Norway Declares Death Sentence for 1052 Whales

[flvegan]

That other cruel and ecologically insensitive whaling nation Norway has set a kill quota of 1052 whales for 2008.

The quota is the same as last year despite the whalers being unable to find enough whales to meet that quota. The actual kill was 97 whales short of 1052.

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Norway claims there are 70,000 piked whales in the North Atlantic although they have not provided any scientific data to support this estimate. If there are 70,000 whales then taking 1,000 will have no significant statistical impact on fish consumption by cetaceans. However, if there are 70,000 whales then why has it been so difficult for the whalers to fill their quota historically?

"At least the Norwegians are honest criminals," said Captain Paul Watson. "They don't even pretend to be killing whales for so called ‘scientific research’ like the Japanese."

More:
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_080220_1.html

[LeftyMom]

1. Wasn't the higher quota based on the hope of selling some to Japan?

They must not be reading the paper, if they think there's any hope of that. Even if they wanted more, they can't pay, at least through the ICR.

[peacebuzzard]

2. Insensitive. Such a perfect word.

Why is there is much of this everywhere.....