whaling has helped keep endangered species of whales from being hunted to extinction.
The proposed weakening of the ban on whaling would legitimize the killing of endangered whales and allow commercial whaling in the Southern Whale Sanctuary. I urge you to instead support Australia's proposal which would put an end to all whaling in the Southern Ocean. In addition, do not allow Pacific Gray Whales to be hunted.
The IWC whaling moratorium has been integral to the slow recovery of several species of whale once on the brink of extinction. The United States has a long history of being a leader in whale conservation and I urge you to continue in that role.
Sara indicates that Greenpeace and Earth Island Institute will be helping, and that the Ocean Protection Coalition is organizing a rally in Mendocino. She has passed along a flyer which I'm going to post to a Google documents link Word Flyer>.
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