can speak surely about the existence of mermaids. Scientist who are skilled in the use of sonar. Scientists who state that mermaids are seismically sensitive. Because mermaids use sonar‚ they travel with whales which leads to the reason mermaid sightings are intertwined with numerous beached whales. Now you can say that mermaids don’t exist because people haven’t really seen one‚ but there are marine animals that are being discovered lately that have gone unnoticed for centuries due to their elusiveness
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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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Introduction The killing of whales has been an issue of ethical controversies for many decades. In 1982‚ several countries gathered to draft The International Whaling Commission (IWC) to safeguard of whale stock and to enforce the provisions and of revising the provisions to encourage both the conservation and utilization of whale resources. Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling‚ Japan‚ Iceland and Norway have been whaling under the guise of “lab coat” and their objection to
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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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apparent interconnectedness between whale hunting nowadays and whaling practises carried during the 17th century (Morikawa 2009:19-20). However‚ a closer examination reveals that only since the 19th century with the introduction of the effective Norwegian method of whaling the consumption of whale meat increased. In other words‚ since this innovation‚ the nature of whaling altered and transformed into an exclusive industry (Watanabe 2009:99-100). Although whale hunting in Japan had been performed
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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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Conservation of Chilean Blue Whales Blue Whales are the largest animals on the planet‚ weighting 200 tons. (World Wildlife Fund) They are very unique and different animals‚ which are worth to conserve on earth. Blue Whales in Chilean waters are nearly extinct and every time is more difficult for scientists and organizations to keep track of them because there are very few. It is important for people to become conscious about this issue and try to conserve this specie. “Blue Whales are at the top of the
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