Monday, March 31, 2014
Madison Ceurter 5th period: U.N. court orders Japan to halt whale hunt
The International Court of Justice ruled that Japan can't hunt whale's anymore. There are no license's or permits being given out to the people of Japan to hunt whale's. Japan's fleet has an annual whale hunt despite a worldwide prohibition of the activity, taking advantage of a loophole in the law that permits the killing of the whales for scientific research. These scientific researchers go in environmental groups such as Sea Shepherd's in an attempt to disrupt the whaling. These disruptions have led to collisions with ships and other activities. I do agree that these whale's don't need to be hunted because they have families too. The mothers shouldn't be separated from their babies, but what are the Japanese supposed to do about food. I guess they can stop hunting and eating whale's and eat something else for food. I think that would be the best solution, for the Japanese to stop eating whale.
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Whaling can obviously lead to the extinction of a species, but ultimately humans are doing that to so many other species. I think its even worse when species like the Baiji River Dolphin are killed off, not for food, but because of fishing, transportation, hydroelectricity, and industrial waste. I wish there were more laws placed on the horrible way that commercial factory farm animals were treated, however its a "not-so-hidden" secret that is loosely regulated. Either way its all sad and gross, but as a consumer I chose to turn a blind eye like the rest. - Nana Johnson p2
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