Society for the Advancement of Animal Wellbeing

Dear SAAW Supporters,

We have great news for you and everyone that cares about animals and the environment!

As the IWC meeting in Agadir is now over, we have found out that the proposal to reverse the whaling ban has been rejected. Thanks to your efforts and the hard work of many concerned citizens and NGOs, we have managed to persuade the IWC member nations to keep the ban on whaling despite opposition from pro-whaling nations.

However the battle is not over, the pro-whaling nations are still allowed to hunt whales for so-called scientific purposes. Even though the Australian government has clearly shown and indicated that whales do not have to be killed to be studied.

With your support we will keep up the pressure on the IWC member states.

Thanks again!

To read press releases from the IWC meeting please visit http://iwcoffice.org/meetings/meeting2010.htm