The IWC (International Whaling Commission) issued a moratorium prohibiting whaling in the Indian and Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuaries. (See links - http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/catches.htm and http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/sanctuaries.htm). You are probably familiar with the telivision show "Whale Wars" which documents the efforts of the environmental group Sea Shepard Conservation Society.

Since 1986 Japan, Iceland and Norway have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and for commercial purposes, setting whaling quotas in excess of 1,000 whales per year.

This is a petition to the United States Congress and President Obama, demanding the use of diplomatic pressure , and if needed, naval enforcement of the 1986 Whale Moratroium to end the illegal whaling operations conducted by Japan, Iceland and Norway.

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