oceans as populations of certain whales have been greatly reduced. Large whales like the blue whale‚ bowhead whale‚ finback whale‚ gray whale‚ sperm whale and humpback whale are some of the eight whales which are currently still included on the Endangered Species List. Actions have been taken to attempt reduction in whaling and increase population sizes‚ including prohibiting all whaling in United States waters‚ the formation of the CITES treaty which protects all whales‚ along with the formation of
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Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from the original Wampanoag tribe. They were Quakers with a stoic sense of standards and community. The whale men from Nantucket
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Whaling Should Be Banned * Whales have been hunted by humans for their meet‚ bones and blubber. * Whaling‚ during the 19th century‚ wiped out most of the world’s whale populations. * Whales grow and breed slowly; numbers will take a long time to recover. This means that they will more easily become more extinct. Information * The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned whaling in 1986. * There are some countries that issue permits to kill whales for research; Japan uses
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is common sense to stop doing something if there is already a problem. You do not want to make it worse. In Japan‚ people catch and kill whale species that are already endangered. While some people believe that this is perfectly ok‚ whaling needs to be stopped because some whales are endangered and whale meat is not even used anymore. My first reason is that whales are endangered.
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Banning whale hunting Whales are the biggest animals that live on this planet‚ in the oceans. Depending on their species they can weigh up to 200 tons‚ the weight of around 12 elephants or 2000 people. It has also been studied that the brains of whales are developed which means they are intelligent creatures. Since centuries whales have been hunted down for their oil and meat. The process of killing whales for their meat and oil is called whaling. In the olden days only the slow moving whales were
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whaling started in 1910 the average numbers of whales killed per year were around 12‚000. Then 30 years later the number jumped to 40‚000. This was decimating to the whale populations‚ some near the brink of extinction. Then in 1946 the IWC (International Whaling Commission) was formed. The IWC was created to help the regulation of whaling. They placed moratorium on commercial whaling‚ thus banning its practices. But by the time this happened the whale populations were dwindling and the prey from these
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Stop Whale Hunting Stop Whale Hunting IWC (International Whaling Commission) banned the commercial whaling in 1986. The main reason is with the increase of human and hunting technology‚ the speed of catching these whale exceed the sustainable stock of whales. Although IWC had already come out such a clear policy‚ some pro-whaling countries are still doing the whale hunting----for scientific research. Since 1930‚ with the increase of human demand and technology‚ human beings are putting more
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Recently 333 Minke whales were killed; 103 males and 230 females- most of which pregnant. It was claimed they were killed for scientific purposes (Price). This is a big deal because the Japanese do not see any harm in what they are doing. Japan’s whaling
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because I like the animals and I’m against the violence or any harm with animals. Each paragraph answers the questions for the assignment. I don’t agree with the Norwegian and Japanese for hunting whales as a cultural exemption. My arguments to be against this “cultural tradition” are the cruelty the whales suffer when they got kill with lethal methods such as the use of the explosive grenade. I read there are other non-lethal methods and people don’t want to use them due to the only thing to obtain
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case of the Makah Tribe‚ I do not think it is appropriate for nonmembers of the tribe to evaluate the morality of the whale hunt. Many indigenous people from around the world hold true to the old ways in an attempt to keep their history alive. This is but one of those traditions. When searching for information about the Makah‚ I found that they do have a long tradition of whale hunting. Realizing that it was up to them to protect their people‚ land‚ and fishing tradition‚ the Makah forefathers signed
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