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So we were interested when we got this emai in our inbox a few days ago.

Dear Friends

Today is the 13th day in a row without whaling in the Southern Ocean due to the presence of the Greenpeace Ship Esperanza. It looks like the whalers are still intent on hunting though, so we're calling on prominant figures in Japan to speak up.

One man with more influence than most is the CEO of Canon, the world's number one camera maker, and current head of the Japanese Business Federation. He'd also make a perfect whale defender, since Canon has built so much of its reputation on conservation of endangered species (you may have seen their ads in National Geographic--every month since 1981).

This is the statement we're asking Canon's CEO, Mr. Fujio Mitarai, to sign: "Canon is committed to building a better world for future generations, and does not support the hunting of endangered or threatened species with anything other than a camera. Canon believes the lethal whaling research programme in the Southern Ocean should be ended, and replaced with a non-lethal research programme."

Please write a letter to Canon urging them to join the cause

Whales need a powerful domestic ally in Japan. If Japan wants to do research, it can do so with cameras and other non-lethal means -- just as we're using photo identification to research whale migration patterns, along with skin biopsies, satellite tracking, and other harmless methods as part of our Great Whale Trail project.

Best regards,

Brian, Lisa, Eoin and everyone at Greenpeace

P.S. Please forward this message to your friends too -- nature-lovers and photography-lovers alike!

Update - We've just recieved the latest update in this cannon campaign. See below - come on everybody, get involved.

Friends

Can you create a picture that's worth a thousand whales? Would you like the chance to win some cool Greenpeace stuff? Go visit this flickr group to get started or read on for details.

We're inviting Canon customers and whale defenders to enter a new competition. We're looking for images that will encourage the CEO of Canon Japan, Mr. Mitarai, to speak out against whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and live up to his company's reputation as a wildlife defender.

The winning entry will be the one most likely to convince him that he can and should save thousands of whales by applying domestic pressure within Japan.

• FIRST PRIZE: An exclusive set of prints from this year's Great Whale Trail Expedition to the Southern Ocean signed by our expedition photographer Jiri Rezac
  
  
• SECOND PRIZE: A selection of "Mister Splashy Pants" Merchandise
  
  
• THIRD PRIZE: A copy of the Greenpeace book "Planet Ocean" - A stunning photography book that brings the drama of the ocean to shore and calls for protected marine reserves.

Please submit images (photo or digital graphic) to this Flickr Group by May 1st 2008. If you don't have a Flickr account you can simply email the image(s) using this address: "shall07three@photos.flickr.com". Please put your name and email address in the subject line so we can contact you if you are a winner. We will remove this information before the photo is published online.

Images will be judged by a panel of experts.

For more details and rules, check out the flickr group.

Best regards,

Brian, Lisa, Richard and everyone at Greenpeace

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