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    Why 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

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    Whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales and it is one of the big issues in the world. Japan is one of the pro-whaling countries and a majority of the Western countries are objecting to Japan. However‚ this essay would like to insist that whaling is a part of the Japanese rural traditional culture‚ so it is important for some Japanese people. Therefore‚ the essay support the idea that whale hunting should not be prohibited. This essay aims to tell people who do not know about Japanese whaling well

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    Japanese’s Whaling in the Southern Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography Sand‚ Peter H. "Japan ’s ‘Research Whaling’ In the Antarctic Southern Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean in the Face of the Endangered Species Convention (CITES)." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 17.1 (2008): 56-71. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. Sand talks about how Japanese whalers are taking more and more whales from the oceans near the artic and hunt whales for research purposes (56)

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    Should whaling activities be banned completely? Whales are the largest animals on earth. It has existed for over millions of years. They are also the largest mammals on the planet. Although they all look alike‚ there are many species of whales. Each time‚ they will only produce one offspring. According to Whale World‚ female whales only produce a baby whale each year‚ for they need to take care of the baby for the whole year (Whale World‚ n.d). They are gentle animals with graceful movements and

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    Fin Whales. Whaling is the hunting and killing of whales to recover resources like oil‚ meat‚ and blubber. Whaling was banned in 1986‚ but a loophole in the law allows countries to continue whaling for scientific research. At the moment Japan and Iceland are the main countries continuing this act. The act of commercial whaling should be completely banned before whales before extinct. First reason why commercial whaling should be banned is because whales could become extinct due to whaling. According

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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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    The question of whether whaling should be allowed in countries like Japan and Norway is a complex mix of cultural‚ economic‚ and political facets. To me‚ however‚ it is not a difficult question to answer. Simply put‚ while I would not disagree with the hunting of whales by the two countries if they did so sustainably and humanely‚ I think the practice has gone beyond a cultural activity‚ and therefore should not be considered for exemption under cultural reasons. A cultural activity is an activity

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    Why Whaling should be banned‚ by Annabel Lees Imagine yourself as a Minke Whale being chased by a whaling vessel in the Antarctic Ocean. After half an hour‚ BAM! A harpoon hits you. Instantly you feel an agonizing pain in your side. You still fight for another hour until you feel weak‚ as if you cant move one more muscle in your body‚ you start to slow down and give up. Then the whalers shoot you with a shotgun‚ until you die. Every year this happens to over 2‚500 innocent

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    The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is a worldwide organisation accountable for regulations on whaling. Under the guidance of this organisation‚ its member countries meet annually on a regular basis and discuss issues regarding whaling (IWC 2011). After long-term discussions‚ Japan’s whaling practices have been restricted‚ and Japan is currently only allowed to perform whaling in the name of research in the northwestern Pacific and the Antarctic. (Morikawa 2009:5). Since this commercial whaling

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    Greenpeace is an independent organization campaigning to ensure a just‚ peaceful‚ sustainable environment for future generations. It began in Canada in 1971 and today has a presence in more than 40 countries with 2.4 million supporters worldwide. Greenpeace Australia was founded in 1977 and today we have more than 75‚000 supporters. Prevent dangerous climate change by phasing out fossil fuels (oil‚ coal‚ gas) and replacing them with clean renewable energy such as solar. Use the 2000 Olympic

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