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Victory for the Whales - for now
July 2012

We are happy to report that the International Whaling Commission has denied renewal of Greenland's quota to hunt whales - not just humpbacks but also fin and minke. The "no" vote came as a result of exposure of the fact that whale meat is commercially marketed in Greenland. What is supposed to be solely for aboriginal peoples is actually sold to Europeans and to tourists.


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You can see our work in Greenland on our website, which now, thankfully, will have to be revised. We are proud to have been a part of a joint effort to achieve this result. Many thanks to our supporters for making this possible.


BlueVoice was represented at the just concluded IWC 64 by Hardy Jones, Deborah Cutting and board members Deb Adams and Jeff Friedman and Dr. Carlos Yaipen Llanos of ORCA Peru. We presented our report on the die-off of dolphins in Peru as well as a study of how eating dolphin meat leads to high incidence of diabetes in the consumers.

BlueVoice will use this information to further educate the people of Peru and Japan on the hazards of eating dolphin and pressure the governments to restrict the sale of harmful meat. We must destroy the demand for dolphin meat to end the slaughters.


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Thank you for your generosity. I urge you to continue to support our vital work in Japan and Peru,

Hardy Jones


Hardy Jones - Ocean Hero

Please Vote for Hardy Jones for Ocean Hero

BlueVoice executive director Hardy Jones has been selected from a field of 400 as a finalist for Oceana's Ocean Hero award.

His nominator wrote: Since the 1970s, Hardy has worked tirelessly to protect dolphins and whales, bringing world attention to the threats facing them in over 70 documentaries. In 1980 his film of dolphin killing at Iki, Japan ended the slaughter there. His 1992 film "If Dolphins Could Talk" inspired a massive protest against encircling dolphins while tuna fishing. This helped lead to the dolphin safe label. Since 2001, Hardy has returned regularly to Japan to oppose the slaughter of dolphins at Taiji. This led to films, for National Geographic and PBS. Hardy has documented the high levels of pollutants in dolphins killed and eaten at Taiji, leading to a decline in demand for dolphin meat. His recent efforts have been in Peru where he is working to find the cause of the deaths of at least a thousand dolphins.

He inspires the next generation to become ocean ambassadors

Click here to vote for Hardy Jones for Oceana's Ocean Hero award.

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