Japanese 10-year-olds taken on school trips to whale slaughter

[XemaSab]

As the whaling season gets under way, schoolchildren in Wada, 50 miles southeast of Tokyo, have been on field trips to see the first Baird's beaked whales of the year winched up the concrete slipway and carved up with razor-sharp flensing knives.

Smartly dressed and in bright yellow caps, the children took notes and sketched parts of the 36 foot whale as it was dismembered.

From their small boats, local fishermen will harpoon up to 26 of the whales during the three-month season. Wada can trace its whaling history back to 1612, when the 10-tonne whales were harpooned by hand. It is now one of just four communities permitted to conduct coastal whaling.

Much of the blubber is carved into bricks that are sold to local people, most of whom have eaten whale all their lives, and the remainder is packaged and sold to supermarkets.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/2200175/Japanese-10-year-olds-taken-on-school-trips-to-whale-slaughter.html

[ZombieHorde]

1. Those kids will know where their food comes from.