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Japanese Whale Hunt

This is my protest against the slaughter of harmless whales by the Japanese.

It is difficult to imagine how Japan can call itself advanced when they can kill these beautiful creatures in such a barbaric way?!  It is absolutely unnecessary for a country like Japan to embark on its annual cruel and horrifying whale hunt.

Resorting to this primitive and barbaric hunt is utterly shocking especially when Japan has jumped in leaps and bounds into the electronic gadget age; the automobile age; and even the space age. 

Japan likes to portray itself as a proud country with high values and an honourable way of life.  But in this millennium is it honourable to harpoon whales for so-called research?  The whole world can see the slaughter only as a dishonourable exercise. 

If indeed this slaughter of whales were for scientific research, why do the Japanese sell the whale meat for very high prices?  One would think that by now with all the scientific data obtained, the Japanese would have learned everything there was from all the whale ‘samples taken.  Anyway, where is the all research material that the Japanese have been conducting all these years?!  Perhaps it is just that Japanese scientists are not as clever as their counterparts in other parts of the world.

If it is a question of satisfying the palate, then it is so simple to alter.  Therefore the need for whale on the plate in Japan can also be halted and replaced with a more sustainable substitute.  The Japanese won’t die if they don’t eat whale meat.  I am sure that they do not need to be told this.  But perhaps I am mistaken!

Whales are beautiful, intelligent creatures that do not belong to Japan, but to us all and we have a right to protect them. 

Humans and animals are on this planet to share this earthly experience.  The Japanese have no right to steal it !

Please note that the Faroe Islanders annually slaughter dolphins and whales by herding to the shore in order to conduct the rituals for the coming of age of their young men.

THE WHALE HUNT COSTS TO THE JAPANESE