BLOG Entry - We can make a diffence
09:15 Fri, 11 Dec 2009I received this as an e mail this morning and was pretty horrified by the image below. It seems extraordinary that as we approach 2010 this still goes on.
We are talking about Denmark, and the contradiction is that they are currently hosting the world climate change conferance.
I received an e mail about the slaughter of whales in the Faroe Islands this morning. It is pretty grim.
Individually we can not make a differance but together we can. Please e mail this text to everyone you know if you feel as T & I do.
People talk about such things as part of the culture of the faroe island but that is no longer a good excuse.
Pilot whales are being slaughtered in the Faroe Islands (a province of Denmark). We have spoken out against the killing of marine mammals worldwide, and we encourage you to respond to our action alert on this subject at http://getactive.PETA.org/campaign/faroe_islands_whales. Please also see http://www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_080610_1.html for more information.
Please urge the prime ministers of the Faroe Islands and Denmark and the High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands to take strong positions against this cruel whale slaughter.
Please send polite comments to:
His Excellency Kaj Leo Johannsen
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
The Prime Minister’s Office
Løgmansskrivstovan
Tinganes
FO-110 Tórshavn
P.O. Box 64
Faroe Islands
+298 351010
+298 351015 (fax)
info@tinganes.
fo His Excellency Anders Fogh Rasmussen Prime Minister of Denmark The Prime Minister’s Office Christiansborg Prins Jørgens Gård 11 1218 Copenhagen K Denmark +45 33 92 33 00 +45 33 11 16 65 (fax) stm@stm.dk
The Honorable Dan M. Knudsen High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands Amtmansbrekkan 6 FO-110 Tórshavn P.O. Box 12 Faroe Islands +298 351300 riomfr@fo.stm.dk
We also encourage you to contact the Danish ambassador to your country to urge him or her to speak out against killing whales. You can find contact information at http://www.embassyworld.com <http://www.embassyworld.com/> .
Another great way to alert people to cases of cruelty to animals is to send letters to the editors of local newspapers and magazines. One letter from you can educate thousands of readers at once!
It was Gandi who said if you want to say something radical dress in a suit, so abusive mails and faxes do not forward the debate but well informed public revulsion certainly does.
Simon
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Inge (Sun, 13 Dec 2009)
This is so awfull. I thought they had stopped this cruelty to the animals. It is not the first time that this has been in the media. Unfortunately I dont think the peoble on the Faroe Islands sees it in the same way as we do. I feel ashamed to be a dane. But I know that the marjority of the danes are against this.
By the way, it is no longer Anders Fogh Rasmussen who is Prime Minister of Denmark. It is His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen. It is the same email adress though.
By the way, it is no longer Anders Fogh Rasmussen who is Prime Minister of Denmark. It is His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen. It is the same email adress though.
