Japanese whaling fleet kills 200 pregnant whales

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ITV

26 March 2016 at 8:53pm

Japanese whaling fleet kills 200 pregnant whales


Japan's whaling fleet has killed more than 200 pregnant whales, according to its Fisheries Agency. The fleet set off in December amid widespread international outrage.



Following a year-long suspension, it said the fleet returned from its annual hunt with 103 males and 230 females, with 90% of the mature females pregnant.

International condemnation

Last year's hunt was called off following a 2014 ruling by the International Court of Justice that its whaling should stop. Japan said at the time it intended to resume its whaling later.

Japan has long maintained that most whale species are not endangered and that eating whale is part of its culture. It began what it calls "scientific whaling" in 1987, a year after an international whaling moratorium took effect.

Read more: http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-26/japanese-whaling-fleet-kills-200-pregnant-whales/

[Boudica the Lyoness]

1. fuckers

[Duppers]

3. You said it!

I'd be banned if I typed what I think.

[Baobab]

44. Too close to the Rape of Nanjing for comfort.

Seriously.

Killing pregnant females, of a fellow intelligent species should be- IS a crime against "humanity".

It is the same kind of IMPERMISSIBLE UNSPEAKABLE EVIL.

[emmadoggy]

8. +1,000,000

[Baobab]

31. Japanese DONT EVEN EAT WHALE ANY MORE

It just sits in a warehouse

[Sunlei]

39. If science they would have published the scientific results.

[Baobab]

43. But they wouldn't, no journal would publish that. Watch this video!

Watch this video.

[Sunlei]

45. cool video, here's another vid of wild dolphins getting 'high' together

Last edited Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:36 PM - Edit history (1)

The pod passes around a toxic puffer fish and regulates the dosage. This behavior has been documented many times in some dolphin groups. Some groups also drape seaweeds along their fins as decorations.

[snort]

2. So they can nibble on theuir favorite sushi.

Fucking assholes. Sink 'em.

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. Sink the fucking Japanese whaling fleet n/t

[OwlinAZ]

41. Can we go all medieval on their toes?

It would be very satisfying.

[patsimp]

5. Criminal disgusting act.

[CanonRay]

6. Greenpeace needs submarines.

This shit has got to stop. Culture my ass.

[flvegan]

32. Why? To deliver a harsh letter or wave a flag?

[Flaxbee]

7. An atrocity that I cannot even begin to comprehend. What unmitigated brutality.

A country that revels in beautiful gardens and goddamn "civilized" tea ceremonies sanctions this kind of slaughter = makes no sense.

Scientific experiment: torpedo the whaling ships and see if they sink!

Why humans slaughter sentient beings is beyond my ability to understand.

Fuck their culture. Most Japanese don't eat whale meat anymore anyway. Is it just for the sheer brutality of it?

And I'll say that as well about US industrial meat production: fuck any culture that justifies hunting or wholesale slaughter of animals for pleasure and "culture".

[BeanMusical]

17. Most of the whale meat ends up rotting in warehouses.

[sakabatou]

9. They'd kill any of them for meat and using science as their front

[cui bono]

10. This is awful. As is the factory farming that goes on in the good ol' USA. Let's condemn that too.

Those poor animals are raised in torturous, inhumane conditions that make them go insane.

Boycott whale! Boycott all factory farmed meat!

It's not okay just because it's your own culture doing it.

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[reddread]

12. not equiivalent in any way

[restorefreedom]

14. different species, differnt cultural expectations

but the immense wholesale suffering of highly intelligent sentient beings is exactly the same

[dhill926]

36. yes...thank you...

[cui bono]

21. Why not? n/t

[reddread]

25. suffering yes. significance?

wild stocks trump domestic animals in biological, environmental and every other way.
As much as I completely acknowledge and admire the intelligence and sophistication of
all sorts of animals and plants, the notion of them suffering in many ways doesnt elude me.
this is the problem for me- the protection and evaluation of critical habitat goes unattended
when animal rights issues surrounding domestic animals steals the spotlight.

the major damage gets done while KFC protests drown out marine mammal and fishery destruction
rainforest, old growth, reserves, enforcement of agreements and laws.

industries are getting away with planetary destruction and people are distracted by sad cute and fuzzy.
no offense. its just an issue for me. Habitat, diversity, respect for nature. fundamental needs.
People have whiled away decades feigning debate over evolution when the reality of extinction
reveals their duplicity.
we are watching the final reel.

[cui bono]

27. I'm with you on protecting the natural habitats and wild animals, completely.

I don't think the fights are mutually exclusive, in fact, the mass consumption of beef is the cause of losing the rain forests in South America.

I think it's hypocritical to see people get upset because it's a whale or a dolphin while they eat a big steak or pork chop from an animal who was driven insane and tortured.

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[reddread]

28. youre right

not much different than what they do to us, except for the eating.
we are separated from our food supply and made reliant/compliant.
food security is a big deal to me, and I think our water security is as tenuous.
so many problems on ignore.

[roody]

23. Factory animals suffer more.

[reddread]

26. and then we eat them

right?
thats about all that matters there.
they are nothing next to a natural organism.
people need to protect what matters, not bark at the moon.

[blackspade]

11. Fucking sickening.

Scientific, my ass.

Was Sea Shepherd not out this year?

[roody]

24. I believe they could not find them this year.

[flvegan]

33. Sea Shepherd was neutered by an injunction.

[restorefreedom]

13. fuck these assholes

i don't know what the money trail is, but they are not profiting off the meat. very few like it and its full of mercury

and when the fuck is someone going to stop this for good?

[sulphurdunn]

15. That needs to be stopped

or else. No more bullshit.

[packman]

16. If part of their culture , let them do it in the old ways

No steel ships with 100's of miles of range, no radar, no explosive harpoons, etc. "Scientific Research" my ass.

[Bayard]

18. Same category

I put whaling in the same category as clubbing baby seals to death.

[Monk06]

19. This industry exists soley to make pet food for Japanese cat and dog owners so they dont

have to import sustainable pet food from other countries

This has nothing to do with Japanese tradition which is the excuse Japan uses to justify all the less than savory aspects of their culture

[Sienna86]

20. Horrific. nt

[Omaha Steve]

22. TPP anyone?

Sink them all.

OS

[LiberalFighter]

29. Hari Kari is part of their culture too.

[sakabatou]

35. Actually, it's harakiri

[catbyte]

30. Worthless, greedy, murdering monsters. And THANKS FOR NOTHING, AUSTRALIA.

I don't usually say this, but I wish every one of those murdering fuckers a slow, painful, scary death. Failing that, I hope they fucking die of mercury poisoning.

We are such a despicable species.

[flvegan]

34. An end to whaling lies only with Sea Shepherd and Agenda 21.

Don't expect help from anywhere else.

[Old Vet]

37. Watching these beautiful creatures being SLAUGHTERED..............

Along with there yearly slaughter of dolphins just makes me fucking sick to my stomach, I've always fantasized of walking up to one of these fucks clubbing baby seals and beating one of them to a bloody pulp. Theres no words of the contempt.

[gregcrawford]

38. Unforgivable evil...

... rationalized with bald-faced lies. The people behind this travesty are a disgrace to their nation, and are devoid of honor.

[Sunlei]

40. plus 200 calves, and hundreds more future calves lost because Japan killed breeding age females.

[vkkv]

42. The GOP doing something as disgusting sure, but the anyone else in this day and age?

Sorry to say this, but:

Fukushima!

More great planning by the Japanese...

[ladjf]

47. I think they are short term geniuses and long term idiots. nt

[ladjf]

46. What is it going to take to stop Japan from murdering those whales?

It's probably some form of business boycott. Hit them in the wallet.