are you equally opposed to (amateur) fishing where fish suffer needlessly and are often left to bleed to death?
Whales are no longer on the brink of extension and the Japanese helped this to come about.I think you're missing the point here B. Largely, amateur fisherman aren't dealing with various species on the brink of extinction. From a visual point, harpooning seems to be far more barbaric than hooking, although both are quite cruel IMO.
it simply appears that many believe whales deserve special treatment and it seems to me that this is a fairly hypocritical position to take.
I think you're missing the point here B. Largely, amateur fisherman aren't dealing with various species on the brink of extinction. From a visual point, harpooning seems to be far more barbaric than hooking, although both are quite cruel IMO.
Humpback whale populations are growing and are not endangered.
Fin whales are endangered and i am 100% opposed to the slaughter of this species.
They are growing, but they are nowhere near levels where it would be viable to have a sustainable and commercial level like the Japs want.
Given their total incompetence when it comes to managing their own fisheries, how long do you reckon the population would remain growing if they were allowed to do whatever they want?
I've eaten plenty. Not only that I've fed it to people who thought they were eating beef. I've also given rabbit to people who thought they were eating chicken. I can remember a chinese restraunt being found to be serving cat in their meals for some time before being caught. Whale, cat, rabbit, all protein in a protein starved world.Did we know that it was the EOF and Mc Arthur that introduced it for an immediate food supply ?
I've never tasted either , looks blaaaah . Has anyone here ?
I don't see the sense in it now that Asia is fish farming .
do u have the same problem with, say, people fishing from a jetty? its not uncommon to see fish flapping about and bleeding and then sliced open while still alive..
I've eaten plenty. Not only that I've fed it to people who thought they were eating beef.
Thats virtually as low as spiking someones drink with GHB or feeding someone their pet dog and saying its a lamb roast, hope your proud of yourself, I think thats simply repulsive behaviour.
Regarding fishing i know its the same as the whales but the difference is you dont have amutuers running the operation. If a professional fisherman handled fish as you mentioned then that would be unacceptable. Im just saying when hunting or fishing the animal deserves to be destroyed humanely as possible. Those few times where the whale was still kicking they should have known that they were being filmed and a 2nd harpoon should have been fired.
if the big issue for people is the occasional whale that writhes around half dead then perhaps we should be talking about better harpooning techniques rather than whaling itself.
And how would either of us know how many they would want to catch?50 per year?
do you know japan wants to slaughter more or is this a guess?
Not always, i have fed many of my family members roo meat (which is so good for you) yet if i told them before that it was roo that would have declined in eating it.
The point being we need to snap out of being warm and fuzzy about eating things and eat whats good for us.
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Same with the harpooning, when they see the whales being dragged with blood etc.. they feel all upset and its not the harpooning technique they focus on but the actual slaughter when it should be the other way around.
Alot of people speak emotionally and never about facts, and thats why groups like the greens and peta have succeeded in gaining popularity, its because scare and hype tactics usually wins peoples views.
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