whales are used for essential materials. Most people believe that whaling should be illegal everywhere because it is destroying the population soon to be endangered ruining the food chain‚ however nothing on the whale is getting wasted in any way‚ so it is for survival. Big part of whaling is for the meat and food. They use the food for money and business or to feed their families. In the article‚ Whaling for food‚ a whale hunter in Japan stated in “ ‘We do not kill whales for fun‚ not for science‚ but
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Sea Mammal hunting is a major problem in the 21st century. The problem is most apparent in Japan. Japanese people are hunting sea mammals‚ and it is resulting in horrific effects on the sea mammal population. The organization Greenpeace has addressed this problem and they are educating people about this and trying to stop it in Japan. A major problem is sea mammal hunting in Japan. Japan recently killed 333 Minke whales‚ 103 males and 230 female. Most females were pregnant‚ and it was claimed
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Japanese commercial and scientific whaling industries. This slaughter has caused the Blue‚ Gray and Byrde whales to become fewer and fewer. We need to stop these immoral and needless industries from causing a big dent in the whale populations‚ and abusing such harmless creatures of our Earth’s oceans. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued a moratorium in 1986 that banned whaling. Japan however still practices whaling. Recently whaling has been allowed in Japan under strict quotas that could
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What are the main issues surrounding Japanese whaling and what role should the International Whaling Commission play in monitoring whaling? Introduction: During the course of the semester‚ we have learned about a wide variety of marine mammals and the importance of protecting these animals. One group of marine mammals that I have found most interesting is the whale family. The whale group of marine mammals includes the blue whale‚ which is the largest animal in the world. As a child‚ I assumed that
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Exemption for whaling For the exemption for whaling issue‚ you will answer the following: Questions for Discussion: Do you agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption? I disagree. To explain why it is enough to recall a lot of traditions that existed for many centuries and were considered very necessary for the existence of some peoples from which they nevertheless had to abandon our time. For example‚ human
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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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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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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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hunting whales. In other words‚ they placed a temporary ban on whaling‚ which is still in place today. The IWC imposed the moratorium in 1982‚ going into effect during the 1985/1986 whaling season. This resulted in a dramatic decrease in whaling‚ according to a diagram of whale killings. The International Whaling Commission (IWC)‚ an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW)‚ estimates that the blue whale populations in the southern
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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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