With the prospect of Japan getting the go-ahead to resume commercial whaling in the not so necessarily distant future, the people in power are desperately trying to get rid of the nation’s growing stock of scientific research by-products — or whale meat as it’s more commonly known. School children in certain prefectures are being served it for lunch, one restaurant chain is offering whale burgers, and, in a rather desperate measure, dogs are allegedly being fed the stuff, whether they like it or not.
Yet as the sale of the meat helps in part to fund Japan’s very important whale-related research, it’s imperative that the stuff is sold, with these brightly coloured and jolly looking tins surely tempting both dedicated devourers and the uninitiated alike.
And with the addition of an unheralded ‘buy one get as many as you want free’ offer, who could possibly resist? Ideal as a talking point when surreptitiously served at a dinner party, or alternatively as a light snack, perhaps with a bit of veal.
(click image for bigger mammal meal)
jim says
If this whale research is so necessary then they should NOT sell the whale meat but throw it away into the sea. The whole whale research is a canard.
Gabriel says
Man, that kind of stuff really pisses me off! Even if it were true how many whales would any research need anyway?
abbi says
true true true i like ur answer
mikey says
“Fins” is a Southern California fish taco restaurant. Do they know about this? I’d try a whale taco!
Alex H. says
I ate “research meat” in school lunch in Japan about ten years ago. It was nasty rubbery stuff, and most of the students/faculty disliked it. I don’t think it was the idea of eating whales that they disliked, just that it didn’t taste very good. I don’t get the appeal.
robert Lamb says
I have just sent the email below to the Japanese Foreign Minister. They intend to increase whaling to include the Southern Humpbacks in the next year. Due to negitive world puplic opinion they intend to involve themselves less, but are encouraging private Japanese companies to continue. This will result in more, not less whaling. They have also persuaded (bribed?) poor island nations who have no interest in whaling to vote with them in the international whaling commission. Please feel free to copy or add on and send an email to the link below. If you Cc this on to all your friends in your address book – perhaps we can get enough response to block their site and make them re-think. Cheers…Bob
Minister
The good name of Japan is floundering in the blood of the whales that it deceitfully calls science. Surely these beautiful animals are worth more to tourism than mince, ice cream flavour or dog meat. The Southern Humpbacks which Japan intends to hunt, are slowly recovering from near extinction, the Blue Whale is the largest living animal ever. (including the largest of the dinosaurs) It may or may not recover from over whaling in the past. Lets hope we can protect them all from your ‘Science’
Stop the whaling !
Deeply Concerned,
Bob Lamb
me says
its junk science.
the abc (australia) sicence show did a story on how crap the science is e.g. “effects if injecting whale dna in to cows”
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1657789.htm
there really is no reason other then vested intersts to kill thousands of whales.
nortypig says
in WWII australian prisoners of war on the burma railway were fed chinese people flesh, beheaded arbitrarily, tortured yada yada.
… i am sorry but whaling and their arrogant insistence they have the right to do much anything is still a matter for debate in many RSLs and kitchens throughout Australia. I met a Burma railway survivor, a brit, who asked me what was it for? And we have to wonder.
Japan – do you want us to actually like you? I mean seriously? Rack it up for the worst PR campaign a country ever insisted on pulling off.
No WWII was only 60 years ago… Japan leave our friggen whales alone – on behalf of the world environment!
My apologies for sounding extreme but its just a sickening thing to see these butchers trying to justify themselves. How about an international embargo? Oh no that only works on countries we don’t have links to… science or fast food?
Mitch says
Maybe they would think twice about killing whales for their unpalatable, rubbery meat if it led to there being a stigma attached to being seen driving a
Honda or using Japanese electronics.
I have a Samsung camera and I would’t mind driving a Hyundai car! My life
would still be complete without Hentai!
Anyone else on board for a boycott of
Japanese products?
Geraldo says
Hey what’s wrong with buying a GM, Ford, or other fine American Car? Or is buying American …un-American?
me says
WWII? trad embargo’s? do you want us to actually like you? becoming very anti-Japanese ?
What the fsck!
Get a grip people! its an industry and a government department at issue here.
This has nothing to do with 99.999% of Japan. There is no need to broaden your attack, it will only isolate our cause.
Japan is a beautiful country, just like Norway and Finland.
Save the Whales.
http://www.seashepherd.org/
jey says
Even though some people hate Japan to catch whales, maybe Japan will do it. I’ve never eaten whale meat, but I want to eat it once. Do you guys know Korean eat DOG and Chinese eat HUMAN BABY! I cant believe it.
Eric at Paris Daily Photo says
I’m wondering if whale crepes would ever catch on here in France?
nortypig says
i’m sorry but its a copout to say its an industry and government… its an overall social philosophy that they have the right to kill whales.
i think the japanese people should sit back and realise people like me who previously had no bad feelings towards the japanese directly are now starting to feel very unhappy on a personal level.
For countries who love whales and respect their awesomeness there is no quarter to say “I only eat it” and “blame the industry”.
explain the science please? what’s not figured out yet?
no face it its not about science or government. its about greedy people pushing whales down their gullet. why not go get some rhino tusk and bald eagle beak? i mean c’mon… seriously.
i speak to quite a few people on these issues and i can tell you the views of many are not into happy chappy with the japanese at the moment.
we look at japanese people and think – whale murderer!
if they find that unsettling then stop doing it, stop eating it. I for one will boycott japanese products for six months and review my situation when that comes to pass. Hopefully we’ll get a gov’t here with enough spine to do something about it too.
most of the world doesn’t like whale murdering y’know. Shame Japan and shame japanese people for the dirty filthy vile act of eating majestic whales. Boo.
nortypig says
and shame for the arrogance on our television sets when they lose a vote at the whaling commission… shame.
Martin says
http://www.edotistic.com/?p=425
I blogged about this when I lived in Tokyo – it tasted quite ok I guess…
me says
Its not about greedy people sticking meat down there gullet, because they aren’t.
99.999% of japan do not eat whale and never have. That’s why the meat is ending up in freezers, old folks homes, pet food and schools. most Japanese people don’t even know about the ongoing debate, IWC meetings don’t even rate a mention on the evening news.
Its not a cope out to reject collective guilt.
The only people pausing this are a small section of the fishing industry and cronies in industry related gov’t departments.
To look at random Japanese people and products and think “murderer” is just plain wrong… they never killed anything. Your logic will not save a single whale, more likely it will lead people to ignore you and every one else who actively campaign against whale hunting. We will not win people over if they have to think murderer every time they see a Japanese, Norwegian, Icelandic or Canadian Inuit person of product.
Japan is cool, whaling is not.
Mitch says
If the Japanese want to improve
their reputation and protect their economy from boycotts, they know what they have to do. I don’t think asking them nicely to stop whaling will work. There needs to be some pressure, there need to be consequences, and they need to lose something if they continue behaving improperly.
Nonny says
The article seems to suggest, and the commments take for granted, that this is an ethical issue, but it’s not clear why. Is there a serious concern about commercial whaling leading to extinction? If not, then why is this more offensive than any other meat industry? It makes sense that vegans would oppose it, but why should anyone else? Surely this is less cruel than the meat industry’s treatment of cows and chickens. Is it because whales are cuter or something?
In any case, I detect a racist undertone to alot of people’s comments about this issue that is truly disturbing.
MikesArk says
The diff between cows and chickens and whales is, they are commercially raised in pens not free swimming parts of an ecosystem already hard pressed by human beings. Cows and chickens are raised by the millions and have very short gestation periods giving birth often easily replaced. I have no problem with consuming whale meat or any other meat but I do have a problem of exploiting a world resource and calling it research without showing me the numbers. Show me there are whales reproducing in numbers that will support their hunting and we will talk.
It is apparent to me the Japanese “right” to whaling is coming under severe public pressure and with them being the only nation on the planet still whaling, I have to question their validity to the need or desire to continue. Maybe a boycott of goods would help them reevaluate their research. Maybe they could research eagles and sea turtles tasting like chicken?
Sachiyo Baum says
Nobody has the right to censor the Japanese historical diet.
Bob says
HISTRICAL DIET……No
PRESENT DIET…..YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jim says
There is a lot of concern for whale extinction. That’s the problem.
Japanese people ignoring the issue isn’t a valid excuse to duck their social responsibility.
me says
> why is this more offensive than any other meat industry?
Good question. Its a position the Japanese gov consistently puts forward.
Basically whales are intelligent higher mammals, compared to cows or kangaroos whales are Einstein. Its much closer to killing Elephants or Tigers then cows. Whales are also hunted from the wild in international waters so the industry itself has no similarities to beef or salmon farming for instance. Whales and the eco-systems they form a vital part of are under immense pressure from decades of over exploitation. Whales have been bought to the bring of extinction in the past and many species still face a very real threat of disappearing for ever. The precarious position of the many whale populations coupled with the very fragile state of the eco-system they are part of make a return to commercial whale hunting a very dangerous prospect or the earth oceans.
This weeks Diffusion radio program (29th June 2006) from 2ser did an much better job of explaining the complexity of a whales in their eco-system.
Very interesting and well worth a listen
http://feeds.feedburner.com/diffusionradio
> I detect a racist undertone to allot of people’s comments about this issue that is truly disturbing.
I agree. It makes arguing against hunting whales very difficult when you have to navigate a sea of bigotry just to make a point. Its a sad depressing fact.
Charlie Tan says
Me:
“Basically whales are intelligent higher mammals, compared to cows or kangaroos whales are Einstein. Its much closer to killing Elephants or Tigers then cows.”
Well, there is no scientific basis for this. Whales certainly have large brains, but that in itself is no guarantee of ‘intelligence’, nor would such a guarantee be relevant. Firstly, whales and dolphins can be trained to perform certain tricks, but then again, so can many animals. Secondly, There is an element of ‘specism’ in the ‘intelligence’ assertion. It has long been established that certain species of pig are amongst the most intelligent land mammals, and yet I don’t see an outcry against the Anglo-saxon practise of eating bacon for breakfast. And finally, by judging whales (or any other animal) against a human yardstick of intelligence is pointless anyway. Every species has its own unique ‘skill set’. Judging a whale on its degree of human intelligence actually puts whales in a pretty pathetic light. After all, I don’t see whales discovering the principles of advanced (or basic, for that matter) calculus, or inventing the internal combustion engine. They really just hang around together in the sea and squeak.
“Whales are also hunted from the wild in international waters so the industry itself has no similarities to beef or salmon farming for instance.”
No, but several species of fish are ‘hunted’ in the ‘wild’ in ‘international waters’. What’s the difference?
“Whales have been bought to the bring [sic] of extinction in the past and many species still face a very real threat of disappearing for ever.”
One of the problems with the whaling issue in the west is that discourse revolves around ‘whales’ being some sort of monolithic entity. Certainly some species of whale face extinction, but Japan has stated that it is not interested in taking culls from these species. Minke whales, the species that Japanese whalers hunt, number as many as a million. They are hardly endangered, and in fact, their prevalence might be making it harder for other, more endangered, species to breed.
“99.999% of japan do not eat whale and never have.”
I would be interested to see how you acquired this statistic. I would say that you found it somewhere off the top of your head. If you are trying to add nuance to your argument, I suggest you try real surveys.
“That’s why the meat is ending up in freezers, old folks homes, pet food and schools.”
Well, if you trust the English language media it is, but these things are so often distorted. Take the pet food claim, for example. There is only one website that I know of that sells whale meat as dog food. Here it is:
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/hakudai/658479/660375/
This website advertises ‘Whale jerkey’ as a kind of a treat for dogs. Now go to your local supermarket in the U.S. or England or whatever and check out the petfood section. You’ll note that amongst the normal food there is ‘special’ cat food made out of venison or duck. This does not imply that there is surplus venison or duck in your national market, merely that some pet owners occasionally want to give puss or fido a special treat every now and then. The same applies here.
MikesArk says
The comparison to whale treats obtained from research and venison and duck is laughable. Any venison or duck used as a pet treat did not come from a government sponsored research project nor from hunted animals. The killing of whales in the name of research does not relate to the sale of their parts as pet food. After the first killing or maybe the second what valuable data can be obtained from killing other whales? Hopefully the Japanese whaling industry is gaining something move valuable and desired than pet food from it’s research kills.
nortypig says
if i am wrong i apologise to all of the people who are mislabeled by my comment…
but the message is simply this… these people are placing a stigma on the general population. Whether its true or false it is probably irrelevant. Most of the world has the view there is no science going on – all we see are angry faces insisting to the camera they have every right to plunder the seas.
its up to the japanese people to tell their government to stop.
yes i accept what I said about WWII was probably racist – true but racist. And for that I apologise as well for offending anyone. But I am definately one of those people – an ex-fisherman by the way – who finds the plundering of our ocean resources repugnant.
The whale is merely the center of a greater issue in my eyes.
So to the .000001% snorfelling your gut with whale meat I say enjoy. Eat your fill. But don’t expect me to visually know which tourist is a whale eater or not. I can’t.
It is very disappointing.
Whale and duck? Sorry but I love ducks and we can breed up ducks a lot quicker than the whale populations.
oh no don’t tell me the minky whale is the vermin of the sea again …
i think I’ll leave this conversation with another shame Japan shame. Go to bed with a full stomach tonight.
nortypig says
finally…
please explain to the general world…
WHAT IS THIS SCIENCE? Seriously.
yk says
definitely save the whales from save the whales campaign. japan, don’t let the dumbassfuck ecoterrorists take over the world!!
me says
The assertion of whale intelligence is based on several perspectives. Including language, complex social networks, hunting systems and brain physiology.
Tigers, Elephants and Gorillas are prime examples of intelligent mammals that form vital rolls in their environments but alas cannot perform calculus. Then there are Pandas… not much calculus there.
If you refuse to bestow “intelligence” upon anything other then humanity then this is really a debate on the definition of the word.
A rather balanced review of this issue can be found on wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale#Whale_intelligence
The difference between hunting fish and whales in international waters is the intelligence of the animal and effects on the eco-system’s. As with any global debate, there is a social perspective to what should and shouldn’t’t be hunted but it would be misleading to assert this is the major issue at hand.
I’m not sure where your information comes from but Japan’s gov and fishing industry has stated directly that it has every intention of killing endangered species. Endangered whales killed include the Sei Whale and the Fin Whale. The Minke whale you mentioned is actually classified as “Near Threatened” so should not be considered fit for the taking. This year will see the expansion of the hunt to include Humpbacks classified as vulnerable. Look it up here :
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Further more whales exist in extremely complicated and dynamic eco-systems that must be able to adapt to change over time. The health of the entire ecosystem must be evaluated not just species a versus species b. Genetic diversity must also be preserved and developed if species and eco-systems are to survive in a changing environments.
Its in English (sorry my Japanese in pretty poor compared to my perfect English spelling abilities) but Asashi Shinbun is also reporting a glut of whale meet :
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602140159.html/TKY200602140159.html
99.999% is a figure of speech. It essentially translates to “all but a few”.
me says
Asashi Shinbun
Asahi Shimbun
Charlie Tan says
“If you refuse to bestow “intelligence†upon anything other then humanity then this is really a debate on the definition of the word.”
Much as I hate to rely on wikipedia for an argument (open source=unreliable) I must say, in most cases that article on whale intelligence tends to agree with my assertion that the notion of whale intelligence is unproven at best. Did you actually read it?
In any case, my point about the ‘intelligence’ of other species still stands. If you define ‘intelligence’ as you would like, then there is no yardstick and all animals are equally ‘intelligent’ in their own ways. If hanging about in pods and squeaking at each other with sounds that humans with their great linguistic and analytic ability cannot determine is a language constitutes ‘intelligence’, then whales are intelligent. If intelligence is defined by your sense of smell and ability to lick your balls, then dogs are intelligent. This is indeed a debate on the definition of the word, because without clear definitions, words generally mean nothing and obfuscation easily enters argument.
But it is also a discussion about more than definitions. Hanging out in pods and squeaking in what *might* be a form of communication (i.e. the social reasons) don’t constitute a case for intelligence. Quail hang out in coveys and make sounds that no doubt indicate to their peers expressions of comfort, hunger or danger. That doesn’t mean that they are intelligent or that I wouldn’t eat them.
“I’m not sure where your information comes from but Japan’s gov and fishing industry has stated directly that it has every intention of killing endangered species.”
When in doubt, go to the source:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/q_a/faq6.html
I know you’ll probably be unwilling to trust Japanese statistics on the number of whales, but try matching them up against stats from a third party such as the IUCN or the Australian Department of the Environment. You’ll see they’re fairly reliable.
The IUCN lists Sei Whales as Endangered, and I would agree with you that the Japanese should leave those well enough alone. I would add the caveat, however, that I find it idiotic to suggest that a cull of 50 from a population of 20-odd thousand constitutes a danger. The IUCN doesn’t seem to have much information on the Bryde’s whales (they are considered ‘data deficient’, but again, Japanese culls are strictly limited here anyway.)
Meanwhile, our delicious friends, the Minke are labelled ‘near threatened’ which all sounds so urgent, until you realise the term is a little ridiculous. In any case, they are not endangered, especially not in the case of the (lower risk/ conservation dependent) Antarctic Minke which is the species the New Zealanders and Australians are most grumpy about. As ‘Endangered status’ seems to be the yardstick here, let’s whip out the microscope and the chopsticks.
“Genetic diversity must also be preserved and developed if species and eco-systems are to survive in a changing environments.”
No argument there. But let’s consider humans as part of that ecosystem. Humans that eat meat, including from non-endangered whale species that would otherwise be at the top of the foodchain.
nortypig:
“Whale and duck? Sorry but I love ducks and we can breed up ducks a lot quicker than the whale populations.”
My other example was deer. Red deer gestation periods are around the same as Minke whales. Are you now going to give up venison?
Charlie Tan says
Sorry, I forgot, the IUCN doesn’t do figures. Here’s what the Austalian Government has to say on Antarctic Minke numbers:
http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/publications/cetaceans-action-plan/whaleap5a13.html
“Recent estimates based on sightings surveys give southern hemisphere population total of some 700 000 animals, with two groups relevant to Australia—area IV (70–130°E), ca 90 000, Area V (130–170°W), ca 210 000. Estimates are for the proportion of the population south of 60°S in summer, and therefore exclude the diminutive form. Equivocal evidence of possible change in population status resulting directly from whaling, particularly for Area IV, where catching greatest —ca 35 000 taken there to 1990. Evidence not conclusive either way that minke whales increased because of other rorquals’ depletion.”
Most of those taken until 1990 were culled by whaling nations who culled for whale oil (particularly the Soviet Union which often illicitly exceeded its quota up until the 1980s), not food. Nations that cull whales for food (like Japan, which has never really culled for oil in a big way), do not need to cull as many to meet demand as those that cull for oil.
Charlie Tan says
Oh, and interestingly, the Australian government does not list Sei or Bryde’s whales as endangered. (I hope you get the fact that I am using Australian data, because they are amongst the most viscerally opposed to whaling of any kind.)
http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=fauna#MAMMALS_CONSERVATION%20DEPENDENT
gang says
I love whale meat! It is better than mad cow meat. The whale meat taste is good. You all dont know what whale is. It is Japan culture and, you know I love KOREAN DOG meat too. I think eating DOG meat is korean culture and eating WHALE meat is japan culture. It is delicious! I dont know why you all hate Japan to eat whale meat.
me says
Looks like another debate on the meaning of the word cull
and another debate on the meaning of the word threatened
and another debate on the meaning of the word diversity.
From a genetic diversity and ongoing survival of the species point of view 40 odd thousand is sweet fsck all. Why not wait until the species has fully recovered ? Surly you can eat something else until then.
Another point of issue is the extreme distress and pain caused by shooting our floating squeaking endagered friends with exploding grenade tipped harpoons and then dragging around for upto an hour… ã„ãŸã„
> I know you’ll probably be unwilling to trust Japanese statistics
> I hope you get the fact that I am using Australian data
errr… ummm… any statistics on when Naruto will stop being shit?
P.S > open source=unreliable
i’ll get back to you when my Linux box crashes… sure it will happen one day 🙂
Charlie Tan says
“Why not wait until the species has fully recovered ?”
OK with me if you apply the same logic to non-farmed fish stocks. But I bet you just looove your snapper.
“Another point of issue is the extreme distress and pain caused by shooting our floating squeaking endagered friends with exploding grenade tipped harpoons and then dragging around for up to an hour… ã„ãŸã„”
Oh, boo-hoo. Hunting and killing animals is often painful for the animals. Pigs can be gored and then escape and fish drown after they are caught. I would imagine the grenade laced harpoon is likely to send our delicious friends into shock before they feel anything.
“errr… ummm… any statistics on when Naruto will stop being shit?”
When Chinese schoolboys and American universtiy students realise that Japanese anime are generally arse. Don’t count on it being soon.
“open source=unreliable, i’ll get back to you when my Linux box crashes”
Yes yes, you’ve proven you wear a check shirt and a pocket protector.
L. says
My two cents: my Japanese husband really loves whale meat. He`s not elderly — only 41 — and yet fondly remembers when it was served at his elementary school (a public school in Kyoto). His childhood friends seem to share this sentiment. Maybe their school got particularly good cuts of the whales? Maybe their lunch ladies prepared it exceptionally well? I don`t know.
All I know is that he eats whale whenever he gets the chance, despite my rants about his country strip-mining the ocean (don`t even get me started on tuna). I don`t mean to bash Japanese here — I think all people who really like the taste of a certain food (whale, fois gras, veal, etc.) either make the sacrifice of abstaining from eating it, or continue to eat it and rationalize it to themselves somehow.
Charlie Tan says
Either that or they just don’t care because it’s all white middle-class angst anyway.
Seagull76 says
If the whale meat is not more popular than you will use it in school lunches and dog food, when some of the whales are endangered and others on the brink of recovering from extinction, then why do the japanese people want to hunt more whales?
Is it only cultural stubbornity or do they have to get the nation to eat whales now when they have contributed to overfish all the oceans for tuna and other fish?
What will be left?…………..
What if the Chinese would start eating the last pandas, would that be OK too?
Somewhere the lines has to be drawn and for me it is when endangered or threatened (this was the case before the moratorium) are killed for greed and glutter.
I have chosen to show where I stand here:
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Splitline says
I have lots of Japanese friends and they never eat Whale meat, but that says nothing… Whale meat is has been a staple food for most indeginous peoples living in ice like geographical areas. So, in my opinion people like these have obvious rights to hunting and eating whales, but they are limited to small areas and there is little waste, nor do they over kill. In Japan’s case they flood their market with whale meat decreasing the value, but remember there are far more uses for whale then as food.
What we can do about this dilema?
EDUCATE THE JAPANESE!!!!
In my honest opinion most Japanese our oblivous to whats going on, since their media diverts their attention to other issues. We need to capture the Japanese public and educate them about the importance of whales to ecosystems. Increasing the public in your local area will help as well. Really any action will help. Stop buying Japanese products and let the companies KNOW why your not buying there products will help.
This might sound bad to some, but in my social interations with Japanese people, I have found little people from Japan know whats going on in the world around them. They have little knowledge on key issues such as human rights, history, social issues, and environmental issues. They are sorta like American’s in a way. Most are diverted to media like video games, movies etc or focus on education and work and blinded to outside world affiars. Although this is my opinion, most Japanese people are nice and willing to listen and learn, thus educationg them might be the key.
Andy says
if I were a scientist or animal rights activist, I would create tons and tons of whale-food with poison in it. it should be harmless for the whales but highly toxic for people who eat whale meat.
Kari says
Eating whales,and dogs. What the f@#! is wrong with these people? They are uncivilized and barbaric yet they wonder why the rest of the world looks down on them.
lucy says
That is such a disturbing video…I wish there was something we could do to stop it.
james says
i want to eat whale meat but they dont sell it in england.so im deprived of nice yummy whale meat.
John (handsome CIA officer religiously reads your website!) says
Nobody at work knows I have pierced nipples. Including me.
Vickie McDonald says
Where can I buy some cans of whale?
MikeL says
There is absolutely no reason to justify the killing of whales for ‘Scientific Reasons’. This is a ploy by those involved to try and substantiate that removing 50 from the Hump Back population will have no effect on that population. Of course it F—-n will you dumb arses. The rest of the world I believe are both very angry and deeply saddened and quite rightly that Japan should want to do this. Lets leave these beautiful creatures alone in the world that they were born into for they have a right as you do to live without fear of being murdered. If Japan continues on its path of murder then there will be severe retributions for sure because a lot of people feel very strongly about this.
bob says
why do japs do that they woudnt like it if we killed them and stuffed it to the dogs or made there kids eat it for god sake get a life f***n japs just to solve the problem kill them all then there wouldnt be any more would there make a fine jesus christ stupid b******Ds ha ha ha ha
shitstain says
heyy…..
trav says
whale meat num num num… we will hunt whales until you stop hunting cows
samuel welsh says
The science reason is crazy but whales are part of the fish chain scince 925 ad
as well as they eat up too many fish however whales in tourist spots should be saved of course.
Yoandy says
You should be ashame of yourself. Whales are sacred creatures, that are going to be extinct for good! You all are discusting creatures. You sall call “scientist” and even consumers are a piece of scum. You should never be aloud to live on this world. Period. Discusting form of human scum….
samuel welsh says
I havent eaten whale calm down
Stefany says
First of all Blame the government all you want. PUGH-LEASEEEEEEEEE!
I’ve lived in China town for 15 years in NYC it wasn’t JUST chinese it was the entire Asia that lived in the neighborhood. All I have to say is, Asians are good at covering their sh*t up.
My point: Cut the sh*t Asians eat Whales. They drink whale juice & eat whale meat because of the the percentage of collagen that whales have. It’s used for beauty purposes. Just watch the Oprah show about the “BEAUTY SECRETS AROUND THE WORLD” or simply research it online. Even better GO TO JAPAN & FIND OUT!
Just ask a Japanese girl, never mind they won’t admit it. In fact Asians are very secretive & sneaky snakes when it comes to being honest. They would lie their asses off just to protect themself and their imagine.
=]
and btw I second the comment about Australia in WW2.
Asians are savages .
the end.
samuel welsh says
whalling is nasty
ww 2 was a nasty for all countres best to forgive and forget that one.
Emma Oakley says
Your all skanky dicks!!! The whales aint done fuck all 2 u u harsh fuckers!!!
Leah Bryan says
Its disgusting, i hope you all die horribly!!
urbitch says
We should blow up asia! Its a horrible thought but the world would be so much better without those selfish ugly shit faces wow is it weird that im laughing at that thought..meh
Soqueesh_Mulhatra says
There’s nothing wrong with the Japanese, Icelandic, North American, and Norwegian cultures that eat whale. The hysterical rantings here against the practice are uneducated, xenophobic and plain bigoted. Endangered whales are not hunted. There are plenty of unthreatened species about. Whales are not “sacred” creatures. Whales are an animal resource like any other, to be smartly and humanely managed for the good of mankind. We are the top of the food chain, it is moral and right for us to choose to eat whale. Whale is an especially healthy meat, and whale hunting cultures have long and strong traditions of respecting whales and using every bit of the whale constructively, with very little waste. If you don’t like whale meat, don’t eat it, but your hateful intolerance of other cultures is despicable. Personally, I would like to find a reliable source for whale meat here in the U.S., so that I can make this delicious, healthy meat a part of my regular diet.
badcrow says
Love to hear all the rants of the “green” hypocrites going on about the morality of killing whales! You “holier than thou” types make me laugh–buying your mass produced, “organic” energy bars and drinking your “fair trade” coffee! You’re all victims of marketing and your choices are NOT good for the enviorment. I on the other hand, grow my own garden and hunt, yes KILL, all my own meat. I am constantly harangued by “green” hypocrites, when the way I live is much better for the enviornment, and 100% natural, right and healthy. I’m looking now to find an opportunity to participate in a native whale hunt and kill my own minke with my own hands. I will use all of the meat, and gift the oil and other byproducts to the native tribe that helps me. You liberals can have your soy milk and tofu, the growing of soy detroys the soil by the way and is very bad for the enviornment, I’ll do what’s morally right and 100% green.
MikesArk says
I believe the Japanese Research Whaling compares to killing eagles to see if they taste like chicken!
Shaun says
Last time i checked animals killed for research were disposed of not sold and eaten. If there is so much extra research material why are you still taking so many whales from our oceans.
3 Eye says
The UK/USA are a bunch of hypocrites who go around the world telling others what to do and what species not to kill, while they kill thousands of dolphins Calderon, every year for sports although they are very friendly and love to play with humans and interact. Just like all the other species of dolphins they are near extinction. Yet the whole world remains quiet while these butchers continue to go around the world and tell others what and what not to eat while they play in blood in their own back yards!!!
WhaleDolphinMeatLover says
America used to be the largest whale hunter. So it has no business of telling others what to hunt now. I myself love whale meat and dolphin meat. The only trouble is that most people only hear bad things about eating whale and dolphin meat, nothing about its health benefit. Commercial whaling industry should be revived!! There are simply too many whales and dolphins out there now. So there is no need to worry about the species’ extinction. Same can be said about tiger meat because I am also a tiger meat lover.