Why has Japan been banned from Antarctic Whaling?
April 10, 2014 at 12:36 am
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2014 at 12:40 am by Aractus.)
Recently Japan has been banned from their annual Antarctic whaling catch - and I want to know: why? Can anyone give me a good reason to ban Japan from whaling Minke Whales?
We still catch Southern Bluefin Tuna, a species that is Critically Endangered, yet we're telling Japan to stop hunting Minke Whales, a species of least conservation concern? What's wrong with Japan hunting a sustainable number of whales per year?
I'll tell you why they've been banned. It's really only one single thing that causes them to be banned - because they hunt the whales in international waters. If they could find enough Minke Whales to hunt in their own territorial waters no one would stop them, and besides terrorist groups like Sea Sheppard, no one would care.
But they hunt in international waters where they can, as we do, hunt a quota of critically endangered southern bluefin tuna, but they can't hunt a sustainable quota of non-endangered whales. It blows the mind, another win for the UN?? The insanity can be compared to the EU's ban on seal products.
Put the environment FIRST!
We still catch Southern Bluefin Tuna, a species that is Critically Endangered, yet we're telling Japan to stop hunting Minke Whales, a species of least conservation concern? What's wrong with Japan hunting a sustainable number of whales per year?
I'll tell you why they've been banned. It's really only one single thing that causes them to be banned - because they hunt the whales in international waters. If they could find enough Minke Whales to hunt in their own territorial waters no one would stop them, and besides terrorist groups like Sea Sheppard, no one would care.
But they hunt in international waters where they can, as we do, hunt a quota of critically endangered southern bluefin tuna, but they can't hunt a sustainable quota of non-endangered whales. It blows the mind, another win for the UN?? The insanity can be compared to the EU's ban on seal products.
Put the environment FIRST!
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
