Feature story - May 28, 2007
People took to the streets in more than 50 locations around the world for the Big Blue March, voicing their support for the world's whales, and calling for an end to commercial whaling. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens in Anchorage, Alaska on the 28th May, and more than 70 nations will attend, to discuss the fate of whales throughout our oceans.
Staff at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam tear themselves away from their computers to participate in the Big Blue March for the Whales.
There were Big Blue Marches all over the world - in New
Zealand andAustralia, India, Argentina, Ecuador, Netherlands, Peru,
Spain, USA,UK, France, Portugal, Columbia, Venezuela, Germany,
Brazil, Mexico,Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Morocco, Romania Sweden,
Singapore, Turkey -the list goes on and on!
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Following what's happening at the IWC on Whale Defenders blog.
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