Whaling is a highly emotive issue and most people have strong opinions about it. If you’d like to contribute to the debate and make your voice heard, write a letter, send an e-mail or place a phone call to one or more of the following representatives and organisations and tell them how you feel. If you're expressing an opinion, use facts to back it up. And remember, stay calm and courteous, as this increases your chances of being heard.

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UNITED KINGDOM
* The UK is opposed to whaling and strongly supports the current International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling, apart from some limited subsistence whaling by indigenous people. It would like to see all other forms of whaling, including special permit (scientific) whaling, stopped.
Contact the Prime Minister:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/footer/contact-us
Contact your MP:
http://www.writetothem.com/
Contact The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: http://www.defra.gov.uk/contact

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
* The United States of America is an anti-whaling nation. It stands opposed to a resumption of commercial whaling, but does allow for small-scale aboriginal whaling.
Contact the President:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

JAPAN
* Japan is a pro-whaling nation currently engaged in a long-term scientific research program to assess the commercial viability of whale stocks.
Contact the Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment.html

NORWAY
* Norway is a pro-whaling nation that engages in commercial whaling. Having filed an objection to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) commercial whaling moratorium, it is not bound by it.
Contact the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/smk/The-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister/

AUSTRALIA
* Australia is an anti-whaling nation committed to whale protection. It has established the Australian Whale Sanctuary to protect all whales and dolphins found in its waters.
Contact the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd: http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm


SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY
* Sea Shepherd is an anti-whaling non-profit activist organization that uses non-violent, direct-action tactics to thwart whaling activity.
Contact Sea Shepherd:
http://www.seashepherd.org/contact/general-public.html

THE INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH
* The Institute of Cetacean Research is a privately owned, non-profit institution that conducts scientific research on whales. Their legal status is authorized by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Contact the Institute of Cetacean Research: http://www.icrwhale.org/Comments.htm

HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL
* Humane Society International is non-profit activist organization, part of whose mission is to mobilize the public and governments around the world to protect whales species from potential extinction.
Contact Humane Society International: http://www.hsus.org/hsi/about_us/contact_us/

GREENPEACE
* Greenpeace is a non-profit activist organization, part of whose mission is to document and non-violently interrupt the hunting of whales.
Contact Greenpeace:
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/contactus

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