Mother and calf whale killed - first photo of the slaughter

[Barrett808]

Source: Daily Telegraph

Mother and calf whale killed - first photo of the slaughter
By Lauren Williams
February 07, 2008 12:00am

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5877238,00.jpg

THIS is the bloody reality of Japan's whale slaughter - the body of a minke whale and her baby, killed in the name of "science".

In this exclusive photo - the first of this season's whale hunt - a minke mother is winched aboard the Japanese chaser vessel in the Southern Ocean.

Scientists say the calf was less than one year old.

The horrific image is sure to further outrage the 93,000 Australians who have signed The Daily Telegraph/Today show online petition to stop whaling, which we will personally deliver to Japan in the coming weeks.

Exhausted and disoriented after a ruthless pursuit from high speed chaser ships, the whales caught on film this week were then shot with pointed harpoons, packed with explosives, to cause maximum damage.

Evidence of the horrific injuries inflicted by explosive harpoons can be seen on the side of the baby whale.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23171622-5001021,00.html

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Note that the whalers hunt the babies to exhaustion, then they slaughter the mother as well, because she won't abandon the baby.

[Red Zelda]

1. To quote Frederick Douglass...

"I am filled with unutterable loathing."

[Benhurst]

2. I,for one, won't buy any more Japanese products until this stops.

[Duppers]

5. Same here.

People who would do this are pond scum!

[LeftinOH]

3. Here are some of those "scientific experiments" the whales are used for:

?
Whale Sashimi
?
fried whale meat:
?

..just horrible

[tuckessee]

16. Gluttony. n/t

[lonestarnot]

35. ack!

:puke:

[Norrin Radd]

4. k+r

[nearwildheaven]

6. JMHO

I eat meat, wear leather, and believe in animal research, but I do not purchase or knowingly use products that were made by torturing the animal or exploiting the people who produce it.

I told some friends a few days ago that I do not buy Tyson chicken products for this reason, and one of them said, "Do they waterboard the chickens?" I didn't think that was funny.

[Freeusfromthechurch]

17. Watch Earthlings on Google it's free to everyone.

And don't CHICKEN out and not watch it all.
We can no longer hide from the truth.
Here's the link below:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1282796533661048967&q=earthlings&total=1088&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

[JNelson6563]

21. Bookmarked for later

when I have 1 hr. and 35 minutes to spend watching it.

[Raster]

7. The Japanese are like locusts of the oceans. They feel it is their prerogative to "harvest"

anything in the oceans without concern for the ramifications of their "harvesting" actions.

[Barrett808]

11. They're not alone - humans are strip-mining the oceans of biomass worldwide

Great sharks are "functionally extinct" everywhere, and when the apex predators go, ecosystems rapidly unravel.

[Submariner]

14. Bush has weakened the U.S. Coast Guard mission

to patrol our coasts and protect natural resources so much that renegade fishing boats from Korea and other parts of Asia frequently visit the "Hole" off Alaska and poach King crab and salmon and get away with it.

[The Wizard]

8. Wondering if

whale meat causes erections like shark fin and rhinoceros horn or tiger eyes or whatever else Japanese folklore claims?

[Mozcram]

9. Sadness

We don't see how complicit we are in creating so much suffering in this world.
We have to continually, by word and by example, stand for respect and love for all of us humans and for all life, at least to some extent, and especially for sentient creatures such as these whales.

[ladjf]

10. What is it going to take to get Japan to stop this criminal activity?

One would think that a great nation like as Japan would be above such greedy and barbaric behavior.

[JohnyCanuck]

12. Greenpeace campaign: Shoot whales with Canons, not harpoons

http://newsletter.greenpeace.ca/alerts/2008-01-24-canon/

Dear Friends,

Today is the 13th day in a row without whaling in the Southern Ocean due to the presence of the Greenpeace Ship Esperanza. It looks like the whalers are still intent on hunting though, so we're calling on prominant figures in Japan to speak up.

One man with more influence than most is the CEO of Canon, the world's number one camera maker, and current head of the Japanese Business Federation. He'd also make a perfect whale defender, since Canon has built so much of its reputation on conservation of endangered species (you may have seen their ads in National Geographic--every month since 1981).

This is the statement we're asking Canon's CEO, Mr. Fujio Mitarai, to sign: "Canon is committed to building a better world for future generations, and does not support the hunting of endangered or threatened species with anything other than a camera. Canon believes the lethal whaling research programme in the Southern Ocean should be ended, and replaced with a non-lethal research programme."

Please write a letter to Canon urging them to join the cause

To send a letter asking Canon's CEO to help stop Japanese whaling click here.

[DS1]

22. It would be nice if they do this

Canon rocks.

Nikon sucks.


:yoiks:

[Omaha Steve]

13. K&R

And over 70% of the Japanese people are AGAINST the hunt!

[nealmhughes]

15. Would people in the West tolerate any other mammal being slaughtered in such a manner?

I definitely doubt this.

[Barrett808]

18. We had a pretty terrible incident in a WA state slaughterhouse a few years back

Footage of cows being tortured -- our governor at the time called it "horrific".

We may hope this isn't happening now, but I don't eat much red meat anymore.

[AlienGirl]

26. Of course it's happening, all the time! It's human nature.

Anytime you have a situation where a group of humans have absolute power over other beings (human or animal) and are not held accountable for their behavior, the group of humans in power will torture the group they control.

The only way to change this is accountability to outside entities, because human nature is not going to change. You have to change the systewm around the humans to make the behavior of the humans change.

Tucker

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Shit! It would be different if they really needed to hunt whales -

but I don't think there is any reason in the world why anyone should.

[flvegan]

20. Want to help stop the whale hunt?

http://www.seashepherd.org/donate.html

This is the only thing the Japanese whalers fear:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffximage/2008/02/02/470_antiwhaler,0.jpg

They don't care about the ocean, whales, ecosystem, nor the laws that are supposed to protect them. You can't ask them to stop, you have to chase them away.

[OnyxCollie]

29. I just donated $15.

Get those fucking bastards.

[flvegan]

32. Thank you!

Capt. Watson has suggested that he's coming back with 2 ships next year, if the whaling continues another season.

[Matilda]

30. Done.

n/t

[flvegan]

33. And thank you!

As I mentioned above, Capt. Watson has stated his wishes to come back with a second ship next year.

They need all the help they can get.

[ellie]

39. Thanks! I just donated $20

to stop this madness. I feel so powerless in this world today. Evil seems to have taken over.

[flvegan]

40. Sea Shepherd is heading back out. Thanks for helping to send them!

[lebkuchen]

23. It would be so nice if Japan and the US Navy would make lifestyle choices

so that other species could live.

[KingOfLostSouls]

24. LUNCH!!!

its whats cookin...

[flvegan]

27. Brilliant!

Well, it's brilliant if you're an *******.

Kick!

[depakid]

25. The WORST sort of poaching

and the Japanese have the gall to talk about "sustainable whaling."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Fucking pricks...

:cry:

[Matilda]

31. This photo was released by the Australian Government,

who say they will extend the duration of the surveillance program of the Japanese whaling ships.

From Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett:

"This is the indiscriminate killing of a whale and its calf. It's not scientific, and these pictures make crystal clear what's actually happening in the Southern Ocean, and make crystal clear why we so strongly oppose the activities of the Japanese whalers there.

"The power of the camera and the release of some of this footage means that not only Australians, who care deeply about the fate of these beautiful creatures, but people right around the world, will have a better sense of what's going on down there."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/07/2156543.htm


I think the Government is serious - I hope this will be the last year we have to see this sort of
thing.

[Haole Girl]

34. How sad

What a waste of two magnificent animals.

:cry:

:-(

:grr:

[Barrett808]

38. Don't be sad -- they'll be made into dog food!

Surely a worthy sacrifice for "science."

[Barrett808]

36. Japan denies whaling photo 'propaganda'

Japan denied two whales dragged bleeding from the Southern Ocean were a mother and calf, as the Australian government sought ways to take Japan's "scientific" whale cull to an international court.

Australia cited a photo taken by a customs vessel, apparently showing the killing of a mother minke whale and its calf, as evidence to back legal action against Japan's controversial whale hunt.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett said he felt sick when he saw the photographs of "indiscriminate killing" taken by Australia's Oceanic Viking, sent to monitor the whale cull.

"They will help us to back up the Australian government's argument in an international court case, the details of which are still to be worked out, to suggest that whaling should be stopped," added Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus.

But Japan said Australians were being misled.

Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) director general Minoru Morimoto said the two whales photographed being hauled on to the whaling ship Yushin Maru 2 were not related.

Mr Morimoto said the release of the photographs was part of an "emotional propaganda" campaign which threatened to sour international relations.

"The photographs taken by the Oceanic Viking, and which major Australian newspapers published today, show two minke whales but they are not a mother and her calf as claimed by the media," he said in a statement.

"It is important the Australian public is not misled into believing false information."

(more)

http://news.smh.com.au/japan-denies-whaling-photo-propaganda/20080207-1qpm.html

[Matilda]

43. B/S.

I guess it just happened that a little baby whale happened to be swimming with an adult female,
quite by chance, of course.

Lying bastards.

[Barrett808]

44. That's just "random sampling" for ya.

:mad:

[Barrett808]

37. Japan: We kill them all (whales of all ages)

Japan: We kill them all
By Lauren Williams
February 08, 2008 01:00am
Article from: The Advertiser

AMID worldwide condemnation, Japan has admitted it kills whales of all ages.

Japan's response to the world outrage which greeted the first images of its whale hunt rested on a claim there was no proof that two minkes video-taped and photographed being hauled on the Japanese whaling ship were mother and baby.

The photograph of the adult and juvenile minkes will form part of evidence the Federal Government has vowed to take to international courts. Scientists had estimated the calf, shown injured and bleeding, to be at suckling age.

Australian Customs released further disturbing evidence of Japan's so-called research program yesterday, as calls to end the whale hunt grew to deafening levels.

Three new photographs and video footage of the Customs' Southern Ocean surveillance operation show a minke whale being winched aboard the Yushin Maru chaser ship, a mounted harpoon pointing out to sea above the carcass. In another, a minke is raised from the water by a hook in its back.

Conservation groups and legal groups have called on the government to reveal their plans for the mounting photographic evidence.

(more)

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23177938-2,00.html

[truebrit71]

41. Words escape me...

Fucking bastards is all that comes to mind....

:grr:

[and-justice-for-all]

42. Barbaric and appalling!! nt