In Japan they are allowing whales to be killed. Not just a few, but 333 mink whales. Even though there are fierce objections from other countries and an international court of justice ruling, the expedition continued anyway. The Japanese condone the whale killing and say that it is for “research”. New Zealand’s acting Foreign Minister Todd McClay said: “New Zealand is strongly opposed to whaling in the Southern Ocean. We call on Japan to take heed of the 2014 International Court of Justice decision and international scientific advice concerning their whaling activities.”
Japan has consistently denied any calls pertaining to its whaling activities, proclaiming that it is necessary for building a body of research. Senior fisheries, Hideki Moronuki told CNN that “through capturing whales for investigation, Japan is collecting the scientific data and aiming for the resumption of commercial whaling. This official government view doesn’t change.” Four boats left and are headed for the Southern Ocean and one of those boats is a research boat. They are expected to return March 2016.
Its pretty clear that despite the efforts to end the whale killing all over the world, Japan will find the loophole so they can continue doing what they are doing. Saying its for research yet whale meat is available for consumption. The program that Japan is running is called NEWREP-A, and it will last for about 12 years. With roughly 333 whales killed a year it averages out to almost 4,000 whales by the end of the program.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/asia/japan-whaling-research/index.html
For more information on how governments like Australia are leading the way to protect the whales, CLICK HERE.
To find out more about the INTERNATIONAL WHALE PROTECTION ORGANIZATION http://www.internationalwhaleprotection.org/.
jaerae529 • Jan 13, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Animal conservation is one of the most important things a human can involve themselves in. The fact that we believe our lives are more valuable than an animal’s is outrageous. Research can definitely be done without taking the life of a living organism.
bigO123 • Jan 12, 2016 at 2:39 pm
this is not a good thing, japan is acting very stupid, and the research there doing is not helping with anything but killing whales.
irievibez • Jan 12, 2016 at 11:09 am
This is so sickening! Those poor whales aren’t doing any harm to anyone and they should not be bothered. We always take to heart when we hear that there’s a new species that is endangered, and eventually extinct, but we (humans) are the ones who are doing all the harm! And the kids being taken on field trips to watch them get killed makes me sick to my stomach because they shouldn’t be brainwashed to think that it’s okay to murder defenseless animals.
ItsBetterThisWay • Jan 11, 2016 at 2:33 pm
“The whale killing is so accepted that children have fieldtrips to see the process of slaughtering a whale and preserving the meat. This is so wrong to place the idea into children’s head that it is acceptable to do this to animals” The fact that the Japanese not only continue to contribute to the extinction of whales but to brain wash their population to think that this practice of destroying populations of whales for financial benefit is appalling.
There needs to be an international task force to stop and prosecute these leaders making such operations possible. There also should be operations to crack down on Japanese schools teaching children that this is an okay. Unfortionetly even the united states has participated in such manipulation during the cold war. the united states supplied 100% of text books in the middle east citing violence and jihad in hope it would help fight communism. What’s the point of free thought and democracy when governments are trying to manipulate your views for their own financial gain.
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miss_isssa • Jan 11, 2016 at 1:36 pm
I cant believe that Japan is killing these innocent whales that’s so unacceptable. They say they are doing it for research but what exactly are they researching? Also the act that they allow the kids to go on field trips and watch the whales get slaughtered blows my mind.