Rally Info Coming Together

Mom and one of the few gray whale calves born in recent years seen in Magdelena Bay, Baja.









Greetings!

Date: May 23rd. 10am- 1pm
Location: Whale Sculpture, Doran Park, Bodega Bay
Event: Save the Whales (Again) Day

The purpose of the gathering is to protest the IWC proposal to remove the current moratorium on commercial whaling and allow the resumption of whaling. We will be gathering signatures on a petition to the President asking him to keep his promise to oppose whaling and direct the US delegation to the IWC to support the continuation of the moratorium

History:
There is a proposal by a working group of the IWC to allow commercial hunting of whales for the first time since a moratorium was enacted in 1986. This proposal would legalize commercial whaling and would leave enforcement of quotas to the same nations that have been in violation of the current moratorium- Japan, Iceland and Norway- and allow the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. This commercial whaling would be legalized for 10 years. It ties the current quotas on Gray Whales to the commercial quotas. Even though we know that the Gray whale population may be experiencing problems because the calf counts have been down for the past four years and dead emaciated grays are washing up on shore, these quotas would also set for 10 years without the ability to periodically review those quotas and without current population data.

This demonstration's purpose is to raise awareness of this issue and ask the US to oppose this proposal. For more detail on the proposal, visit our Facebook page at: Save the Whales (Again) Facebook Page

Speakers Invited, Info current to Monday, May 19th:

Una Glass, Executive Director, Coastwalk California - Introducing:
Lynn Woolsey, 6th District, U.S. House of Representatives (see Congressional letter released by her - Congressional Letter) (Invited, Confirmation - Tom Roth representing)
Patricia Wiggins, 2nd District, California State Senate (Invited, Confirmation - Fred Euphrat representing)
Pedro Nava, 35th District, California State Assembly (Invited, Confirmation - Gregory Fearon representing)
Efren Carrillo, 5th Supervisorial District, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (Invited, Confirmation - Efren Carrillo)
Veronica Jacobi, Santa Rosa City Council (Invited, Confirmation - Veronica Jacobi)
Norma Jellison, ORCA (Invited, Confirmation Norma Jellison)
Bill Kortum, President Emeritus, Sonoma County Conservation Action (Invited, confirmation - Bill Kortum)

Here is a Google Map to the location of the Rally:


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To learn of other rallies and local organizers, click on: Rally locations and contacts

North Coast organizers are:
San Mateo - Nadia Holober, (408) 293-3911 (office), nvh@nadiaholober.com;
Marin - Nancy Okada, 415 987-8800, nxokada@yahoo.com; 2pm-5pm at Rodeo Beach, Fort Cronkhite.
Mendocino - Judith Vidaver, (707) 964-2742, indigoa@mcn.org.