Ai2D: Animal Cruelty

Dolphins are herded into manmade harbors using sonar and loud noises to interrupt their senses. Fishermen then gaff and hook the dolphins while they thrash about in the blood of their family members. Helplessly the dolphin attempt to save their loved ones. In the wild, dolphin regularly risk their lives to rescue surfers and shipwrecked sailors from sharks and from drowning. Many dolphin drown in the panic of the bloody massacre, those that don't, are hoisted out by crane and left flapping helplessly on the ground. With machetes they slit the throats of the dolphin who gasp and struggle while blood gushes from their neck, their gentle loving family members watching. The manner and cruelty of the slaughter is so incredibly inhumane it is astonishing that it still occurs today in a Nation that proudly counts itself as a First World Nation.

If you want to do more.
Protest directly to any and all the addresses listed below.
Additionally write to your Senator, Congress person and the Food and Drug Administration and anyone else who may care or have some leverage to stop the massacre. Sanctions against Japan should be called for unless they immediately cease this massacre. (Not that sanctions against the U.S. should not also be implemented for the U.S. massacre of human lives in the Gulf). A sample letter to Japanese authorities is included here simply copy and paste the letter into your email or word processor to send a letter. Code for a Myspace or Facebook Bulletin can be found here: Ai2D Myspace & Facebook Bulletin

Please send a message to the following ASAP:

The Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan:
Fax: +81-3-3581-3883
E-mail: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html

Embassy of Japan in Washinton D.C.
Ambassador Ryozo Kato
2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008-2869
Tel: (202) 238-6700,
Fax: 202-328-2187
Hours: M-F 9:15-12:30 and 2:00-6:16
E-mail: jicc@embjapan.org
http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp

If you have time, please consider sending messages to the following:

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Tokyo
E-mail: http://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html
Visit above website, click the button of “Your Comments” on the right side, and find “links.”
You can also send your comments by clicking “Other Comments (http://www/iijnet.or.jp/cao/kanbou/opinion-kokusai-e.html),” which is below the links. In this case your e-mail will be forwarded to the appropriate section.

Fisheries Agency of Japan
Mr. Yoshio Kobayashi, Director-General of Japan Fisheries Agency:
Fax: +81-3-3502-1682

Mr. Jun Yamashita, Head of Whaling Section of Japan at Far Seas Fisheries Division in Japan Fisheries Agency
Fax: +81-3-3591-5824
E-mail: whaling-section@nm.maff.go.jp

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
Mr. Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Fax: +81-3-3580-5556

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Mr. Taro Aso, Foreign Minister
E-mail: webmaster@mofa.go.jp

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Mr. Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
E-mail: webmail@meti.go.jp

The Ministry of the Environment
Ms. Masatoshi Wakabayashi, Minister of the Environment
Fax: +81-3-3581-3003
E-mail: MOE@env.go.jp

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr. Bunmei Ibuki, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
E-mail: http://www.kenjikosaka.com/home/index_en.phtml?cont=mail_en

Local Government, Wakayama/Taiji
Mr. Yoshiki Kimura, Governor of Wakayama
Fax: +81-73-441-2020
E-mail: https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/secure/teigen/teigen.html
or webmaster@pref.wakayama.lg.jp

Wakayama prefecture:

Nourinsuisanbu Suisankyoku Shigenkanrika
(Resources Management Section at the Fisheries Section, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Wakayama prefecture)
Fax: +81-73-432-4124
E-mail: e0715001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp

Nourinsuisanbu Suisankyoku Suisanshinkouka
(Fisheries Promotion Section at the Fisheries Section, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Wakayama prefecture)
Fax: +81-73-431-2244
E-mail: e0710001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp

Mr. Kazutaka Sangen, Taiji Town Mayor
Fax: +81-735-59-2801
E-mail: http://www.town.taiji.wakayama.jp/

Secretariat of Taiji Town Assembly
Fax: +81-735-59-2884

Taiji Fishery Cooperative
Fax: +81-735-59-2821

Local Government, Shizuoka/Futo
Mr.Yoshinobu Ishikawa, Governor of Shizuoke prefecture:
Fax: +81-54-221-2164
E-mail: https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/mailbox/index.htm

Shizuoka prefecture:

Nougyousuisanbu suisanshigenshitu
(Fisheries Resources Online Room, Division of Agriculture and Fisheries of Shizuoka prefecture)
Fax: +81-54-221-3288
E-mail: nousei@pref.shizuoka.jp

Mr. Hiromi Tsukuda, City Mayor of Ito
E-mail: hisyo@city.ito.shizuoka.jp
Secretariat of Ito City Assembly
E-mail: gikai@city.ito.shizuoka.jp

Ito Fishing Cooperative:
Fax: +81-557-35-0756
E-mail: ito@soitoshigyokyo.jf-net.ne.jp

Ito Fishing Cooperative Futo Branch
Fax: +81-557-51-1139

Shizuoka Kikakubu Kouhoukyoku Kenmin no Koeshitsu
(Online Room for opinions for the people of Shizuoka, Public Relations Section at the Planning Department)
Fax: +81-54-221-2419
E-mail: koe@pref.shizuoka.jp

The list of contacts in Japan was sourced from Save Taiji Dolphins Campaign
International Marine Mammal Project Earth Island Institute SaveJapanDolphins.org

Ai2D: Against Inhumanity 2 Dolphins www.Ai2D.org

Please send a message to the following ASAP:

If you have time, please consider sending messages to the following:

Wakayama prefecture:

Shizuoka prefecture: