In 100 days the decision falls over commercial exploitation of whales

Stop whale-catching now (openPR) - Munich, 22 February 2007. Today their international campaign starts the international whale and Delfinschutzorganisation WDCS „stop whale-catching now “, in order to repel the large-scale attack against whales. The whale-catching states as well as those governments, which refer position for the legalization of commercial whale-catching by the responsible international whale-catching commission (IWC), are since 2006 the first time (for over 30 years) in the majority. Representatives of these states met past week with the so-called „normalization meeting of the IWC “, in order to signal in preparation to two conferences in this summer a unit.

Between that 28. and 31.Mai decides the IWC member states in Anchorage (the Alaska/USA) on continued the commercial whale-catching prohibition. In the connection, from the 3. to 15 June, meet the Contracting States Washington protection of species conventions into the Hague (Holland) - here on the international trade with endangered animal species one decides. A request of Japan plans to examine and again introduce the international trade with products of all kinds of whale protected now (among other things embossment whales, Finnwale, Pottwale and blue whales).

„We must clear the public up over the threatening situation of the whales and increase pressure on governments, in order to receive two of the largest achievements of the protection of species movement: the commercial whale-catching prohibition and the prohibition of the international trade with whale products. But remain for us only about 100 days time “says Nicolas Entrup, managing director the international whale and Delfinschutzorganisation WDCS in Germany.

Denmark, which supports the legalization of commercial whale-catching for quite some time actively, becomes here the Zünglein at the balance. „Of Denmark government acts against the mehrheitlichen opinion of the Danish population, who rejects strictly commercial whale-catching to two thirds. The German Federal Government is now requested in the context of the European Union council presidency to obtain a giving in of Denmark “, so Entrup. “The danger for whales lies in the legalization of the apparently lucrative marketing of whale products. A practice, which drove a kind of whale over decades after the other one to the edge of extermination. This applies to prevent it. “.

Even the current fire on the Japanese Nisshin Maru, the only camp ship of the Japanese whale-catching fleet does not grant Galgenfrist to the whales. Japan will start this spring at least one part of the whale hunt in North Pacific.

An emphasis of the WDCS lies in the country wide Teaser campaign „an unappetizing offer “, which was conceived by the renowned citizens of Berlin advertising agency Aimaq Rapp Stolle (ACRE) per bono. Is supported the campaign of TownTalker Media AG, which platziert country widely 10,000 A1 of posters, as well as the BARRIER AG, which puts several hundred advertising surfaces in to town center the Light board format at the disposal.

The WDCS thanks you at the companies for the generous assistance, specified above, and hopes for a broad support of the campaign by the public.

The WDCS in the Internet:
Stop whale-catching now: www.walfang.org
Background informations, protest possibilities, Blog for the campaign
„An unappetizing offer “: www.walfleisch.com
incl. protest possibility
Picture and Filmmaterial are available with the WDCS: E-Mail. Roman.richter@wdcs.org

For further information:
Nicolas Entrup, managing director WDCS Germany
Altostr. 43, 81245 Munich
Tel. 089 6100 2395
Mobil. 0171 1423 117
E-Mail: nicolas.entrup@wdcs.org

Media/announcements/press:
Bina Löffler
bina.loeffler@wdcs.org
089. 82071034

Organization:
The WDCS Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society is the largest international non-profit animal protection organizations, which used up itself exclusively the protection of whales and Delfinen. Based 1987 in Bath, England, are it the global voice for the protection of whales and Delfinen and their habitat. The WDCS is world-wide active, it operates offices in Germany, Austria, Australia, Argentina, Great Britain, Scotland and the USA.

Projects:
Apart from political lobbying (campaigns) the WDCS supports field research projects and is represented for many years at numerous international conferences. So for example the international whale-catching commission (IWC). World-wide annually more than 40 protection projects on all continents are accomplished in co-operation with the local population - the philosophy of the WDCS is based on co-operation with humans in the project country.

The WDCS is represented in all internationally relevant committees for the protection of the sea mammals and could obtain numerous successes and thus improvements for whales and Delfine. Beyond that the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society is involved in the development of regional protection agreements and is establishment partner of the “Bonn convention”, the convention for the preservation of moving animal species living in the wild (CMS).

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