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End Commercial Whaling in Antarctica
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Petition created by: Jessica Riddell

This petition was created to help end whaling in the Southern oceans of Antarctica. Commercial whaling is illegal, Japanese whalers have been coming down to Antarctica monthly in large vessels that they use to harpoon whales, and have them sent onto a large factory ship so the contaminated whale meat can be packaged, shipped, and sold. The large problem with this is that they have been whaling in a whale sanctuary, were whales are protected by Australian law. A vessel named the Steve Irwin by Sea Shepherd goes out of Australian waters to sink the Japanese whaling fleets economically. This war to stop whaling in the southern oceans is also known as Whale Wars, which is a TV show on Animal Planet.The Japanese whalers plan of killing hundreds of endangered whales including the Humpback whale. A whale swims by, and then is shot in the backside by a harpoon, as the harpoon digs deeper into the whales flesh, it explodes inside the whale. Then it is shot in the head by a bullet. It can take up to 20 minutes for the whale to die. Help end Commercial Whaling before it's too late.

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