28 mars 2004
4 dauphins rescapés de taiji 
expédiés dans un delphinarium des philippines ! 

Il se confirme que 4 dauphins Tursiops capturés lors des dernières pêches sanglantes à Taiji telles que filmées par One Voice et Ric O'Barry seront bien importés jusqu'aux Philippines et placés dans un bassin du delphinarium d'Ocean Adventures à Subic Bay.  Leur arrivée est annoncée fin mars. Malgré le fait que de telles importations ne correspondent guère aux exigences de la Cites, il semble que le Président des Philippines lui-même fasse l'objet de pressions pour rendre ce transfert possible. Merci d'envoyer le message suivant aux autorités du pays et de réclamer le retour à la mer des quatre dauphins capturés dans une eau rouge de sang parmi les cadavres d'autres dauphins promis à la boucherie.   Contact : Trixie Concepcion Coordinator International Monitoring Program Earth Island Institute-Philippines 132B Matahimik St., UP Village, Diliman Quezon City, 1101 Philippines Telefax (632) 926-3139

Lettre-type à envoyer à :

Hon. Luis Lorenzo
Secretary Department of Agriculture
Via Fax No. (632) 926-6426
CC: Atty. Annie Vitug
CITES Management Committee
Via Fax No. (632) 373-7453

Hon. ROBERTO M. PAGDANGANAN
Secretary
DOT Building - Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila 1000
 Voice: (632) 524 1751    Fax:(632) 521 7374
rmpagdanganan@tourism.gov.ph

Dear Secretary Lorenzo,

We are writing in behalf of our organization (Nom de votre organisation), based in (Nom du pays).
 We were made aware that your office approved the import of four bottlenose dolphins from the Japanese drive fisheries.

 We wish to inform you that the drive fisheries in Taiji, Japan, is a practice where hundreds, if not thousands of dolphins and whales are driven to the shore. The younger, more trainable animals are separated from their herd to be bought by the dolphin show industry while the rest of the animals are butchered. The dolphin-show industry claims that they "rescue" the animals. On the contrary, the money they pay the Japanese fishermen now fuels the drive for the hunt. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) does not consider the drive fisheries a sustainable hunting activity and import of animals from the drive fisheries are not allowed in most countries, including the United States.

 We know that hunting of whales and dolphins is now prohibited in the Philippines. You are supporting the practice of dolphin/whale hunting in Japan by importing animals from the drive fisheries. 

We would like to ask your office to cancel the said permit. Otherwise, we regret that we would need to inform the general public in my country to not patronize the Ocean Adventures park in Subic. We shall also inform our network of travel agencies to omit the Ocean Adventures Park in Subic as a tourist destination in the Philippines.

 Thank you and we expect your response regarding this matter. 

 Sincerely,  

(Signature)

Avec copie à l'Ambassade des Philippines 

Service de Tourisme
Ambassade des Philippines
3 Faubourg Saint Honore
75008 Paris, FRANCE 
Tel: (331) 4265-0234 / 4265-0235
Fax: (331) 4265-0238
Email: dotpar@club-internet.fr 

A Subic Bay, on n'hésite pas à mettre des "fausses-orques"
à contribution pour les shows. 

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