Urgent call for help

Help us convince Canada, New Zealand and United States to save two species of sharks.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is consideringincluding

two shark species on their protected list. This weekend, 171 member counties will meet to consider

new proposals for restricting trade in threatened species. However, Canada, the United

States and New Zealand are among the countries that may oppose the proposal.

The meetings occur only once every two years, so if these sharks aren‚t included on the list now,

we may not get the chance to save them again.
Click here <mailto: Hearn.L@parl.gc.ca, John.Baird@ec.gc.ca, bill.hogarth@noaa.gov,

contact@fws.gov, marian.hobbs@mfe.govt.nz?subject=Vote YES at CITES to put the

porbeagle and spiny dogfish sharks on the protected list&bcc=info@savingsharks.com&body=Dear John Baird,>

to send a letter to:  Canadian Environment Minister John Baird
Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn
William Hogarth, US National Marine Fisheries Service
US Fish and Wildlife Service
New Zealand Minister of the Environment Marian Hobbs
Click here <http://clicktrack.onlineemailmarketing.com/i8-8vaik8os-f16w5-29d2-3DD35FD1--.clk?ref_firstname=,&eezeecrm_temp_id=0717076707780700065507570724&ref_lastname=

,&ref_email=your e-mail> to send to a friend. These countries were three of the first four to

ban shark finning, and sharks need their help, again. Both shark species are in danger

because they grow slowly, mature late and have few offspring, so overfishing them is quickly

reducing their numbers to incredibly low rates. 100 million sharks are killed each year.

Movies such as Sharkwater show that these magnificent creatures need governments to act now.

You can also phone these government officials and tell them that you want to save sharks.

Make your voice be heard, before it‚s too late! Thanks so much for your help,

it will make all the difference in the world. Sincerely, Rob Stewart; Director, Sharkwater

Canadian Environment Minister John Baird: 819-997-1441
Loyola Hearn, Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans : 613-993-0999
New Zealand Minister of the Environment Marian Hobbs +64 4 439 7400

Burma:

EXCELLENT NEWS :For those of you who believe that history repeats itself, we can confirm

your believe on a small scale, we are operating in Thailand and Burma since

13 years and witnessed first the destructive fishing methods in Thai waters,

the Thai government needed three years after local dive operators made them

aware to stop it, (today divers can still see the tell tale signs at Ko Bon, Ko Tachai

and parts of the Similan Islands) as of 23rd of September (yes, very shortly after the coup)

the Thai military moved against the Ranong based dynmaite fishers confisticated explosives and boats. (strange is, nothing could be read about it anywhere)

Burma: We are happy to announce that Burma has moved to protect the shrinking shark

population in it's waters.

A shark protection zone was proposed late last month for Myeik (Mergui) archipelago,

which comprises more then 800 islands stretching some 400km north to south along the

peninsula shared with Thailand. Source: Bangkok Post 10th of May 2004.

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Japan: Dolphin massacre

MESSAGE FROM THE SENDER: SUGGESTED ARTICLE: Slaughter of 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.

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Stop the Whale slaughter.

Original Message ----- From: Andrew Christie To: seashepherd Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 6:58 AM Subject: SSI ACTION ALERT: FAROES WHALE SLAUGHTER HEATS UP Sept. 5, 2000 FAROES WHALE SLAUGHTER HEATS UP - 150 whales killed last week More than 150 long-finned pilot whales have been killed in the Faroe Islands, a Danish protectorate, since July. Sea Shepherd International has learned from sources in the Faroes that fifty whales were slaughtered in a small bay last week; another 100 were killed in one day outside the city of Vestmanna. The Sea Shepherd flagship Ocean Warrior went to the Faroes in July to protest the hunt, which is conducted every year in the name of tradition by the wealthy islanders, who have no subsistence need for whale meat but consume it as a cultural prerogative. The hunt, known as a "grind," is horrifically cruel, using fishing boats to drive North Atlantic and migratory North Sea pilot whales into shore and roping and hauling on them until they beach themselves, then sawing at their heads with long knives, severing their spines, and letting them bleed to death. The Faroes maintain that the hunt is "as humane as possible" and the long-finned pilot whale is not endangered. "When they slaughter 100 whales at a time, the Faroese are wiping out entire pods and family groups," said Paul Watson, captain of the Ocean Warrior and president of Sea Shepherd International. "Aside from the fact that the number of North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales is unknown and they are listed as 'strictly protected' by the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, and aside from the barbarism and pointlessness of the act, such a practice is a direct threat to genetic diversity. They are removing building blocks from the gene pool of the species and damaging the web of life in the North Atlantic and the North Sea." Sea Shepherd's boycott of Faroe Islands seafood - the protectorate's primary export - is expanding, targeting several importers of smoked salmon and all subsidiaries of Amsterdam-based multinational corporation Unilever, which continues to do business with Faroese fish processors. Pressure is also being brought to bear on the Danish government. "Denmark has been defending itself by saying Faroese home rule means they are virtually an independent nation and their whale hunt is therefore not Denmark's responsibility," said Watson. "The Faroe Islands are an overseas administrative division of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Queen of Denmark is the Faroes' head of state, Denmark is their international representative, their law is the Danish constitution, their money is the Danish crown, and one billion of those crowns are gifted to them every year in an annual subsidy from the Danish government." While the Ocean Warrior was on patrol in the Faroes, police boarded the vessel from Danish naval helicopters to serve notice of alleged violations, orders of expulsion and escalating fines, and the Danish government exerted pressure on the Cayman Islands to pull the ship's registry. No whales were killed while the Ocean Warrior patrolled the waters near the Faroe Islands. ___________________ TAKE ACTION: Tell the prime minister of Denmark to suspend Denmark's annual subsidy to the Faroes until an agreement to phase out and end the Faroe Islands' pilot whale "grind hunts"has been signed between the Faroese home rule government and the Kingdom of Denmark. Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Prins Jorgens Gard 11 1218 Copenhagen K Denmark phone: (045) 33 92 33 00 fax: (045) 33 11 16 65 email: Prime Minister of Denmark CC: Queen Margrethe II Amalienborg DK 1257 Copenhagen K Denmark Sea Shepherd International P.O. Box 2616 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (360) 370-5500 http://www.seashepherd.org seashepherd@seashepherd.org