English Exposition Whaling English
English Exposition
Whale hunting must be stopped!
Imagine your swimming in the ocean, minding your own business. Then, suddenly, something sharp hits you. It enters your body and explodes. The pain is killing but it does not kill you, not yet. Again a sharp object hits you and explodes. Again and again you are hit. Your enormous body, however, does not give up that easily. It will take more than a half an hour to get unconscious. Maybe, if you are lucky, you will drown. Perhaps you will be dragged on a ship. Although you are still alive, conscious and in great agony you will be cut up in pieces, not able to make any sound to notify that you are still alive. This is what happens to hundreds of whales every year (IFAW, 2011). Therefore whale hunting is completely senseless, immoral and inhumane and it has to stop.
Bones and baleens
Pro-whaling countries, like Japan, Iceland and Norway claim there is a need of whale products (Joanne, 2006). Historically this need can be explained. For centuries whales were hunted because of the oil of their blubber, which can be used for lightning like oil lamps and candles. It was also used to oil machines like industrial oil. Whale oil used to be important for the fabrication of soap, paint, varnish and rope. The whales’ bones and baleen were used to fabricate corsets, which were common during the 1800s. The bones and baleen provided a flexible fabric, which can be compared with plastic. Many items that are made of plastic nowadays used to be fabricated from whalebone and baleen in the 1800s. The teeth of the whales were used as ivory. For example chess pieces, jewellery and piano keys were made of the whales’ teeth (McNamara Robert, 2012).
Nowadays, however, there is no explicit need for whalebones and blubber to produce these kinds of products. During the late 1800s oil wells were discovered. Oil extracted from the ground became an equivalent of the blubber of whales and therefore it was no longer necessary for industrial
Whale hunting must be stopped!
Imagine your swimming in the ocean, minding your own business. Then, suddenly, something sharp hits you. It enters your body and explodes. The pain is killing but it does not kill you, not yet. Again a sharp object hits you and explodes. Again and again you are hit. Your enormous body, however, does not give up that easily. It will take more than a half an hour to get unconscious. Maybe, if you are lucky, you will drown. Perhaps you will be dragged on a ship. Although you are still alive, conscious and in great agony you will be cut up in pieces, not able to make any sound to notify that you are still alive. This is what happens to hundreds of whales every year (IFAW, 2011). Therefore whale hunting is completely senseless, immoral and inhumane and it has to stop.
Bones and baleens
Pro-whaling countries, like Japan, Iceland and Norway claim there is a need of whale products (Joanne, 2006). Historically this need can be explained. For centuries whales were hunted because of the oil of their blubber, which can be used for lightning like oil lamps and candles. It was also used to oil machines like industrial oil. Whale oil used to be important for the fabrication of soap, paint, varnish and rope. The whales’ bones and baleen were used to fabricate corsets, which were common during the 1800s. The bones and baleen provided a flexible fabric, which can be compared with plastic. Many items that are made of plastic nowadays used to be fabricated from whalebone and baleen in the 1800s. The teeth of the whales were used as ivory. For example chess pieces, jewellery and piano keys were made of the whales’ teeth (McNamara Robert, 2012).
Nowadays, however, there is no explicit need for whalebones and blubber to produce these kinds of products. During the late 1800s oil wells were discovered. Oil extracted from the ground became an equivalent of the blubber of whales and therefore it was no longer necessary for industrial
References: http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/resource-centre/name-science-review-scientific-whaling http://www.news.com.au/national/australia-wins-whaling-case-against-japan-in-the-hague/story-fncynjr2-1226870210553 http://www.ifaw.org/australia/our-work/whales/truth-about-%E2%80%98scientific%E2%80%99-whaling http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-31/ijc-japan-whaling-southern-ocean-scientific-research/5357416 http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4001987.htm http://www.discoveryuk.com/web/whale-wars/about/the-whale-debate/