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In early February, The Conservation group, 'Sea Shepherd' announced their ships were collided with Japanese whaling ship. Early January, 'Sea Shepherd' air craft spotted dead mink whales on Japanese vessels and had driven away Japanese ships from the hunting ground. The conflict between Japanese Whaling vessels and animal conservationist groups has been the huge issue for years. Whaling might seem like an activity that happened in the past, but it is a very contentious activity that is still occurring today in Japan. In one year, Japan killed approximately 1300 whales .A majority of them are Mink whales but humpback and fin whales were killed as well. Australia, New Zealand, and environmental groups argued that Japan exploits a loophole by continuing to hunt whales. Despite the ban of commercial whaling, the loophole is found in the treaty of the International Whaling Commission(IWC). Japan is accused of practicing commercial whaling under the guise of scientific research. In June, 2013, the Australian government urged to lodge a formal protest with Japan at ICJ(International Court of Justice) for attempting to force Japan to stop whaling. People are still waiting for the final decision in ICJ. A 12 year old New Zealand child got a 5000 people petition saying that they should ban whaling in Japan and urges we should protect the nature and sea creatures in December 2013. Dolphins & whales, the sea mammal killing by Japanese, part as tradition and part as commercial business, has been on the media with worrisome views for a while. I hope the International Court of Justice will come up with a verdict to finish this controversy once and for all. Images: Google image Source: the guardian, the telegraph, sea-shephered.org, yahoo.com, etc.
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6 Comments
Thank you for sharing the issue. Even culture should be changed if it seriously damages on basic morals. I think it is time to change their mind.
Posted 28-02-2014 16:48
The Sea Shepherd are a great group of conservation and example for the youth and children in the defense of nonhuman animals
Posted 28-02-2014 06:05
This practice must be stopped by Japan. It will adversely affect the ecological cycle.
Posted 28-02-2014 03:16
I didn't know about this. Thank you for sharing. And I hope the controversy will be dissolved and whaling will be controlled.
Posted 28-02-2014 02:21
It is unethical of Japan to do commercial whale killing in pretext of scientific research . Thanks for sharing this piece.
Posted 27-02-2014 22:41
i am aware about this issue and watched the documentary about killing of whale in japan coasts. but forgot the name of it.
i was moved after watching it the, water was completely red. The killing of whale must be banned. thank you for the genuine article.
Posted 27-02-2014 21:58