http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/25/whaling-conference-dodges-thorny-issues-uneasy-truce-continues/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/25/whaling-conference-dodges-thorny-issues-uneasy-truce-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-139449 AbleBodySeaman Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:11:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/25/whaling-conference-dodges-thorny-issues-uneasy-truce-continues/#comment-139449 Ben Minke whale populations are at a sustainable level. They are not now and never have been endangered and the level at which Japan hunts them has been shown over 20 years to have no detrimental effect on the population level. So maybe you should stop being so irresponsible and learn something before posting. Ben Minke whale populations are at a sustainable level. They are not now and never have been endangered and the level at which Japan hunts them has been shown over 20 years to have no detrimental effect on the population level. So maybe you should stop being so irresponsible and learn something before posting.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/25/whaling-conference-dodges-thorny-issues-uneasy-truce-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-38024 Ben Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:46:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/25/whaling-conference-dodges-thorny-issues-uneasy-truce-continues/#comment-38024 How can Japan be so ingnorant to what they are doing. If they continue whaling and especially if they are allowed to do it on a larger scale, the whales will eventually be gone. Then where will your cultural heritage be. Although I appose any whaling, I could understand letting them hunt a restricted amount once whale populations have risen to a more sustainable level, but we are nowhere close to that and letting any whales be killed for "science" or any other purpose with populations being so low is outrageously irresponsible. How can Japan be so ingnorant to what they are doing. If they continue whaling and especially if they are allowed to do it on a larger scale, the whales will eventually be gone. Then where will your cultural heritage be. Although I appose any whaling, I could understand letting them hunt a restricted amount once whale populations have risen to a more sustainable level, but we are nowhere close to that and letting any whales be killed for “science” or any other purpose with populations being so low is outrageously irresponsible.

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