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The International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling in 1986. However commercial whaling still continues to this day under the guise of “scientific research.”
Its estimated that in the 20th century alone, two million whales have been killed.

This week the IWC meets in Alaska with pro-whaling nations, led by Japan who is determined to overturn the ban on commercial whaling.

Last year, Japanese whalers killed 853 Minke Whales, and 10 Fin Whales. This year they want to hunt Humpback Whales. All of this killing was of course for “scientific research.” What do the Japanese whalers do with the “scientific” specimens they kill? Well, they sell the meat of course to “fund the cost of the scientific expeditions.”

The whole world knows “scientific whaling” is a sham, a loophole in the Commission”s convention. So now all of a sudden, Japan is claiming that whale meat is a national delicacy. Hmmmm, sounds like a China/Shark Fin Soup delicacy thing happening.

The fight to protect the whales has become a political battle. The pro-whaling nations would need a 75% vote to overturn the ban. Japan has been working overtime to “buy” votes from countries to guarantee enough votes to overturn the ban. They’ve offered millions of dollars in fisheries grants to countries in Central and South America in exchange for their votes. Mongolia, for example, has suddenly proven to be a keen supporter of whaling, although it does not have a coastline!

Japan obviously does not have any problems stooping to such low levels in order to get it’s way. The oceans’ inhabitants are in serious trouble as long as Countries like Japan and China, just to name a few, continue to exploit them for “National Delicacy” reasons!

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