Japan resumes scandalous whale hunt - Please send your views!!?

Question

The Japanese whaling fleet has again defied world opinion and resumed whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.The Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, reports that the Fisheries Agency of Japan’s whaling fleet has killed at least five whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.The sanctuary had remained fatality free for the whales for two weeks due to the Esperanza chasing the factory whaling ship, the Nissin Maru, across the Southern Ocean for 8,000 km (5,000 miles).Without the factory ship, the rest of the whaling fleet were unable to operate - bringing the entire whaling programme to a halt. During the two weeks Greenpeace spent with the fleet more than 100 whales were saved.After the Esperanza gave chase across the Southern Ocean, media coverage and public discussion on the whaling issue is now reaching unprecedented levels in Japan, where Prime Minister Fukuda has been forced to discuss the whaling issue in Parliament. Read more on www.greenpeace.com

Answer 1

I can't stand watching things like that.I get very sad and upset  knowing we can't do much more than sign petitions and greenpeace trying to p**s of the ships.As long as the animals are in demand for food,clothes,etc..its not going to stop.People need to learn what their "wants" cause to the planet and animals.

Answer 2

TAKE ACTION... follow this link and write a letter to support the end of slaughtering an endangered species...

http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/

save_whales_not_whaling/take_action/

(please paste into browser... had to split it up because yahoo answers doesnt allow links... bum)

rants are empty without action, jmho

Answer 3

I read the www.greenpeace.org site and that is exaggerating their effort.

>>Fukuda has been forced to discuss the whaling issue in Parliament.

Actually I traced what he said and I only found he said "each country has different opition for whaling and that should be separated from diplomacy"

You have to know Japan follows IWC rule and acts as they agreed. They are doing in the high-seas, not a Whale Sanctuary for everyone. You should study things deeply one by one if you really serious.

As for the whaling, think about the whaling in the US first.

Why Alaskan Inuit is doing whaling? How about the whaling right of Makah people in WA? Despite they can buy daily foods from local supermarkets which were supported by efficient American distribution systems?

And, how could US military purchase more than 25 live dolphins from Japan for the operations (operation using live dolphins??)? We have to study what is going on in the world.

Did you know IWC don't ban whole whaling because NOT all the whales are endangered. Japan is doing research for OUR marine resources. Whales are eating the marine resouces which x3-5 time as much as human being consume every year. Only Japan has that kind of data.

You can study what they are doing, before judging by your sentiment.

http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/whale/document...

The data was reported in the IWC conferrence as well.

If it is too long, the points are;

21/178 (page 19)

If the present situation persists, there would be no fish left in the sea!?

30 / 178 (page 28)

“Save the Whales” destroys the ecosystem - Whales are eating the fish to depletion

52 / 178 (page 50)

Anti-whaling is NOT an international opinion

59 / 178 (page 57)

Goblins that manipulate the International Whaling Commission (IWC)

102 / 178 (page 100)

Anti-whaling nations hide hazardous factors watching

107 / 178 (page 105)

Table - CHANGES IN IWC MEMBERSHIP

109 / 178 (page 107)

Why Japan chooses to stay in the IWC for the time being

162 / 178 (page)

Anti-whaling fortitude getting disrupted

More countries support the cause for the pro-sustainable

use of whales

As for the whale meat destribution, Japan follows IWC regulation.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING

Article VIII

1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Convention any Contracting Government may grant to any of its nationals a special permit authorizing that national to kill, take and treat whales for purposes of scientific research subject to such restrictions as to number and subject to such other conditions as the Contracting Government thinks fit, and the killing, taking, and treating of whales in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be exempt from the operation of this Convention. Each Contracting Government shall report at once to the Commission all such authorizations which it has granted. Each Contracting Government may at any time revoke any such special permit which it has granted.

2. Any whales taken under these special permits shall so far as practicable be processed and the proceeds shall be dealt with in accordance with directions issued by the Government by which the permit was granted.

Answer 4

Sometimes I wonder what is wrong with the Japanese. There are so many other fishes for them to consume and they had to have those endangered species

Are they retarded or something...

Answer 5

I can only hope that the proper authorities take action. It is amazing how short of a time it has taken mankind to eradicate so many species that have roamed the earth for thousands of years. I can't understand why people don't realize the consequences - saying that whaling is not your problem is like saying "your end of the boat is sinking."

Answer 6

Very Bad . Hope that they stop this .

Answer 7

The trouble is the whaling lobby in Japan has played the propaganda war in a very clever fashion.  

In Japan, the issue of whaling is virtually unreported and most Japanese don't even see it as an issue.  

When the whaling lobby and is challeneged by international groups, they play the nationalism card at home to get public support and basically denounce their accusers of racism.

Something about Japanese culture seems to give them a fundamental lack of respect for wildlife whether it be whales or other species.

Answer 8

What is "scandalous" about a whale hunt?  Japan is a sovereign nation, and has the right to hunt abundant species of whales if it chooses, and they do not need your, or Greenpeace's approbation to do so.   Where do you get the right to make the rules for other countries?   Some species of whales are very abundant, and harvesting some of them does no harm.  A whales life is no more intrinsically valuable than that of a chicken, trout, pheasant, or tuna.    Greenies think they can bestow special status to certain animals, such as wolves, Polar bears, whales, and recently sharks.  A wolf is no better in any way than a coyote. Greenies and enviro-fascists are not "god", nor dictators, but they are too dense to know it.

Answer 9

Why is America sleeping now. They can attack Iraq for chemical weapons which they didnt had. Why not attack Japan now for what everyone sees that thye are doing.

Answer 10

I just found the Japan Whaling Assoc website and it seems that the Japanese are very proud of their whaling

Here is the link

http://www.whaling.jp/english/isana/no34...

I find this very disturbing and today I wrote an email to Peter Garrett, PETA and Greenpeace regarding this.

Please everyone help. Greenpeace has a petition to Canon to get behind the stop the whaling message (very important being a huge Japanese company)

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...

and so does the daily telegraph

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st...

Hope these help the whales!

I am disgusted by the Japanese GVT. I will never buy a japanese product until this whaling stops!!!!!

Oh, and Rickoshaw, the problem I have with this is that not all the whales the Japanese are hunting are abundant and they are doing it in a wildlife sanctuary thus breaking international law.

Answer 11

Part of the credit, if not most of it should go to the Sea Shepherd's "The Steve Irwin" I think its more effective in stopping the whaling vessels and keeping them on the run than Greenpeace is.

Answer 12

I love whale Jerky