THE JAPANESE ARE HUNTING WHALES FOR A FOOD SOURCE, WHY IS THIS NOT OK?

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(1) THE JAPANESE ARE HUNTING WHALES FOR A FOOD SOURCE, WHY IS THIS NOT OK?

Hunting whales for a food source goes against all logic. Whale meat is laden with extremely dangerous metals that break down the human central nervous system in a matter of years. Mercury, Methyl Mercury, Cadmium, DDT & PCB’s are some of these.

In effect, Japan is poisoning its own citizens. What is deeply concerning is the fact; they are trying to introduce the whale meat into schools under “School lunchtime programs”.

According to Japan’s own media, the Japan Today Newspaper poll showed less than 1% of Japanese eat whale meat. There is no demand for it outside Japanese coastal towns. It is widely known that over 4000tonnes of whale meat is in frozen storage. Much of it ends up as dog food.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23024633-5000117,00.html

Whales are also “endangered” mammals that happen to be at the top of the food chain. Anyone with simple biology knowledge knows top of the food chain animals have an important role to play in this world. We need to keep them alive so we can monitor what happens in the ocean.

Top-of-the-food-web species are crucial bio-indicators. Their presence is an indicator of a healthy eco-system, while their absence could indicate a serious pollution or other environmental problem eg a chronically overfished ocean.



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