Purchase Power

In the era of globalisation it always pays to read the label, and if in doubt "follow the money".

Through exactly this approach Greenpeace have recently been able to draw the Aussie public's attention to the fact that a major canned tuna distributor is 50% owned by a Japanese commercial whaling company. Your average mum and dad would have no idea that by buying a certain brand of tuna they were financially contributing to the hateful destruction of one of the world's greatest mammals.

Here's an update:

In just four weeks over 38,000 concerned Australians signed our petition!We're still putting pressure on Sealord and we are happy to announce that they are feeling the heat. As a result of the campaign, Sealord CEO Doug McKay broke a long silence and asked for a meeting with Greenpeace to discuss a way forward. Mr McKay has still not committed to publicly condemning commercial whaling, but the meeting is a sure sign that Sealord is taking the campaign seriously. It is clear that Sealord is very worried about the damage their association with whaling might do to its reputation and sales. With Nissui still refusing to end their commercial whaling activities, it is essential that we keep up the pressure. Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign our petition and say no to Sealord.

Cut and paste this link to sign the petition now ttp://www.greenpeace.org.au/petition/whale_petition.html

Once again, thank you for supporting our anti-whaling campaign.

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