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Take Action: Stop Selling Whale Products Yahoo!
Tell Yahoo! to stop featuring endagered whale products on its site.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 6,839
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
It wasn't all that long ago that online retail giant Amazon was in hot water for its sale of whale products from Japan. Now, Yahoo! is under fire for doing the exact same thing.
Yahoo! Japan features products like whale jerky, bacon, and canned whale meat from endangered whale species. Yahoo! has banned the sale of endangered animal products from its other sites, but continues to profit from the sale of whale commodities on its Japanese site. Many of the products come from species of whales that are protected by the International Whaling Commission — regulations that Yahoo! is blatantly shirking.
As one of the Internet's most prominent corporations, Yahoo! should know better than to sell products that are harmful to any animal species. Tell Yahoo!'s CEO Ross Levinsohn to obey the international moratorium and to stop selling endangered animal products immediately.
Dear Ross Levinsohn:
I was really disappointed to learn that one of the most trusted online web portals is engaging in selling endangered animal products.
I recently discovered that Yahoo!'s Japan site is selling all kinds of products from endangered whales, including jerky, bacon, and canned whale meat. Despite the fact that there is a moratorium on commercial whaling set forth by the International Whaling Commission, Yahoo! continues to act above the law and sell these products for its own profit.
Amazon recently faced sharp public criticism for doing the exact same thing; Amazon quickly pulled these products and no longer offers them.
Yahoo! needs to do the same. Please discontinue the sale of illegal whale products on your site.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Catherine Burbury
May 14, 2013
cat day
May 14, 2013
john wilson
May 14, 2013
Margaret Walden
May 14, 2013
Joëlle Evrard
May 14, 2013
Cindy Rhodes
May 14, 2013
Megan Weimer
May 14, 2013
Trixie Tension
May 14, 2013
Kate Smillie
May 14, 2013
catherine jablonska
May 13, 2013
Jessica Pynn
May 13, 2013
Daniel Drew
May 13, 2013
Linda Haines
May 13, 2013
Celia Maciass
May 13, 2013
Megan Campesi
Amazon did the right thing and now Yahoo! needs to do the same. Its Japanese site can not sell products obtained from endangered whales. This must change sooner rather than later.
May 13, 2013
Jane Veal
May 13, 2013
Cecelia Samp
May 12, 2013
Gheena Santha
May 12, 2013
Stefania Nobile
May 12, 2013
Alison Adams
May 12, 2013
Lawrence Starr
May 11, 2013
DEBORAH NORTON
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
margo leeman
May 11, 2013
merrill kramer
May 11, 2013
Caroline Murphy
May 10, 2013
andrea douglas
May 10, 2013
Amanda Kemp
May 10, 2013
erika schulze
May 10, 2013
Annette Thompson
May 9, 2013
Nanette Thurber
May 9, 2013
Silvia Silva
May 9, 2013
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May 9, 2013
Aline Juncarol
May 9, 2013
Veroy Tison
May 9, 2013
Valerie kerry
THIS IS BARBARIC ???
May 9, 2013
Tracey McGill
May 9, 2013
janet miller
May 9, 2013
Tammy Young
May 9, 2013
Kathy Williams
May 9, 2013
Ms. Kirsten Speer
Selling whale meat is like eating an endangered and incredibly intelligent and loving family member, whose pod will mourn him for life. This needs to be banned yesterday!
May 9, 2013
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May 9, 2013
Jane Riva
May 9, 2013
Tanya Coala
I will boycot Yahoo until you take these products off your site, and I will actively try to get other people to do the same.
May 9, 2013
Lucia Nocentini
May 8, 2013
Ms. Carla Compton, Advocate/Activist
May 8, 2013
Whitney Gold
May 8, 2013
Heather Hale
May 8, 2013
Sarah Stafford
