Greenpeace
December 2010
"Baby whales are more tender, so the crew keeps that meat for themselves. They are perfect for unesu (whale bacon)."
This shocking witness testimony came from an ex-whaler at the trial of
two Greenpeace Japan activists who were recently prosecuted in Tokyo for
exposing corruption within Japan's supposedly "scientific" whaling program.
Despite the overwhelming evidence brought forward at the trial, the Japanese
whaling fleet is now steaming toward the Southern Ocean with plans to kill
more baby whales for whale bacon.
The key to ending Japan’s taxpayer-funded whale hunt lies with the Japanese
people, 95% of whom never or rarely eat whale meat and 69% of whom do NOT
support whaling in the Southern Ocean.
That’s why Greenpeace is rallying public support within Japan to stop the
slaughter, in addition to pressuring President Obama to fulfill his campaign
promise of "strengthening the international moratorium on commercial
whaling."
Although Greenpeace fought tirelessly to pass the international whaling
moratorium in 1986, the Japanese government continues to take advantage of a
loophole in ban, which allows for "lethal scientific research."
However, what the Greenpeace Japan activists exposed during their Tokyo
trial is the fact that Japan’s "science" is nothing more than a whale meat
embezzlement scandal in disguise.
Now, as we’ve seen reported in news outlets around the world, Japan is
buying votes at the International Whaling Commission to have the whaling
moratorium overturned so that they no longer have to hide behind the veil of
"science."
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