Early Day Motions

DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN JAPAN

EDM (Early Day Motion) 726: tabled on 15 September 2010

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 13 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. The tabling Member has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This motion has subsequently been withdrawn by the tabling Member.

Motion text

That this House notes there is a need to raise awareness both nationally and internationally about the slaughter of thousands of dolphins each year in the waters around Japan; further notes that it is estimated that some 23,000 dolphins are slaughtered each year in the area of Taiji; believes that there is a need to raise awareness for the majority of Japanese citizens, who are unaware that this is going on in their country; further believes that the dolphin meat which is highly contaminated is being distributed to an unaware Japanese public protected by a government that knows the dangers of this practice and the risks to health it poses; and urges the Foreign Secretary to call on the Japanese government to prevent the distribution of contaminated dolphin meat.