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Originally Posted by Slims
Kill a whale, save 1,000 chickens!
The answer is clear, whaling saves lives.
Seriously though, Japan is absolutely whaling, but they are 100% serious about finding a way to keep whaling long-term. It doesn't do them any good to exterminate the whales completely.
Also, that drop in whaling was voluntary due to anti-whaling agreements and not by population pressure...at least not directly, there were still plenty of whales waiting to end up on dinner plates which Japan could have been harvested to extinction had Japan not backed off.
Thirdly, I really don't care whether they are using a 'loophole' or not, the fact is the words in the anti-whaling agreements clearly allow that behavior. Japan is not breaking the law, regardless of whether they are 'researching' in order to sell the meat.
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Actually, they are breaking the law. I don't know where you get your information from.
The only country to actually do anything about it is Australia and they basically ran the Japanese Whaling Ships out of their waters.
Court rules Japan whalers breaking Aust law - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
If the Japanese had their way, they would hunt the great whales to extinction. I have no doubt of that.
While you might think it perfectly acceptable to hunt an endangered species to the brink of extinction, I do not. Add to that, these are wild animals, animals that are intelligent and gentle and as such, I do not believe that humans have the right to kill such creatures period.
I would be very happy to see the Japanese whalers sunk and every last soul on board drown.
BTW, Fuck Omar Kahdr