Each year, Japanese ships hunt and kill whales in the Southern Ocean on the false pretence of scientific research. All whales are protected and whaling is strictly regulated by the International Whaling Commission.

The hunting and killing of whales is an incomprehensible crime against nature that shocks our collective conscience.

We know that whales are highly intelligent, sentient and social creatures that are by far the largest life forms that have ever existed on our planet.

The annual slaughter of whales by Japan must stop. This petition is intended to make known your objection to, condemnation of and your demand for an immediate stop to all whaling by Japan.