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Whaling in Arctic sea

by | 27-02-2014 21:12




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.

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Source: the guardian, the telegraph, sea-shephered.org, yahoo.com, etc.