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An Open Letter To The Mayor of Taiji
December 1, 2010 Mayor Kazutaka Sangen Taiji-cho Town Hall 3767-1 Taiji-cho Higashimuro-gun Wakayama Prefecture 649-5171 Japan I hope you and the people of Taiji are doing well. As you know, I chose not to take part in your meeting in Taiji on November 2nd, because I felt the restrictions placed on participants and media were unfair and restricted the dialog that we both are seeking
President Obama can Help Save Whales and Dolphins
By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Today is Worldwide Anti-Whaling Day, and President Barack Obama just left for a trip to Asia, which will include a stop in Japan. Earth Island Institute/Save Japan Dolphins, In Defense of Animals, the Animal Welfare Institute, and several other environmental and animal welfare organizations sent him a letter that began: “…the undersigned organizations, representing 2½ million members and petition signers, urge you to request that the Japanese government expeditiously and permanently end its slaughter of dolphins and whales.� You can send a message to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/ President Obama is scheduled to be in Japan the 13th and 14th of November, to include a meeting with the new Prime Minister Naoto Kan. The full text of our letter: Earth Island Institute Animal Welfare Institute World Society for the Protection of Animals American Cetacean Society Cetacean Society International In Defense of Animals Nantucket Marine Mammal Conservation Program Orgami Whales Project Peninsula Citizens for the Protection of Whales The Whaleman Foundation/Save the Whales Again! Campaign November 4, 2010 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Taiji Ground Zero Detonates on Nov. 2nd
By Leah Lemieux Volunteer Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Author: Rekindling the Waters I think this has been the longest and most insane, dangerous and fraught day of my life. At the appointed time this morning, Ric O’Barry arrived at the Taiji community center where he would be joining a number of other people representing the interests and protection of the dolphins (and all the innocent people unknowingly eating mercury tainted dolphin meat) for a meeting with the Taiji Mayor and the fishermen’s union. But suddenly everything detonated as Ric announced at the door that he was refusing to participate in the Taiji meeting, because the Mayor had placed such heavy restrictions on the media, going so far as to bar any media from participating that might ask unwanted questions of the Mayor and fishermen’s union
Ric O’Barry Of Earth Island Institute to Participate in Public Discussion with Mayor of Taiji about Dolphin Hunts
MEDIA RELEASE * MEDIA RELEASE October 27, 2010 Ric O’Barry Of Earth Island Institute to Participate in Public Discussion with Mayor of Taiji about Dolphin Hunts Ric O’Barry, long-time dolphin activist for Earth Island Institute and subject of the Oscar-Winning THE COVE, has accepted an invitation to participate in a public discussion about dolphin hunting with Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen, members of the fisheries union and other anti-dolphin hunting groups. The event, which will take place at 10 a.m., Nov. 2 at the Taiji Community Center, is being organized by Mr
Our Japanese Partners’ Heartfelt Support for Dolphins
by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute We know what is bad about the dolphin killing going on in Japan. But today, we heard a lot about the good side.
Event at US Embassy in Tokyo for the Dolphins 9/2/2010 at 9 AM
by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute I am here in Tokyo on Sept. 1st, the official start of the dolphin hunting season.
OLD NIC’S NOTEBOOK: A meeting of minds
By C.W. NICOL From: THE JAPAN TIMES Last month, dolphin-welfare campaigner Ric O’Barry visited me in the Nagano hills, where we discussed the Taiji dolphin cull and what’s happening to marine mammals worldwide. Photo: Slow deaths: When C.W.
