Japan Begins Hunt for 60 Whales

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2005/sep/09/090903696.html

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese whaling ships returned to port Friday with the first three of 60 whales they plan to catch along the nation's northern coast as they began the season's research program that opponents criticize as commercial whaling.

The hunt is approved by the International Whaling Commission and Japanese whalers are allowed to catch up to 60 minke whales along the coast of Kushiro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, said Fisheries Agency spokesman Ryoichi Nakamura.

Agency officials plan to study the whale's feeding patterns and its impact on fish stocks and report their findings to the IWC. The hunt ends on Oct. 31.

The IWC banned commercial whaling in 1986 to protect the endangered mammals, but approved restricted hauls for research program a year later.

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[Nihil]

1. I rarely say anything like this but ...

... I really, truly hope that those ships sink with all hands on the
way out from harbour.

Different people have their hot buttons (nuclear power, Greenpeace, ...)
but I can't stand the murdering bastards who hunt whales.

60 minke whales being killed so they can "research" how much they can
charge for each portion in a restaurant.

60 innocent creatures being hunted down for money.

60 aquatic mammals, each of which is more intelligent than the scum
sailing around on the surface in their industrial killing boats.

Homo sapiens? The exception proves the rule.

Sink you f*ckers and rot in hell.