Comments on: Really Japan, ‘Scientific’ Whaling? You’re Not Fooling Anyone.

By: Dini

Dini — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:06:40 +0000

What will happen if the humpback whales go extinct and their alien friends come looking? They destroy earth, that’s what. Then we will need a super-cool team of space explorers to go back in time to the eighties and bring some back. Hilarity will ensue.

By: GERALDO A. LOBATO FRANCO

GERALDO A. LOBATO FRANCO — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:37:00 +0000

No way. They are fooling themselves. It is unbelievable what the japs are doing. Their tenacity in holding to customs and principles is something marvelous and a point to be taught to humanity, yet some of these same principles are nauseatingly morbid. All humanity knows, except perhaps some Norsemen, that fish stocks are in frank depletion, let alone the quantity of cetaceans, of which, a few species are nearly finished off. It seems that Japs do not want to hear about it. Are they deaf? Are they stupid? No. It is the voice of capitalism banging in their ears: we have to pay for our investments in this flotilla, we have to keep our professions going, we have to feed our families…
I hear similar voices elsewhere. Soon there will be no more space for humans on Earth… let alone whales and dolphins…

By: Tristram Brelstaff

Tristram Brelstaff — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:29:23 +0000

Does anybody know if any peer-reviewed publications come out of this ‘scientific’ whaling?

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:11:53 +0000

Thanks to all for your continued efforts toward our planet.

By: g bruno

g bruno — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:34:48 +0000

On a strictly utilitarian assessment:
If Humpbacks get scared, then whalewatching will be reduced in value

If East Australian WWatching of 2000 whales is worth $200 Million and a whale lives for 50 years, then each whale is worth $5 million dollars.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:47:59 +0000

I gave $200 to Sea Shepherd this morning.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:43:28 +0000

I became aware of this calamity that Japan seems bent on pursuing earlier in the week. Hopefully, with great public and political pressure, they will come to their senses. Or it will come back to haunt them…