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Dear friend,

As you know we are closing 2007 with a great news: The Government of Japan has abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season. This is good news indeed and a victory for Greenpeace supporters the world over who have joined with us in Great Whale Trail, but even better news would be that no fin whales or minke whales are to be slaughtered either. That not a single harpoon will breach the Whale Sanctuary at all is the news that the world is waiting for.

50 fin whales and 935 minke whales are still on the menu. That's why Greenpeace continues to combine global political pressure with domestic pressure in Japan and non-violent action on the high seas to save the whales. Now is the time to increase pressure for a definite end to whaling! Please sign up as whale defender! Create your own page and fundraise for whales.

Rumour still has it that the Japanese government will build a new whaling factory ship. at a cost of some US$125 million to US$188 million, at the expense of Japanese taxpayers, and if they build the ship it is because they intend to use it for many years.To learn more, click here

The future of whaling could well depend upon whether a new factory ship gets built or not. Now is the time to press Japan to stop the build of a new Nisshin Maruand to abandon the whale hunt entirely.

Please support us by fundraising for the Whales! Together we can end whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Thank you and Happy 2008!

Greenpeace China