JAPAN IS KILLING HUMPBACK WHALES

We traveled to Mexico recently to see these majestic mammals. It's disturbing to see that Japanese whalers have once again set out to kill whales in the name of research. Everyone is aware of what a bogus statement that is, unfortunately when it comes to their own interest governments around the world have blood on their hand so it is difficult to raise a fuss.
Canada slaughters seals for commercial reasons, while stating that the seal slaughter has some cultural history, ignoring the majority of Canadians who object to this barbaric slaughter.
Wolves in Alaska, gorillas and elephants in Africa, tigers in India are all under attack. Even once common species like pacific salmon are disappearing.

Japanese whalers have begun their annual hunt, with a quota of 935 minke whales, 20 fin whales and 50 humpbacks. Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said eating whale meat was an important part of Japanese culture.

Japan says there are genuine scientific reasons why it kills hundreds of whales each year in Antarctic waters, where its fleet is currently operating.

Critics, including the Australian and New Zealand governments, insist that such arguments are simply a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.


($ 173,688.73 dollars) on Friday in the first auction of the year at Tokyos main fish market, an official said.
Japan eats a quarter of the worlds tuna, more than any other country, but faces pressure from environmentalists who have blamed the global fad for Japanese food for bringing tuna numbers to the brink of extinction.
In Japanese restaurants, late season jumbo maguro, as the giant bluefin is called, sells for as much as $20 for a two-bite serving. Belly meat commands a premium.

Imagine that one fish can fetch $177,000 dollars now, the price keeps going up each year as stocks decline.Perhaps the last giant blue fin tuna will be worth millions to connoisseurs of sushi.

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[TheDejavupanama]

fuck tke japanese killers!!

[sheyla2003]

i fucking wish i was in obama's place!!! i would order the whole military to use every jet to shoot missiles at every animal crualty place killing every single one of those people!! sure it'll kill animals in stock, but it'll save future animals and kill the captive ones more humanely

[XiaoDanDragon]

@DreLikesMusicc Hey why r u bringing up the Chinese!? This is about the japenese

[DreLikesMusicc]

and by the way , GREAT SPEECH !

[Apackofsmegals]

Baby seals look so good and they are so comfortable. ONCE YOU WEAR BABY SEAL YOU NEVER GO BACK. TRUE STORY BRO.

[billybob42081]

dumbasses! a single whale eats acres and acres and acres of marine life a day 365 days year for 25-55 or more years. a whale eats more biomass of marine life 1 month then an entire commercial fishing fleet takes in a year. the ocean cannot sustain all whales appetities indefinitely, a % of whales MUST MUST MUST be killed off for whales own sakes and sake of everything in the ocean. 1 whale eats more in lifetime then every salmon in state of oregon washington and alaska eats in a year! kill em!

[patpat326]

oh fuck off.........



[OsamaHeadshot]

A snapshot of Japan's environmental record so far; VULNERABLE 3 MAMMALS 27 BIRDS 16 FISH and 33 SHELLFISH - EXTINCT MAMMALS - Japanese wolf Ezo wolf Japanese sea lion Okinawa fruit bat Bonin pipistrelle BIRDS - Rufous night heron Crested shelduck White-browed crake Ryukyu wood pigeon Bonin wood pigeon Miyako kingfisher White-bellied black woodpecker Wren Bonin island thrush Borodino bush warbler Varied tit Bonin islands honeyeater Bonin islands grosbeak FISHES O. kawamurae P. kaibarae

[sonofthedestroyer]

@PivotproDH,

Thats a weak excuse. Cruelty is cruelty fullstop. Its not ok to bash KFC chickens and cut off their beaks and stomp on them because they are not endangered like whales. This is just a convenient excuse meat eaters make so they dont have to change their diet