Over the weekend, the World's first "virtual march" started in the city of Ulsan, South Korea, host to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting.
Delegates attending the conference joined supporters, passers-by and the world's media in Lotte Plaza, Ulsan to witness the projection of thousands of images of people protesting the prospect of resumed commercial whaling.
Over 51,000 people from 122 countries took part in the virtual march by sending photographs of themselves with a banner expressing their concern about the fate of the world's dwindling populations of whales.
The IWC is meeting to decide the future of whaling. We have brought the protest from thousands of people to the decision makers - to show them that even though their decisions may be made behind closed doors - the whole world is watching.
These people want to make sure that the Korean government does not follow in the footsteps of the Japanese government, and does not push for a resumption of commercial whaling and lethal research.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of South Korea has already publicly declared an interest in resuming whaling under the guise of 'scientific' research. South Korea is also threatening to support Japanese Government's attempts to overturn the global moratorium on commercial whaling.
pull quote: Over two thousand whales could be killed this year alone using the excuse of scientific research
Iceland, Japan and Norway still continue to hunt whales in defiance of the IWC moratorium.
Check out the photos from our virtual march.
