the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s ecosystem. Further reduction of whales leads to more significant major effects on the ecosystem on the planet. In 1986‚ the International Whaling Commission (IWC)
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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
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constant whaling. Norway and Japan are notably the world’s biggest whalers. The International Whaling Commission have imposed a ban on whaling as a means to protect these special animals from extinction‚ but the ban only succeeded in causing an uproar among traditional whalers in both Japan and Norway. Both countries claim that whaling has been an age long tradition for their people‚ with Japanese ancestors learning from the Norwegians Norway being the world’s leader in commercial whaling‚ were among
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In this week‚ there was the topic from the whaling ban and the issues this caused. I chose the whaling ban 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
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The Whaling Ban Should Not Be Lifted In this essay‚ I will argue that Japan and Norway should not continue whaling and trading in whale meat. Each year‚ Japan kills around 700 whales for what it claims is research‚ while the meat is being sold in restaurants and shops. If there are to be whales at all for future generations to enjoy‚ then this excessive whaling has got to stop. Not only is Japan over-whaling‚ it is importing cheaper whale meat from Norway because of its cheaper prices. The hunting
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Commercial Whaling Was Reinstated What Effects Would It Have On The Environment? The history of commercial whaling is a long dark period in our time. It is full of the bloodshed of many innocent creatures. When commercial 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)
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against Japanese whalers or not? 1.0 History of Japanese whaling Japan’s first trip to the Antarctic whaling in the mid-1930s‚ began after World War II. Japan’s postwar ruins‚ the national deprivation. Under general MacArthur’s encouragement‚ the two Japanese Navy ships turned into a processing vessel‚ heading to the Southern Ocean for whaling. Japan has become rich in meat‚ imported from Australia and the United States. Japan’s whaling fleet are carried out in the Antarctic‚ funded by taxpayers
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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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Norway since 9-10th centuries) whaling was a source of food and income for the local fisherman. A lot has changed‚ though‚ in the 20th century when whale hunting became commercial and its scale grew exponentially‚ leading to over-exploitation and endangering of the species. To help regulate whaling and "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" (“Convention”‚ 1949)‚ the International Whaling Commission (IWC) proposed the
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Before I begin my thesis on the exemption for whaling‚ I would like to state my opinion against this case. This violates the rights to preserve an endangered species that is being hunted to profit for companies that do not care about the future of species on the planet. Affecting the entire ecosystem. Some countries like Norway and Japan as well as small communities have hunted whales for generations. But for many generations this was the way the inhabitants of those countries met to feed themselves
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