Plight of whales at the hands of Japanese whalers

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Gemma Parkes
4 Plume Street
Redcliffe Qld 4020
Total Signatures - 551
Sponsoring Member: Hon Andrew McNamara MP
Posting Date: 3/12/2007
Closing Date: 16/2/2008
Tabled Date: 26/2/2008
Responded By: Hon Andrew McNamara MP on 14/3/2008
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland residents, draws to the attention of the House: to the plight of whales at the hands of Japanese whalers, this includes the near threatened southern minke whale, vulnerable humpback whale and the endangered fin whale. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to take immediate action to intervene in the Japanese operation planning to slaughter over 1000 whales in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, in an effort to save these marine mammals.