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Dave Walsh
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€1035 for 1035 whales that are being targetted!
Hi folks - I'm back on the Esperanza, returning to the Southern Ocean for the second time this year. Yes, it was only last February that we were down below 66 degrees south, on the last leg of the Defending our Oceans voyage. On that occasion, the Esperanza ended up escorting the Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru out of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, after it had drifted without power in the Ross Sea, because of a fire on board.
We're following the Nisshin Maru and the rest of the Japanese whaling fleet as it returns to the Southern Ocean again for the 2007-2008 season, with plans to kill 935 minke whales, 50 endangered fins, and 50 threatened humpbacks, all in the name of so-called scientific research. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - whaling in the 21st century is an anachronism that needs to be ended, once and for all.
I've been sailing for Greenpeace for three and a half years now, and this is my seventh expedition. Previous trips included investigating bottom trawling in the Tasman Sea and the Atlantic, and pirate fishing off West Africa. I usually sail as web editor - this time I'm looking after communications, which is a fancy way of saying that I'll be dealing with the media while on board.
I love being at sea - and always dreamed of visiting Antarctic waters, so it's beyond a dream to be visiting them again so soon - twice in a year! There's a serene beauty to the Antarctic - even if land isn't sighted, you still return home with a landscape in your mind, even though that 'land' is made up of water - fresh water trapped in icebergs and salt water in sea ice. Unfortunately, we will probably bear witness to scenes not so pleasant the slaughter of whales for commercial gain. Whales can't be allowed to die in their thousands for needless, discredited "research".
We'll be doing what we can to disrupt the harpoons of the whaling fleet, but we need your support back on land too, so please stay with us on this long expedition. We'll be demonstrating that it's possible to do real research on whales, without killing them, like satellite tracking them in the Southern Ocean.
Please support me by donating to my Great Whale Trail page. Together we can end whaling in the Southern Ocean.
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The Great Whale Trail is a collaboration between Greenpeace and scientists working on humpback whales in the South Pacific. With financial support from Greenpeace, humpback whales have been tagged by Cook Islands Whale Research and Opération Cétacés (New Caledonia).
The whales are now being tracked via satellite as they migrate from breeding and calving areas in the tropical South Pacific to the feeding grounds of the Southern Ocean. This project will produce important information on the movements and migratory destinations of humpback whales from small, unrecovered populations off Rarotonga and New Caledonia.
Greenpeace is communicating this critical non-lethal scientific research to the wider public as part of their campaign against Japan's unnecessary lethal "research" in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
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My Sponsors
ozlem yildirim
10.00 €
Good luck Dave!
Tania Contreras
10.00 €
Go Esperanza! We're so proud of what you're doing for the whales!
janice simonet
20.00 €
Ashera Ashera
10.00 €
Go well!
Michael Anderson
50.00 €
Good luck! Hope it goes well.
Eric Jethro
10.00 €
Good luck and keep up the good work
Agnes Bayatti
20.00 €
Good luck and thanks for doint it.
Praxis Dr. Urs Federspiel
10.00 €
Dear Dave Walsh! Congratulations on your efforts so save whales... It takes a lot of courage, endurance, discipline, sensitivity, wisdom and, last but not least, talent, to be doing what you are doing...Wish there were more people like you. Best regards and continued bon voyage, Christine Federspiel-Huvos
Melissa Morse
20.00 €
It makes me feel a little bit less helpless knowing that you are there and will do what you can to stop them. Thank you.
CLAUDINE CAILLET
10.00 €
IT'S GREAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU DEVOTE THEIR LIFE TO SAVING THESE INTELLIGENT MAMMALS. ALL THE BEST.
Ariane de Geus
50.00 €
Paolo Magnani
10.00 €
PLEASE PROTECT OUR EARTH.
Clare Thomlinson
10.00 €
A brave team doing an amazing - and sadly necessary - task.
Our thoughts are with you.
Thank you.
Hugh Pollard
10.00 €
Keep up your splendid work.I will be thinking of you, and especially th whales.
Tony Sheehan
10.00 €
Hi Dave best of luck with the whale protection. I just couldn't believe that the japs were hunting humpbacks again, it's an absolute crime and i hope you can make there trip to the southern oceans as difficult as possible.
CASSANDRA NICOLE MALAISE
50.00 €
Keep up the good work!
I am so glad that someone is out there to represent all the people that want to stop this terrible killing!!!
Thank you so much! Stay safe! xx
Nick Deere
15.00 €
You're doing a fantastic job on behalf of us all. Good luck and best wishes.
Alexa Hyde-Clarke
10.00 €
I shall follow your voyage with the greatest interest. My best wishes for trying to obstruct this horrific killing of whales.
LINDSAY & DANIEL SUTHERLAND
10.00 €
Janie Douglas
50.00 €
Thank you for doing something to stop this barbaric trade.Take care. Janie and Tom
LINDSAY & DANIEL SUTHERLAND
10.00 €
Thank you so much for all the good work you are doing. You and your team are an inspiration to us all.
Claire van den Assum
50.00 €
Dear All,
Keep up the courageaous and useful work against illness of mankind!
I am so glad that you are out there to represent the people that want to stop this terrible killing!
Thank you so much for your conviction to protect nature and animals who cannot speak, but can suffer (and have a 7th sense). Stay safe!
Aleksandar&Jelena&Marko Jovanovic
10.00 €
Keep up with the great work.
david watts
10.00 €
Keep you the Amazing work you are doing a fantastic job, all the best
Dave Watts
Monina83
10.00 €
Thank you for doing it! I hope you will make the world better!!! Good luck!
Jenni Barrett
250.00 €
Dave, thanks so much to you and all the crew for your fantastic work in defending the whales from this madness. It truly breaks my heart to see what is going on out there. When the going gets tough please remember that there are thousands and thousands of people behind you willing you to succeed. We have to keep fighting this.
My very best wishes to you all in staying safe yourselves, and in winning the fight in the end. Nothing worthwhile achieving is ever easy, but in the end I hope and pray that justice will prevail.
Bail O Dhia ort!
The Watts Family, Cuxton, Kent, UK
100.00 €
I wish I were there with you. Thank you for having the bravery and determination to take on the commercial whalers. Don't make the mistake of helping the Japs this season - sink the bastards!
Susan Foster
10.00 €
You are so incredibly brave to stand up to these people in the name of the whales... I hope that knowing so many people are supporting your efforts, will give you great encouragement.. "Only when the last fish is taken and the last tree cut down and the last river poisoned will we learn we can't eat money" Cree Indian saying from Susan Foster
Norma Ratcliff
50.00 €
thank you for protecting our whales, my thoughts are with you for a safe and productive campaign.
Charlotte Clees
20.00 €
Good luck to the whole crew of the Esperanza.
My thoughts are with you
Rebeca Gutierrez
10.00 €
cait cochrane
50.00 €
We so respect what you are doing and are with you in spirit, wish we could be of more support. I would like the BBC to keep this live so that we can have daily national bulletins rather than crap about football and poliitics
Rui Vilar
50.00 €
Paula Perez
10.00 €
Annie morphy
20.00 €
Maria Procaccianti
20.00 €
Thank you!
Simon Lilley
50.00 €
Thanks Dave for all your hard work. It’s so important that the horror of these killings are shown to the public, because out of sight becomes out of mind.
Chris & Sharron Blackmore
20.00 €
My wife Sharron and I are helping, in a small way, to monitor the population of Harbour Porpoises here in North Devon so we have a massive respect for the amazing task you're undertaking Dave. Good luck and keep safe.
Chris & Sharron Blackmore
Diane E. Zander
10.00 €
I THANK THE GREENPEACE TEAM FOR THERE COURAGE, DEDICATION,AND LOVE IN SUPPORTING THIS HEART FELT CAUSE.
A MESSAGE TO THE JAPANESE FLEET CREW.
I DO BELIEVE YOU HAVE FELT LOVE. MAYBE FROM YOUR PARENTS, PARTNER, YOUR CHILDREN, OR THROUGH SOME OTHER CREATIVE EXPRESSION. I FELT THAT PURE LOVE WHEN SWIMMING WITH THE WHALES. WHEN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WE LOVE DIES, WE FEEL GREAT SADNESS AND LOSS, DEEP DOWN IN OUR HEARTS.
A MESSAGE FROM MY FRIENDS THE WHALES OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
PLEASE BE MY VOICE,STOP KILLING US! WE COME IN LOVE.
BLESS US ALL,
DIANE AT WWW.HEARTMOON.ORG
Dipak Ganguli
20.00 €
Does it surprise one that there are no signs of a fisheries minister from any of the EU countries!
Valentina La Piana
10.00 €
Dear Dave and ALL the crew of the Esperanza, thanks for being out there and defending the great creatures of the sea. We all wish you a safe and prodigious journey.
Darren & Jenny Franklin
20.00 €
Thank you to the brave crew who restore our faith in the good nature of human beings. Wish we could help more.
Take care and good luck.
cindy omalley
20.00 €
Dear Dave, Thank you for taking care of these "Gentle Giants" I wish I were there to help you. It saddens me to think such a beautiful, gentle animal has to die for such selfish reasons. I am happy you are there to do what you can.....
Fiona Church
10.00 €
GOOD LUCK! I am glad someone is taking a definate stand to defend the whales and try to get the message out there that we won't tolerate their senseless slaughter. I hope it is not long before we can end this for good. You are doing a great job
NICO, GEORGIANNA & LUKAS AVRAMIDIS
10.00 €
KEEP GOING! ONLY UNITED WE CAN WIN!
Lucyna Nowak
10.00 €
I hope it all works :)
Davide Balestra
50.00 €
June Campbell
20.00 €
Keep up the good work and keep these cruel B**stards away from these beautiful creatures!
honor oregan
10.00 €
good luck
Elisabeth Lix
20.00 €
It's great to know your doing your best to save the whales. Keep up with it and hope you'll manage. Thank you for your dedication.
Suzi Davies
20.00 €
I was so angry when I heard about this latest Japanese whaling trip that I went staight to the Greenpeace website to add my voice (and husband's money) in protest. God bless you and all other protesters and keep you and the whales safe.
Ali Keane
20.00 €
Best of luck Dave! You're doing a great thing - keep that in mind always.
Marlene (Marie-Helene) Binggeli
50.00 €
To attack whales seems an act of blasphemy! My thanks to Greenpeace for your bravery in face of unscrupulous Japanesen action. Is there any way one could cause a commercial boomerang for their killing industry? Good luck and God bless
Marlene
diana eade
10.00 €
Keep up the good work saving the whales. You are all very brave, take care.
The Mendel family
50.00 €
Best of luck Esperanza! We are behind you all the way! PLEASE save the whales!!!
Diana Tomkins
10.00 €
Sue Robinson
10.00 €
To all the crew: you are there on the ocean in proxy for all of us who care about the whales and I thank you for it. When things are tough remember all of us who are with you in spirit... bless you Sue R
First grade American School of Bilbao
10.00 €
Thanks for doing what my group a group of 5 and 6 year olds can see so clearly is the right thing to do; look after the whales. You and your team are brave people and an inspiration. Thank you. Becky.
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