Party's Over Whaler Dudes!
Merry Christmas Y'all!
I think the only gift I could truly want is the salvation of the whales. That's the best Christmas gift they could ever get. I'm apealing to any whalers that may come across this site. Please let the whales and their young have at least one day when they could have a Christmas without being in fear of being the next victim of your senceless murder! I don't understand you. I don't even think you're half of what you parents wanted you to be. Heck, I don't even think you're human inside! You can look like one, but you have to live like one! That means no killing a whale or any other innocent animal! It's in the ten rules of God. The sixth rule! "Thou Shalt not Kill". We are not always able to follow that rule but you are able not to kill a whale. For all you whalers you have no excuse! When I'm 23 I'll make sure y'all get behind bars if you ever dare shoot a harpoon at God's animals. Sorry, dudes party's over!
Katie.
Whale Wish
I think it's great what you're doing. It may sound selfish but I never felt pity for the whales until I heard them sing. What sad songs they bellow beneath the blue surface of their abode. The moans, the cries, the shrieks of sorrow. One does not need to "understand" their language but only listen to their song to realize that whales play a deeper role on planet Earth than an industry resource to ignorant and greedy humans. I want to sing aloud on the street "save the whales."
Tucker.
Save The Whales!!
I hope that everybody trys to help save dolphins and whales. They never did anything to hurt us and we nearly killed them all. Sure, once in a while a whale kills a person, but they don't mean to. They were just swiming by.
All whale and marine animal slaughter should be banned. It is cruel and inhumane.
Samantha.
For 15 years now, I have been working with Greenpeace, and Earth Island Institute, out of California.........I have spent literally half of my life hoping to stop the slaughter of all whales. I understand that for scientific purposes, that some must be systematically killed,................but,
Sir,.......... Please, I want to ask you to journey with me for a moment. If you would just take a few minutes......please!
First, travel with me to the past,.... where ever you are now, sit down for a moment, and close your eyes......... relax........ now, picture the ocean,... and picture yourself..... lets say... on a boat with your grandfather, (or your father),.... now , picture him grabbing you and saying "LOOK", as he points to the horizon....., and there you see a two bursts of water from the surface, a mother whale and her calf,... now concentrate, do you hear the pride in his voice?... the fact that he has been able to share this experience with you..... has made him so proud, and so happy....... Look at his eyes..... It makes him feel so good to share this moment with you, and to show you something that is by all means, one of natures most fascinating creatures.
Now, lets go to the future for a moment,..... Your in the family room, with your Grandson (or your Son)..... and your reading to him out of a book, and there comes a part in the book where it tells about a whale , (or whales), and he says to you "Grandpa, I've never seen a whale, 'Have You'?"..... What will you tell him? Will you tell him about your experience with your Grandfather on the boat, ....or will you tell him that there is not very many or any of these beautiful mammals left on the planet except for those in tanks at aquariums........ Doesn't he deserve to experience the same wonder, that most children have, the awe, and the respect for these incredible animals?....... What will you tell him? Will you tell him that you could have made it possible for him to tell his children about the whales,.... or will you tell him.......... "I'm sorry son, the whales are a dead or dying species.
Please....look inside yourself ...and put that 'almighty dollar' aside.... for this particular case is crucial...... If Japan decides to whale commercially, the extinction is an unexcapable fact....... We need to set an example.... It will be almost impossible for every country to boycott Japanese products....... The fate of these creatures lies in the hands of you and men like yourself.........
Respectfully,.... yet pleading with all of the heart,
Nacona4@aol.com
Ever since I saw "Free Willy" I've had this love for orcas and dolphins. I have favorites, but My favorite of all favorites is none other than Keiko. I've loved him from day one. When I heard The Free Willy/Keiko Foundation was planning to move him out of Mexico City to Newport, Oregon I donated quite a bit of money. I even donated some money for his trip back to Icelend. That's how much I love him! I hope he gets back home all right even though I will miss him.
My other friends from the ocean live in Marine World Africa U.S.A. They are Scooter, Byoul, Yaka, and Vega. When I lived in California I would always go to Marine World every summer just to see them. During that time I pet the dolphin, Byoul and in a way, formed a bond between me and Yaka and Vega. When they weren't preforming they would most of the time look at me and I would look at them. When I moved to Virginia I was sad to leave them all, but I knew I'd see them again.
When I developed a love for whales and dolphins I was devastated to learn that they were on the endangered species list. I heard that they were being hunted in Norway, Icelend, and Japan for their Blubber,meat, and oil. Some kids made fun of me at school because of my love for Whales and dolphins. This boy would mock me and say, "Save the Whales, man." I didn't care. Some people just don't understand one's love for something.
I have done everything possible to save these wonderful creatures. I've written to the prime minister of Norway telling him to end the senseless killing on minke whales,and I've written to President Clinton to appose the Dolphin Death Act. I just hope they listen.
If anyone wants to respond to my message my e-mail is: 40redshift@worldnet.att.net
I have a passion for music. I LOVE it. I like to sing, play and perform anywhere anytime and for whatever the fee may be, even FREE. My equipment is however quite expensive and I've invested a lot of money soley for the enjoyment of the listening audience. In return I enjoy seeing the release from normal societal stresses that one experiences while taking in some really good reggae, or punchy jazz/soul or whatever the mood strikes us to play for them.
Do you folks feel the same about your passion for the whales and their survival?
Is it really enough to just have a website or pamphlets or a newsletter or two?
Why not invest your money into equipment that would literally preserve the whales in their own environment [whatever the dickens that equipment might really be, who would know ?]. Yes, your passion is to be commended, but open up your wallet and sacrafice your finances wisely into actually saving the whales, not so much trying to stop the whalers [they'll kill anything anyway, even when the whales run out, [but we pray to God that they won't] because somewhere there is somebody that has the know-how on what it REALLY takes to save these fine creatures of nature. Its probably going to be somebody clever. It always is when it involves outsmarting the barbaric people of our world. Never give in to foul play, though, because it only deters the creative mind to search only for a violent or semi-violent response to violence itself. Violence breeds violence to our children.
If you are still following all of this blather, listen carefully.... when I make a song that turns out to be a song that virtually any audience would enjoy, young or old, and it has enough good vibe in it to stay with you for a while, then I know I've achieved something special, something lasting, something true. This is what you need. A REAL invention of some kind that actually FIXES the whale extinction problem.
I'll bet there is someone out in this wide and creative world that posesses this intuitive revelation [idea]. Search only for this type of individual that has a strong background in marine and other aquatic properties and who also is a little on the imaginative side and then, and only then will you save the whales.
Also follow these truths:
THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU WERE IN THIS FOR THE WHALES AND NOT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL ATTENTION-GETTING LOSER/LONER-TYPE PERSONALITY AND THE NEED TO BE HEARD TYPE FOLKS WHO THROW HUMAN BLOOD ON FUR COATS AND WHO ALSO KILL PEOPLE BY ACCIDENT AS THEY PURSUE THEIR ENDLESS ANTI-SOCIAL CAUSES.
In other words, act like idiots and not be ashamed and still to have done nothing for the whale population except irritate all other people trying to perfect something they believe in while having to listen to you screaming at whalers on the open sea rather than dreaming up creative loop-holes in stopping their whaling efforts.
Do you see how it works?
THEN GO FOR IT !!!!!!!!
(Quietly, though, because governments don't listen, but they do learn... think about that one !)
...gotta run, I've got something productive and non-offending to do...
...hopefuly some day you guys will befriend someone who can actually save the whales and then you'll do something good, like actually saving them! (and believe me it will feel really good when you arrive at that point!)
I think people don't understand that there are whale killers still out there. We should take care of them as people take care of us. Last night I saw people HELPING 22 whales that where beached. only 8 whales died and last for 38hrs. There are very little whales out there so start helping.
Stay by me land creatures I slightly feel your hands You do not inderstand |
You think I am ill You are my tiny guardians |
Published in the 'West Australian', February 22, 1992
I believe we should let loose the lions on the "Whalers of Norway", and see how they like being the hunted. Man is powerless without guns and harpoons. When we are able to recognise this only then can we live in harmony with these beautiful and intelligent people of the sea.
We also need to understand that "chickens" are not mammals, and do not give live birth. Unfortunately idiots still rule.
Peace,
Cheree from Tacoma, WA.
I think you are doing a wonderful thing by informing others on the plight of the whales. My friend and I are very interested in whales and want to be marine biologists when we grow up. I hope that your web page will help others understand that we must help the whales and keep them on this earth. Thank you for your time.
I cannot believe you are doing this to animals that are harmless!! I want to go to college to study oceanography. One of the main things I want to do is study whales, and I won't be able to do that if all of them are gone before I even graduate from high school!! I am part of The Cousteau Society and I have adopted a whale. I know I am only 13 years old, but kids count too in this world.
People can do without a lot of cosmetics like perfume and lipstick. Also candles, I know you cannot go without soap, but you can at least use something else besides whale parts. They are very beautiful animals and I hope that you at least consider stopping the killing of any kind of whale. Thank you for listening.
Sincerely,Concerned.
I like your site. I shall ensure that I and my children revisit. I have visited Norway many times over the years. They are not a poor nation, they do not need to whale for commercial reasons. They also do not like to hear other people's views on their whaling as they consider it part of their historical and cultural heritage. I no longer visit, nor do I buy Norwegian goods and I always make a point of telling my friends that I do not, and why I do not. All power to the Sea Shepherds!!
Jim Cheetham.
My name is Phil. As someone who grew up on the New England Coast, I grew to love, respect, and admire whales and dolphins. They are truly the most magnificent creatures to grace this planet.
I am apalled by what's taking place in Norway and the Faroese Islands. The people of these regions no longer need whale meat or by-products to survive. It's cultural tradition, and refusing to change to the modern world that keeps these people killing whales. I plan to write to the Norwegian Ambassor to the U.S.. Could you please give me a place to write to in the Faroese Islands, about the senseless slaughter of the Pilot whales every year.
Here are some Faroese addresses: http://www.sleipnir.fo/Contacts.htm
Is it right to put humans lives in danger when so called "whale lovers" tries to sink norwegian ships??? Of course Paul Watson should serve his sentence like any other criminals!!!
And all the mink whales that the norwegian whalers kills each year is a part of an research programme. Of course they sell the meat. Its very good. In Norway one kg. of whalemeat cost about 12 UkŁ. The 500 Minke whales the norwegian capture isnt a threat to the whales. I have heard there is about 200000-400000 Minke whales, so 500 is just a drop in the ocean.
And why is Whaling barbaric???? It isnt!!! Its nothing more barbaric than to kill chickens etc... The reason that Greenpeace etc. is against whaling is that they earn millions of dollars on it...
Norwegian whaling isn't a threat to the world, I think you should start thinking about what really matters, like CO2 and the global warming, the poles have started melting, and the water will rise. So all humans are soon dead, then your beloved whales will rule the oceans...
Norway doesnt need the money they get from whaling, we are the second wealthiest country in the world. But why shouldn't we when there is a lot of Minke whales, and we want to keep them about the size they are today. Norway would never ever kill Minke whales if just a few of them were left!!!!!!!
I hope you could post this so others could read. It's also important that people understand that we just hunt Minke Whales and not any other types of whale!!!
Thanks!Eirik
I am logged on to the internet using a friends I.D but my real name is Lucy Buchanan. I come from New Zealand and have found some exellent spots for Whale watching, including Kaikoura and the Bay Of Islands. I became interested in Whales about 5 years ago and haven't been able to stop learning about them.
I wrote this poem and have typed it in:
The whale swims pastLucy.
Hi, my name is Natasha and I am absoloutly in love with whales and I think that the killing should stop in every country. Whales have a right to live just like anything else in this world.
NATASHA
Whales are beautiful animals, and I don't see how anyone could harm them. As I'm growing up I've realized just how much I love whales and that I want to be a Marine Biologist, just because I love them, and want to work with them. My question to you is that is there anywhere you can go to school and do hands on work with them?
My name is Kim and I am very interested in whales and dolphins. I am 16years old and I have been interested in them for about eight years now and I love them more and more each day. I have done alot of studying on them and I find them to be very interesting animal.
I think it is very very cruel for people to kill whales and dolphins. They are just like humans and they deserve alot more respect than that. Don't you think people have done enough damage to their species. I wish there was more whale lovers out there.
Kim
As a dedicated defender of wildlife (especially cetaceans) I commend your work on this extrordinary web page. The facts are especially intriguing, as is the current information concerning whales and dolphins all over the world. I have been looking everywhere for a web page like this on cetaceans. I'm glad I found it.
I love whales soo much!! Ever since I was in the 7th grade everything has been whales,whales,whales!! My whole room transformed from being pink with bows to a blue ocean with whales everwhere! I think that this is a great web site, and I hope that someday whales will not be endangered. Later. :-} Love, Jaime Stuller
Do you think humpback whales should be endangered? Humpback whales are more afraid of people than you are of them. Whales really don't harm people unless you do something to them. People think that whales are like killers that come up and kill people but whales are very nice. They only eat herring and krill.
Some people like me want to have a few whales right in their house. I have to do a project on an endangered species and I picked the humpback because I thought in my head that whales just don't do anything bad. They are just there to live and show people more interesting facts. Then I thought . . . almost all endangered animals do no harm to people but people just kill them for food and clothing and for oil and fuel for cars. I know that people need food and clothing and fun but do they have to kill the most strongest and biggest animal?
It might sound dumb to you but I am serious about this. So, tell your friends about this. I don't care but I'm trying to make a difference. I hope you will too. Please answer all my questions. Try to help me.
p.s. Humpback whales don't have to be endangered!!!!!!!!!
I would really like to say that I really love whales and tropical fish and I have never actually seen one but I really wish that I have the chance to see one.
I think people should stop killing whales because maybe your kids in the future will ask you "can we see a right whale?" and you will say no because people killed all of them so I think people shouldn't kill whales.
Hi Ever since I can remember I have been in love with whales! I am so happy that you got a web page on them i have learnt alot more about them on the web then in books! I think that people should stop killing whales It isn't right! I love whales they're so beautiful and friendly most of the time! I just hope that people begin to relize this, "all animals big and small should have the right to live just like us humans, why ruin their world when they are not 'ruining' our environment for us?"
People take care of our planet everyone and everything has a right to live! I rest my case!
I read some interesting little sayings in a Jacques Cousteau book on whales. I've been a whale lover for about 3 years now and the killings of whales is not right here are a few sayings I would like everyone to read:
Think nothing of the whale; you may be sure
He thinks nothing of you...
Except for an explentive when you come near him.
(C.H. Sisson, British,b.1914)
May the spirit that once moved upon the waters speak to these men,
and give them consciousness of shame,
for all the murderous deeds they do!
(James Kirkup, British,b.1918)
The murder of whales is only one example to show that man no longer wishes to live in this world.
(Wieland Schmied, West German,b.1929)
Read these and think about them I think they all say something to the vicious murderers. If they were meant to die then man would not have to go out on excavations looking for these beautiful creatures of the sea. If you'd like to send me any info on whales or anything, chat about whales, write to me at: jorjet@chatlink.com
Dear Sir,
I fail to see the reason that your countrymen (Norwegians) STILL INSIST ON KILLING WHALES! It is wrong. There is absolutely no reason to do it anymore. I guess that the United States will have to boycot all of your fish and fish products again until you finaly learn. Maby someone will SINK all of your whale killing ships!
The whale meat is not so good I think. I prefer the seal. To save the Blue Whale we must kill the mink Whale. But if you don't eat the whale you can watch it in a safari in Andoeya. ERIK (Norway).
Take that, Japan. And keep away from those octopus.
Thanx! Tell Paul and Linda to say Hello to Susan (Paul's Manager)
Thank you.
Hi!
I support campains against whaling where whales are in danger as a species. But in the case of Norway the Minke whales are in no danger at all. As a matter of fact the North Atlantic is full of those whales. In the waters around Iceland you can see hundreds of those whales each day.
So this campain against Norway under the slogan "Whales in danger" is based on a slogan that is not true! So you should either stop this silly campain or change the slogan.
Bless you,Please Norway stop the slaugter of those whales they will not be around if you continue killing them imagine if you could only ask your two year old kid if he wanted to see them in ten years what do you think he would say.
SAVE THE PLANET ITS THE ONLY ONE WE GOT !!!!!
How dare your country (Norway) have the arrogance to kill the whales! God made them great! Think about it killing and smuggling against International laws that protect all of us.
Rie FrymireDear Sir,
My name is Emma Tremmel. I want to talk to you about whaling. I don't think it is right to kill too many whales. My message is short but I will get the point across. What happens if there are no whales left. Will you be able to get whale meat. This is a silly point but it's the best I can do. I have a great care for whales and all I do all day is study them. But if "they" want to ruin it for everyone, go ahead!
Whales are usually harmless and haven't done anything to hurt people, so why do we treat them like a one way ticket to "cash." It's not right, and everybody knows it. So I'm asking you to stop killing an overdose of whales, and you wont be wasting one of earth's most precious creature. Thank you for your time.
Sincerly,Dear Whale Guardians,
Being part Norwegian, it ashames me and breaks my heart to know that God's beautiful whales are being killed. You would think that humans still live in caves the way they are destroying the pure goodness on this planet. It makes me happy, though, that people like you never give up protecting them.
I am 9 years old and I think that whaling should stop. Whales belong to the world and should be free. Nicole Tung
I am 12 years old. Whales are actually smart although they are defenseless against hunters. They should be protected. Christopher Tung
From Inverloch, Sth. East Australia. I have been fourtunate enough to see a mature female Southern Right with her calf whilst on a boat with the department of Conservation and Natural Resources (VIC). also, once when I was relaxing on my favourite beach at home, with my rear buried deep in the sand I saw another Southern Right breach about 100 meters infront of me. It sent vibrations through the ocean, through the sand and through my body and I'll never forget it.
This is just a short note to share my experience with a group of people who are on the same tangent as myself. Thank you for the page and all it's pretty pictures. Peace won't cost the earth!!!!!!!!chow.
clare kavanagh albury, AustraliaI would like to start a club like the kids did in Newport Ore. How did they start the club? Do they have an e-mail address? Me and my sister would be interested in doing something for sea life. Perhaps saving Long Island Sound but don't know how to start. You can give my e-mail address to other kids that are interested in projects to save the earth. My dad says it's ok to give my address for this.
Hello from Tenn.,
I know there's not alot that can be done from this part of the world, but I am very much concerned about the welfare of all sealife and primarily WHALES!! If you can think of something I could do to help just E-mail me with info. I am very knowledgeable about all Whale species. Thanks for your time.
Wendy
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