WHY DO YOU CARE, THE ICW ALLOWS THEM TO HUNT FOR SCIENTIFIC REASONS ?

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(3) WHY DO YOU CARE, THE ICW ALLOWS THEM TO HUNT FOR SCIENTIFIC REASONS ?

This is indeed true of the IWC. There is a loophole in the moratorium on whaling which allows whales to be hunted for scientific reasons and Japan uses it to kill over 1000 whales a year.

Are you aware that Japan is killing whales to prove they can kill more? Their so called “scientific research” revolves around them trying to determine exact numbers of whales so they can prove to the world they can sustainably begin commercial whaling. It is no secret. They openly admit this is why they are killing them.

The big secret is what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation uncovered in 2006 with their Science show “Catalyst”. They discovered of the 18year JARPA 1 program, which lethally obtained samples from over 6800 whales, less than 55 peer reviewed papers were produced, 14 that could be relevant to goals of the JARPA program and ONLY 4 that would require lethal sampling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling#Value_for_research

Its obvious Japan isn’t scientifically whaling. Besides, any scientist will tell you live specimens are much more fun and informative to study. What can you learn from a dead whale other than looking into its ear to determine its age?

We need to keep them alive so we can monitor what happens in the ocean.

Top-of-the-food-web pecies 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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