When trying to determine if people should be allowed cultural exemptions it must first be established if the exemption they are seeking are a current necessity or an obsolete practice. In order to come to a conclusion on this‚ I believe it is important to look at the history of the whaling industry in order to understand the reasons why whales were once considered a necessary resource. Whales in the past were primarily harvested for the following resources: · Whale bones and baleen used
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1. Introduction Cetacean stranding’s in the United Kingdom are unfortunately a common sight. In 1990‚ the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) started running (1)‚ since their programme began they have collected data from 12‚000 stranded cetaceans (2). Post mortem examinations are often carried out; these are vital in understanding the cause of death. However‚ if the carcass decomposition rate is advanced‚ a post mortem is not essential (3). Through our actions we have caused cetaceans
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The Blinding Color of Blood: The constraints of Geography The modern whaling debate is in no doubt a strenuous one. Whaling in itself has been around since as far back as 6000BC and countries such as Japan and Norway have developed into nations which revolve around a market for such cetaceans as whales and dolphins. In fact‚ in Taiji‚ a small town on the southern shores of Japan‚ over thirty percent of their annual economy is generated from a market oriented around whales and dolphins (Hanlon‚ The
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“Just because you’re hurt doesn’t mean you’re broken”. This quote is from the movie Dolphin Tale because I thought it was the perfect example for my research paper. Dolphin tale is about how a real dolphin named Winter was found stranded in Mosquito Lagoon‚ near Cape Canaveral‚ Florida when she was only two months old‚ entangled in a crab trap line which cut circulation to her tail flukes. After disentanglement‚ she was transported to Clearwater Marine Aquarium for treatment of her extensive injuries
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English Oral — Why the Japanese shouldn’t be allowed to presume whaling in the Antarctic. Imagine being one the Earths largest creatures‚ swimming in a never-ending ocean before suddenly being harpooned and tortured cruelly before fading into black. My message for you today are “Ships are expendable‚ whales are not”. Good Morning/Afternoon Mrs Arnold and classmates. Today I will be talking to you about the reasons why the Japanese shouldn’t be allowed to presume whaling in the Antarctic. For
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Whaling has been a controversial issue around the world for centuries. . The hunting of whales has been going on since the prehistoric times‚ but the controversy of whether it is right or wrong didn’t begin until about one hundred years ago (Wesolowski ). It has turned into an ethical debate about whether or not it is right. While some people around the world see the hunting of whales as immoral‚ there are countries and cultures view it the same as hunting any other animal and being an important
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Dolphin Writing Project by Liam Canty Over the past 37 million years‚ dolphin intelligence and socialization skills have evolved to the point where scientists are trying to decipher their language so we can work with them for military purposes and fishing. There are a total of forty-two types of dolphins‚ including River dolphins. In all of those types‚ some dolphins have between eight and two-hundred and fifty teeth. One type of dolphin‚ the bottlenose dolphin have seventy-two to one-hundred
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Sociological Perspectives Unit 1 Animal Culture vs Tradition and Capitalism An intelligent animal. Capable of seeing right through you. Able to see if you are pregnant‚ to see your heart beating‚ or even your bones. The only species in the world apart from ourselves who are so self aware. Dolphins. I believe it is unnecessary‚ unethical‚ and dangerous to kill and consume dolphins. In this essay I will compare and contrast two different cultures‚ that are advocates of dolphin hunting. The
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Why do whales beach themselves? By Anda November 8 2009 Environmental Science Instructor: Why do whales beach themselves? The Scientific American article “Why do whales beach themselves?” published on June 1‚ 2009‚ bring the polemic and controversial reasons about the phenomenon observed in the last years when more than Fifty-five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend. The scientists still do not fully understand why mass stranding happen‚ and if
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" basic human need to as who we are‚ where did we come from‚ how did we get here‚ why do we look the way we do?" The video started off by asking questions and stating facts about evolution saying that humans had just arrived on earth. Neil Shubin from Chicago University compared 4 billion years to an hour. He said the first 50 minutes was spent on microbes and single celled organisms‚ then animal life appeared in the last 10 minutes‚ and finally‚ human civilization‚ the last tenth of a second in
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