Should Japan be allowed to continue slaughtering whales?

Your question is pretty skewed.

First of all, Japan is not the only nation that allows its people to hunt whales. Canada, some Carribean nations, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Indonesia, Russia, and the United States all have citizens or native groups that participate in whale hunting. Why is Japan singled out if no one accepts cultural traditions as a reason to allow whale hunting? Why does no one get vocal about Inuit whale hunters in North America or Lamalera in Indonesia?

Second, if you’re sending messages to the Prime Minister of Japan, you’re going after the wrong guy. Japan’s whale hunting for scientific research is permitted by the IWC, the International Whaling Commission. The Japanese government makes a good point when they argue that such hunts are sanctioned.

Third, regardless of whether you think it’s a bogus excuse, whale hunting is a traditional part of Japanese sea life and whale products are heavily used in Japanese society. To be perfectly honest, if I were in Japan’s government, I would see no reason to listen to a bunch of sniveling countries like the US and Australia over something like this, two countries whose environmental track record is less than sterling.

nope

No, its disgusting, every whaling ship should have a bomb dropped on it, they are going to wipe out the entire species one of these days

And to Legion: Cows and Chickens are raised to be eaten, its diffrent with whales because they Cetaceans (intelligent creatures),

THE WHALING NEEDS TO STOP ITS BARBARIC AND THE WHALERS ARE HOLDING PEOPLE HOSTAGE, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PUT A STOP TO IT KNOW BEFORE ALL HELL BRAKES LOSE BECAUSE WE AUSTRALIANS ARE PRETTY PISSED OF THAT TWO AUSSIES ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE

It doesn’t really matter whether I care or not. The IWC clearly doesn’t care because they SANCTION JAPANESE WHALE HUNTING!!!

What is your position on the issue anyway? Do you oppose all whale hunting, or whale hunting for scientific research by Japan only, or what?

What bothers me is when people try to drum up support for a cause without ever looking into all angles of the issue.

I’m not really sure why they shouldn’t be. I mean, if it’s wrong to hunt whales, why isn’t it wrong to kill cows or chickens?

Cows & Chickens aren’t endangered.

Your question is pretty skewed.

Very little Japanese actually eat Whale meat. Japan is killing thousands more whales for “so called” scientific reasearch than ANY other country. It’s the fact that they are increasing the Whale hunt, and that Whales are endangered (like the Humpback) that it is an issue. But since you don’t care…LETS JUST KILL THEM ALL EH?!!!

…whatever.

Absolutely not. I’m not one of those crazy “save the whales!” girls… but I do have respect for animals, and I do have respect for nature.. because its most beautiful and pure when its just left alone by people. Maybe someday when people understand this, and start acting upon it, the earth would be healthier again, and so will everyone living in it.

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well…I’m joining this debate late it seems…

look…I understand that MANY cultures have whale hunts…what I think it bothering the original writer here is that Japan is increasing the size of the whale hunt and the types of whales they are going after…this is something that bothers me as well, because whales take a long time to repopulate…unlike other marine life…crabs, lobsters, shrimps, fish…reproduce rapidly…

whales have a single baby at a time…and it takes years for the young whale to mature and grow…not a massive reproduction like fish or crabs do…

increasing the number of whale hunted either for food or “scientific research” is endangering their numbers…all whales…minke, humpback ,grey, sperm, blue…whatever…they’re all be endangered.

I personally have a problem with the fact that the harpoons they use are fired, and designed to explode while in the whale…sometimes however the whale does not die instantly…most of the time they are forced to bleed to death or drown in the water…this is a cruel way to kill any animal that is being used for food or “scientific research.”

For those of you shouting “well cows and chickens are killed all the time.” yes they are…and we kill them in a humane way…a shot to the head generally which ends their life QUICKLY…I’m not going to get into a debateover that, because guess what? chickens and cows are not a endangered species my friends…but whales have dwindling numbers…and we are the ones killing them…we need to stop this practice, or put much stricter bans on this practice before its too late to stop this slaughter…

Thanks for the link, I went onto the website and sent an email to the Prime Minister of Japan!

No, they should not. There are ‘scientific’ and ‘cultural’ justifications made for whaling by Japan and some other countries which traditionally killed whales. However, these justifications do not stand up against the scientific evidence that whales are at risk of extinction, or the practical fact that there are now many alternatives to the products formerly made from the bodies of whales.

its what the japanese put in their gummy sweets– its ridiculous.

no and thumbs up for RUDD australia’s new presedent for fighting for the fcking whales WOOOT

I’m not really sure why they shouldn’t be.

I mean, if it’s wrong to hunt whales, why isn’t it wrong to kill cows or chickens?

No!!!

I don’t have a dictionary for computer terms or abbreviations, maybe HTML should be allowed…dumb rule anyway

Web site is now accessible from my profile

Why don’t you type the web site again, or post a comment on your own profile so we can access it from there

No, thats just plain wicked!

No.

Also, isn’t there dolphins being slaughtered too? I heard it on T.V. not to long ago.

no because they are population are ocean and they should be stoped

The link has been removed now, which is a pitty…maybe whoever removed it supports the Whale slaughter? Greenpeace web site has information if anyone is interested in taking similar action to stop the slaughter