Comments on: Migaloo

By: CryptoInformant 2.0

CryptoInformant 2.0 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:26 +0000

Frankly, I am of the opinion that whaling should not be legal at all, especially with the current status of the world’s whale populations, but, since when has reason ever outweighed profit?

By: cliff

cliff — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:02:41 +0000

This may be a little off topic:

Scrabbydoo – In respone to Sea Shepherd’s tactics, I don’t see anything wrong with the tactics that they use. They’ve done as much as they could from a political standpoint, as far as lobbying their government entities, and especially trying to have a presence at the IWC (International Whaling Commission), but none of the politicans seem to care. My guess is that pockets are getting lined by the Japanese whaler’s so the governing officials turn their heads. So aside from the political tactics that have failed due to possible corruption, what tactics are the Sea Shepherds left with to uphold the law? As far as I can tell, they do the only thing in their power, confront the Japanese Whaler’s in the “Whale Sanctuary” (where whales aren’t supposed to be killed). The Sea Shepherds have a strict non-violence policy and have never been charged with assaulting anyone, so what’s wrong with the prop foulers, stink bombs, slippery bombs, and direct intervention? Last year these tactics caused the Japanese whalers to only meet half their quota and lose $73 million in revenue, and no person got hurt in the process, and only half the whales were killed. If the whalers keep losing money at that rate, then illegal whaling within the WHALE SANCTUARY will no longer be beneficial to them and they will quit, hopefully.

Paul Watson used to scuttle ships to stop the illegal whaling activities, would you rather that he employ those tactics against the Japanese? Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing that, as long as the ships were in port at the time and nobody got hurt

But I don’t see anything wrong with their tactics, we are talking about the illegal and cruel slaughter of an endangered species, that happen to be sentient beings, within an area that is “supposed” to be protected by law as an international whale sanctuary.

By: spgass

spgass — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:46:21 +0000

Good article. However, “an anti-whale hunt campaign” can be read two different ways.

By: afigbee

afigbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:26:01 +0000

That whale is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen!

By: Scrabbydoo

Scrabbydoo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:36:30 +0000

I haven’t seen the show Whale Wars yet. Tho I respect what they are doing. Tho I may not respect their tactics. What the Japanese do in their own waters is their business. What the Japanese do in a Antarctic Whale Sanctuary is everyone’s business. Japan thinks that since they sell so much to the world they can get away with killing endangered species. They say it’s a cultural right and that it’s done for science. Yet all of that meat that was collected for “science” is sold in Japanese markets. They even serve whale meat in school cafeterias! It’s just for greed that they whale and nothing else. Japan is lying about the whaling to just to try to get around international law. I know some whales do need to be harvested for scientific study. It should be made law that those whales must be taken to international centers of study. And after the study is done then the carcass should be taken to the sea to be disposed of. It is already against international law to sell meat, skins, bones, or any other product of endangered species yet Japan does this almost daily with endangered whale products. If something isn’t done Japan will end up causing the extinction of many whales for their greed!

By: cliff

cliff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:45 +0000

Thanks for the post Loren. I’ve gotten really addicted to the show Whale Wars on Animal Planet, as well as reading the news and editorial sections of Paul Watson’s Sea Shepherd Conservation Society website. I think what these guys do is great, and I remember reading their website about one of the campaigns from previous years called “Operation Migaloo”. What the Japanese whalers are doing within the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary is horrendous, and is proof of how people and governments care very little about conservation of endangered species and how greed can deprive future generations. Let’s just hope that if Sasquatch is found that nobody declares Sasquatch meat a delicacy….

By: CryptoInformant 2.0

CryptoInformant 2.0 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:56:04 +0000

Hmmm… How does an albino whale like that survive as long as Migaloo has? Humpback Whales do have predators – notably, Orcas – and I’m sure the dark coloration normal to this species isn’t there just for aesthetic porpoises. (:D)

Well, here’s hoping Migaloo sets a new age record for Humpbacks. *crossing fingers* He’s got a ways to go, but hey – he’s healthy so far.