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A tribute to Colin from the WAW(World Against Whaling)

A tribute to Colin from www.worldagainstwhaling.webs.com

Please read the comments from the producer of this video, Fred Page,
WAW Founder and Owner.

Posted on August 23rd, 2008 under Uncategorized • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback

7 Responses to “A tribute to Colin from the WAW(World Against Whaling)”

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Christine Murawski:
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am
It’s a multi million dollar business in whale watching
– even watching baby Colin die!
It all comes down to money.

Where there is LIFE there is HOPE.

Some heads should roll in the National Parks and Wildlife……… soon!
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Fred Page - WAW Owner:
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
I just discovered this site and I want to thank everyone involved in trying to save Colin or later known as Corlette.

I created this quick video myself to show my support for everyone who helped and of course for Colin. She will always be named Colin to me and we must not let this happen again. SSCS tried to put pressure on the wildlife group and presented them with the formula, but they would not listen. A court order was drawn up as a killing of a whale in Aus waters is prohibited, but they were about 5mins to late.

WAW is normally to do with the fact of whaling, but has extended to whale conservation in general. We work with other organisations to try form a link between them all and aim towards the same goal of whale conservation. A future whale rescue organisation is also being discussed and when that comes out WAW will fully support it and advertise it.

Sea World from the Gold Coast replied to WAW formal email of the suggestions made for Colin. It was a total disregard for our services, they said “please consider the whale’s welfare first over own emotional empathy”. I took over this email and replied personally, here is some parts to my reply email:

“‘emotional empathy’ over its welfare? I totally disagree with your stereotype of my views, Sea Worlds vet didn’t come down until today, who did you say doesn’t care about this whales welfare?…I get told by whalers that I am fighting for them because of emotion and now my own country’s Sea World is saying that, your view is nothing more then a whalers view. I am disgraced by your email and it is a total disregard for all my work for Australian Whales…I care more then anything about whales welfares and though putting down this whale may be the best decision now, would it have been the best decision five days ago? you could have saved this whale back then if YOU cared about his welfare…It may be a bit extreme comparing your email to a whalers, but just like a whaler you have the death of a innocent baby whale on your hands…I hope you are proud of your work,”

This year Japan will be killing minke and endangered fin calfs. They do not care what they catch, even pregant mothers. Their goal is to harpoon the calf and let is struggle for awhile and when the mother comes up to defend its calf the Japanese harpooner boat will then take the mother. This way the Japanese whalers get two whales from just finding one. It is illegal to hunt pregant whales and calfs under a certain age, its also illegal to conduct whaling full stop. Let alone in a IWC whale Sanctuary, where are the whales safe in this world?

This issue with Colin was on Australias own soil and our government did nothing. Peter Garret announced that he will be forming a better global whale conservation group and said he would send navy ships down to Antarctica to arrest these pirate whalers. But his done nothing, not even for Colin who had no influence of another country. Before I said the Australian government wouldn’t stand up to Japan, now I say the Australiam government won’t stand up for the whales.

We must push our government to carry out what they have promised, for Colins sake and whale conservation. If we don’t, Colins death was a waste and he died achiveing nothing, but if we Australians keep up our efforts we will achieve whale conservation and save 1000’s of whales.

Colin brought everyone together across the country, lets stick together and fight for whale conservation.

For Colin,

Fred Page,
WAW Founder and Owner
SSCS YouTube Admin
SSCS Forum Staff
IWPO Media Director

TOGETHER WE CAN STOP WHALING
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Cherie:
August 27th, 2008 at 11:13 am
The government should have stepped in, if an election was due soon you can be sure that the leaders would have been there, disgraceful.

I still cant understand why they didnt even try, surely the welfare of Colin comes before the beaurocrats, well maybe not as we saw….lets not ever forget what happened and the inaction of the Government and those that are suppose to help.

R.I.P Colin
Hope we learn from our mistakes….
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Serena:
August 28th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Shame on the Government for their lack of care and inaction regarding Colin the whale. It is obvious that the Australian government cares nothing for whale conservation. They cannot even stand up to Japan and their whaling crimes, NO BALLS. You make me ashamed to be an Australian. Shame on National Parks and Wildlife, and Sea World for not having the balls to save this beautiful creature and try and make a difference. You are all darn whimps.In this country it seems a common practice to sweep difficult matters under the carpet, what happened to “HAVE A GO”? Colin could have been saved, it has been done before. Keep up the good work Fred Page and WAW. We need to save the whales, lets stop whaling. Rest in Peace Colin.
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Michelle:
August 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
A truly unforgivable event that I never would have thought would have happened here in Australia. We who sat back thinking the Govt. would never allow the murder of Colin can be ashamed as voices may have saved her. To those that condemned Colin to death, may God have mercy on your souls! To Colin and her mother. please forgive us all.
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Melissa:
September 10th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I beleave that we Australians should be ashamed of ourselves we should have done something for the whale but instead we watched the Government give him a lethal injection so that the Whale won’t give them a bad name but guess what? What you guy’s did to that whale gave you a bad name no matter what you destroyed an animal that was made by Mothern Nature, i’m sorry but this is my beleaf that you guys don’t deserve to call yourself Australians were suppose to be a free Country were anyone or anything can come in no matter what they look like just as long as they don’t hurt anyone that is what it takes for you to be Australias even if Colin was a Whale he didn’t deserve to die he wasn’t hurting anyone all he wanted was a chance to find his mother…

Rest In Peace Colin, I hope in your afterlife you can forgive us for letting them do that to you!!!
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Goodtime:
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Sad and unfortunate, absolutely! A disgrace and unforgivable, get real! Let’s get a bit of perspective! How many babies were aborted for the sake of convenience during the few days Colin held the headlines? How many people committed suicide? How many people died of hunger? How many other truly disgraceful and unforgivable acts occurred while people jumped up and down over “nothing” being done to save Colin? Now its not like I am an animal hater, it is the opposite in fact, I love animals! But there is not an animal, bird, insect or plant species that is more valuable than a single human life!