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[TORTUGA]

Boycott Japenese, Icelandic and Norwegian goods and dont visit them either. And do the same to any other nation in support of whaling.

Just been reading the reports on the whaling conference in St Kitts, it makes my blood boil!

Looks like the Japenese are offering cash aid to lots of small countries to get their vote and are blaming falling fish stocks and rising whale numbers to justify it. According to the big 3 whalers its the whales to blame for all the fish disapearing around the world and not grweat big factory ships.

Italy who make beautiful Ducati's are against whaling and even have a reserve which I have been to and I saw Dolphins and a Fin Whale! Fantastico!

[jeff st4s]

I don't believe it necessary to "hunt" whales, but sadly mankind is full of stupid ideas.
If you eat a tiger's willy; then it will improve your sex drive.
I suggest the tiger is still alive............then lets see how your sex drive improves when you've tried to eat it.

[sye73]

Totally with you on this TORTUGA
Agreed Jeff, mankind is often full of stupid ideas.

[philthy]

If the japs want to hunt the whales that's fine by me.......












Just as long as extremist animal rights protestors are allowed to do the same to the whalers.

[NBs996]

We kill animals for food , it's called the food chain, we use the skins for clothing and the fat for fuel. I've got no problem with that.

If they're being hunted for trophies then that's a different story.

[phoenix n max]

wot nick said.
Most probably think the pint of milk you buy is all nicey nicey - how wrong you are!
Must sit on my hands !

[rxtim]

There is no excuse to hunt whales. There is no justification for food or clothing, even the Japense don't really eat it - even under the current farce of "scientific" research whaling they have stockpiles of whale meat.

There are not very many left. Go and look up the figures on the BBC site. It will surprise you how few there are. They tend to take a long time to reach sexual maturity and offspring are dependant for a long time.

Luckily this doesn't mean too much yet, but the anti-whaling countries really need to get their act in gear before it does. I may well devote my energies to this end once we are in Oz.

It isn't just Japan, Iceland and Norway, although they are the most vocal. Some of the smaller Caribbean countries are the ones voting for, these are the ones we can personally make a difference to by not visiting since they are so reliant on tourism for income.

These countries need education in the same why with Sharks in the Maldives, that a live shark is worth much more in $ than a dead one.

Remember it is not just whales at risk, 100s of millions of sharks are killed every year.

[antonye]

Just like Cod in the North Sea

[NBs996]

So it needs regulating and policing better then.
To just throw a blanket ban would be so wrong... I don't expect anyone to deny me my right to live as a carnivore. To me there's no reasoning - don't matter if it's a whale, a cod, a fluffy bunny or a cute panda bear - if I'm hungry, it's days are numbered.

Vegetarianism - the next phase of human evolution?

[desmojen]

The point is Nick, whilst humans are carnivores, and rightly so, we are also too stupid at times to realise that we don't have to kill everything to eat. And yes, that includes people who make obtuse comments like yours above.
You don't have to disagree with whaling to see the basic pointlessness of killing them in huge numbers for 'food'.
As a race, we now grow our own food (the only reason why there are any cows left) and for the most part the hunting and killing of huge numbers of wild prey is entirely unnecessary.
If anyone disagrees with my comment, just have a look into the history of Easter Island.