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This campaign to end the Japanese drive fishery slaughter of dolphins in Taiji is being jointly conducted by these international organizations with long and successful histories of dolphin conservation.
Animal Welfare Institute - AWI's mission for over 50 years has been to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. AWI tackles a wide variety of issues ranging from helping animals in laboratories and in factory farms, to protecting endangered species. Located just outside of Washington DC, AWI also works to strengthen animal protective legislation and to prevent damaging legislative attempts which would harm animals.
In 1971, AWI launched the Save the Whales Campaign and has been working hard since then to preserve the ban on commercial whaling. AWI also strives to protect marine life from other threats such as human-generated noise and chemical pollution, destructive fishing methods and habitat degradation.
Animal Welfare Institute
P.O. Box 3650,
Washington D.C. 20027
(703) 836-4300 (voice)
(703) 836-0400 (fax)
info@awionline.org
To learn more, visit www.awionline.org.
In Defense of Animals - Founded
in 1983 by veterinarian Elliot M. Katz, In Defense of Animals’ staff
have worked tirelessly to protect the rights, welfare and habitats
of animals through undercover investigations, rescue operations, grassroots
activism, media campaigns, boycotts, lawsuits and legislation. Sanctuary
and veterinary care are provided through our field office in Portland,
Oregon; our sanctuary for abused animals in rural Mississippi;
our chimpanzee forest sanctuary in Cameroon, Africa; and our veterinary
hospital in Mombai, India. IDA delivered the first major exposure of
the Japan Dolphin slaughter to the U.S. at a press conference held
in Fort Mason, San Francisco.
In Defense of Animals
3010 Kerner Boulevard
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 388-9641 (voice)
(415) 388-0388 (fax)
idainfo@idausa.org
To learn more about IDA, please visit: www.idausa.org.
Earth Island Institute – International Marine Mammal Project — Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, the project works to make oceans safe
for marine mammals worldwide. We strive to eliminate dolphin mortality
caused by the international tuna fishing industry, to end the use of
driftnets, and to stop tuna purse-seine fishers from encircling dolphins
in their nets. In addition, we aim to stop the resumption of commercial
whaling worldwide, to promote sustainable fishing, and to protect the
habitat of whales, dolphins and other marine species. EII’s International
Marine Mammal Project was also the lead group in the effort to rescue,
rehabilitate and release the orca whale Keiko.
Earth Island Institute
International Marine Mammal Project
300 Broadway, Suite 28
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 788-3666 (voice)
(415) 788-7324 (fax)
marinemammal@earthisland.org
To learn more, visit www.earthisland.org/immp/
Elsa Nature Conservancy, located in Japan, has worked on the
protection of nature, animals and the marine environment since 1976.
To learn more, visit www.elsaenc.net/index_e.htm
