We’ve been engaging with Michelin to urge them to change the course and stop endorsing restaurants that have whale meat on the menu. We need your help to show that the public is behind this action by encouraging Michelin to make the right decision.
Together we can take whales off the menu.
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Michelin represents the gold standard in fine dining. If you think about excellence in the restaurant industry, you probably think about Michelin with its stars and its guide. So, it might come as a shock to hear that the Michelin Guide recommends eating in restaurants that have whale meat on the menu, and even rewards some with a Michelin Star.
For 18 months, we’ve been lobbying Michelin to change their standards and we’ve made great progress. We’ve had some extremely positive conversations with Michelin, and they want to work with us to do the right thing.
We want Michelin to change the course and ensure that restaurants that serve whale meat are no longer included in the Michelin Guide and can no longer receive a star. We need you to show that the public is behind them, encouraging them to make the right decision. Together we can take whales off the menu.
Your support is essential, as without you there will be no change. We need people worldwide to join our campaign to inspire Michelin to make the right decision and save whales.
Before you read on to find out more, I want to say a massive thank you for your support. Together, we will create a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free.
You might wonder how getting Michelin to help us take whales off the menu in fine dining restaurants will make a difference. Most of us don’t eat in Michelin-starred restaurants, and if we do, it’s rare treat. But Michelin are hugely influential.
Many of our TV chefs have a Michelin Star and it’s the dream of aspiring cooks on shows like Masterchef. A firm stand by Michelin will send a clear message, throughout the world of food, that eating whales is unacceptable.
Whales are worth more to us alive in the ocean than dead on a plate.
The ocean is our greatest climate crisis solution, absorbing more carbon and releasing more oxygen than all of Earth’s forests combined – we all need a healthy ocean, and that means whales.
Whales are intelligent, sentient, self-aware, emotional beings.
Being chased by a boat and shot by a harpoon that explodes inside their body is a terrifying and agonising way to die.
It’s common for multiple harpoons to be used to kill a whale and it can take up to two hours for a harpooned whale to die.
Pregnant females are often the victims of hunting as they are slower and therefore easier to target. This means the next generation of whales die with their mothers.
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