Sea Shepherd caught Japanese ship whaling

[UglyCasanova]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sea-shepherd-finds-japanese-ship-slaughtered-whale-093313635.html

From what I've read there really isn't even a market in Japan for whale meat, it's just done to protect cultural identity. The scientific research excuse is absurd. A huge black eye for the country, I put this in the same category as shark fin soup and hunting elephants/rhinos for ivory.

 

[MongGrel]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sea-shepherd-finds-japanese-ship-slaughtered-whale-093313635.html

From what I've read there really isn't even a market in Japan for whale meat, it's just done to protect cultural identity. The scientific research excuse is absurd. A huge black eye for the country, I put this in the same category as shark fin soup and hunting elephants/rhinos for ivory.

The more things are restricted on anything endangered/illegal, the higher the resale value I suppose.

It works well for drug cartels.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I know. This is more or less state sanctioned though.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Norway kills even more: http://time.com/4370478/norway-whaling-report/

 

[superstition]

Japan, as far as I know, has forced school kids to eat whale even though it tastes awful and — get this — is LOADED with mercury.

Yeah, giving kids heavy metal poisoning protects the national identity.

 

[sdifox]

Crazy is as crazy does.

 

[KMFJD]

'scientific research' which requires hundreds of corpses....

 

[sdifox]

Japan, as far as I know, has forced school kids to eat whale even though it tastes awful and — get this — is LOADED with mercury.

Yeah, giving kids heavy metal poisoning protects the national identity.

I guess it is slightly better than exposing them to gamma radiation :awe: