What do you think ?

[Ken Davison South Wales]

I have always been against whaling on the assumption that they were an endangered species, this assumption was based on information from reports.

 

I aknowledge that some countries have harvested whales for hundreds of years for food and that it got grossly out of hand when many countries started hunting them for oil and other by products.

 

A return to that situation would be a disaster but maybe limited hunting for food is okay ?

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5066538.stm

[Pelyma]

I don't have a problem per se, but what I do have a problem with is how you kill something that big humanely. If this can be done in most cases (there are always exceptions even in slaughtering cattle) and provided there is a harvestable surplus and a market (not dog meat) then I don't see a problem. A lot of ifs there though.

[maidstonemike]

These magnificent creatures have been around for millions of years. They are one of natures wonders. They feel pain, and suffer when they lose a family member. Probably much more intelligent than humans, who only want to kill and destroy everything.

Leave these fabulous creatures alone, they deserve it.

[Bobj]

I have always been against whaling on the assumption that they were an endangered species, this assumption was based on information from reports.

 

I aknowledge that some countries have harvested whales for hundreds of years for food and that it got grossly out of hand when many countries started hunting them for oil and other by products.

 

A return to that situation would be a disaster but maybe limited hunting for food is okay ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5066538.stm

 

The Japanese have been whaling in and around Australian waters for many years for "research" and now, they want to increase the kill. The younger Japanese are coming over to Australia for their holidays and actively join in with the whale watching, which puts them off eating the poor creatures. It seems, now, that there is a great amount of whale meat that goes to making pet food in Japan, due to the dislike of their younger generation for eating the whales they most likely saw while in Australia. At one stage, in Japan, a whale was worth about $100 a kilogram but is now only valued at $6.50 a kg.

Education seems to be the way to saving the whales. Unfortunately, our government will not go against Japan's wishes because of trade agreements.....