Please send a thank you message to the Shire of Broom Council for their important decision: shire@broome.wa.gov.au Please also take a moment to write to the Ambassador of Japan to Australia and express your outrage at Japan's annual mass slaughter of dolphins.

H.E. Mr Taka-aki Kojima
Ambassador of Japan to Australia
cultural@japan.org.au

Here are a few suggested points for your letter to the Ambassador of Japan. Please put any you choose to use in your own words:

The slaughter of thousands of dolphins in Japan each year is barbaric. These practices can't be justified by calling it a tradition or culture. Japan could improve its international reputation and attractiveness to tourists enormously by stopping this brutal slaughter. Let the Ambassador know that you will not consider visiting Japan whilst the dolphin slaughter continues Sign a petition demanding that the World Association for Zoos and Aquariums withdraws its support of dolphin drives hunts. Spread awareness by encouraging friends and family to see The Cove when it is released in Australian cinemas in late August.

The World Association for Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the world's largest network of zoos and aquariums around the world. Some members of the international aquarium and zoo industry are strongly connected to the Japanese dolphin slaughter, in that they pay top dollar for dolphins deemed suitable for commercial exploitation in dolphin shows and captive dolphin swim programs. In Taiji, live bottlenose dolphins have been sold for as much as $154,000. The dolphin massacres in Japan will continue for as long as members of the international dolphin display industry reward the fishermen with thousands of dollars for animals that are deemed suitable for commercial exploitation in captivity.

Send WAZA a letter urging them to enforce their Code of Ethics and expel the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) from their organization. Furthermore, WAZA must expel all other facilities that have purchased dolphins from the dolphin drive hunts.The World Association for Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the world's largest network of zoos and aquariums around the world. Some members of the international aquarium and zoo industry are strongly connected to the Japanese dolphin slaughter, in that they pay top dollar for dolphins deemed suitable for commercial exploitation in dolphin shows and captive dolphin swim programs. In Taiji, live bottlenose dolphins have been sold for as much as $154,000. The dolphin massacres in Japan will continue for as long as members of the international dolphin display industry reward the fishermen with thousands of dollars for animals that are deemed suitable for commercial exploitation in captivity.

Send WAZA a letter urging them to enforce their Code of Ethics and expel the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) from their organization. Furthermore, WAZA must expel all other facilities that have purchased dolphins from the dolphin drive hunts.Dear Mr. Dick,

I recently attended a screening of the film The Cove and have learned about the brutal dolphin slaughter taking place in Taiji, Japan. By purchasing dolphins captured during this brutal practice, the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) is violating WAZA code of ethics and therefore must be expelled.

Furthermore, WAZA should expel all other facilities that have purchased dolphins from dolphin drive hunt.

Sources: SaveJapanDolphins.org AND http://www.animalsaustralia.org/

direct link to petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-dolphin-slaughter