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Aximi, ommoluptatibusdaevoluptat lautut dolupturmodisquamusam ipsam, sequomodita quatusOur aim is to act againstcommercial whaling inall its guises8 WDCS
Stop WhalingDespite a ban, Norway and Iceland kill over 2,000 whales each year between them and areexpanding their international trade in whale products. Our aim is to exert political and publicpressure to bring an end to all commercial whaling for good.ikan, WDCSSuccessesn WDCS helped maintain the ban oninternational commercial whaling andtrade in whale products, persuadinggovernments and influential organisationsthat this important ban should remainin place. Working with independenteconomists, WDCS produced the first evercomprehensive analysis of the economicsof whaling in Japan and Norway, revealingthat vast public subsidies are underwritinga financially unsustainable industry in bothcountries.n Climate change is one of the biggestthreats facing whales and dolphins today,with changes in sea temperature, fresheningof seawater, rising sea levels, loss of icy polarhabitats and the decline of food sourcestaking place so rapidly that some whale anddolphin populations may be unable to adapt.WDCS was instrumental in securing aresolution at the 2009 annual meeting of theInternational Whaling Commission (IWC),making the IWC’s work on the effects ofclimate change on whales and dolphins apriority.n WDCS joined forces with Sea Life inearly 2009 to oppose moves for a return oflegalised commercial whaling. Visitors toSea Life’s 31 centres around the worldsigned more than 100,000 Stop Whalingpostcards for delivery to the EU calling onMember States to stop whaling. In November2009, together with SEA LIFE we launched aunique event: the Junior Whale Conference.The two-day event, held at the Alton TowersResort, saw delegates from nine schoolsacross the UK debate the controversialwhaling issue. Our very enthusiastic youngconservationists were given the chance tofind out more about the history of whalingand the politics and ethics behind the currentwhaling debate. WDCS is represented at theIWC each year, and some of the argumentsand views expressed by these youngstershelped us to develop our own arguments andlend extra weight to them.HOW YOU HELPEDn Your support for our first Walk for Whalesin July 2009 raised vital funds for our StopWhaling campaign. In partnership withSea Life we held 11 walks around the UK,and you turned out in your hundreds. SomeSupporters ‘walking for whales’; Miranda Krestovnikoff prepares toabseil; young people in debate at the Junior Whaling Conferencewalkers were as young as four and manytravelled hundreds of miles to take part.The money raised helped ensure that ourexperts were at the International WhalingCommission intercessional meetings to fightproposed plans to allow Greenland to furtherincrease the number of humpback whales ithunts and kills each year.n Another great success was our Abseil forthe Whale that saw supporters abseil 100feet down Bristol’s Avon Gorge as part of ourcampaign to bring an end to commercialwhaling. WDCS patron and TV presenter,Miranda Krestovnikoff, together with someof our amazing supporters and representativesfrom local business, went ‘over the edge’to raise funds. This money will enable thecontinuation of vital research into how thewhaling nations are using the oil and meatfrom the whales they kill as well as more directaction against commercial whaling.WDCS 9
Page 2 and 3: WELCOMEWelcome to the 2009/2010 WDC
Page 4 and 5: Tough TimesAheadAs the global voice
Page 6 and 7: WDCS is dedicated toprotecting whal
Page 10 and 11: Dolphins are a muchlovedpart of Sco
Page 12 and 13: 12 WDCSOur supporters have beenhigh
Page 14 and 15: Workingalongside localcommunitieswe
Page 16 and 17: Creating homesfor whales12 by 12WDC
Page 18 and 19: A SPECIAL THANK YOUWe are extremely
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