item details
NamePoster, 'Stop the Slaughter'
ProductionUnknown; publisher; early 1970s; New Zealand
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialspaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 374mm (width), 560mm (height)
Registration NumberGH024554
Credit lineGift of the Estate of Ron and Carmen Smith, 2015
Overview
This poster calls for an end to the killing of whales.
Anti-whaling activism started in the early 20th century. The movement to save whales from commercial use gathered force in the 1970s with the founding of organisations such as Greenpeace.