#whalewars #seashepherd #paulwatson #IWC The White House stated it's in support of the IWC proposal because it believes it will save the lives of thousands of whales by stopping the three countries from illegally hunting them. The administration also hopes that lifting the ban will stop the countries from taking advantage of the loopholes in the policy. Japan currently uses a loophole that permits whale hunts for scientific purposes. It enables them to slaughter a multitude of whales every year.
Environmentalists disagree with the administration's rationalization. They say the whaling ban significantly reduced the number of whales killed each year from between 38,000 - 60,000 down to 1,240 - 1,700. Joel Reynolds of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s marine mammal protection program said, "The deal is a step backward, to a time when it was acceptable to kill whales for profit."
The White House argues that the status quo is not working and a compromise has to be reached between anti-whalers and whalers. This comes after the worst clash between Japanese whalers and activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society this spring. That conflict destroyed the Ady Gil speedboat which was part of the Sea Shepherd fleet and left activist Peter Bethune awaiting trial in Japan.
When PEOPLE.com reached the White House, they said "When it comes to international whaling, the goal of the Obama Administration is to conserve whales. The Administration reaffirms its unwavering support for the commercial whaling moratorium and believes that lethal scientific whaling is unnecessary in modern whale conservation management."
Source: Care2
As you watch Paul Watson and Whale Wars season 3, listen for Watson to call for a change to the lethal “research” whaling law or the proposed law that would open commercial whaling again. You won’t hear it. Search the Sea Shepherd website and you won’t find a petition to the IWC to NOT allow commercial or “research” whaling.
Go to Greenpeace to sign a petition to the IWC to NOT allow commercial whaling.
I will continue watch Whale Wars Season 3 to see how close Paul Watson comes to killing his volunteers by stupidly putting them in extremely dangerous situations.
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Greenpeace are a bunch of pussies who stand by taking pictures while whales die.
ReplyDeletePaul Watson & the Sea Shepard crew are true heros.
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ReplyDeleteThat may be true but the IWC has said lethal “research” whaling is legal. Therefore, Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd society are “technically” the ones breaking the law.
Greenpeace does have a petition to get the IWC to not open commercial whaling again. The changes are designed to reduce the number of whales but experts say it will increase the number of whales taken.
And if the law changes, Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd society could all be arrested if they interfered with the whaling and it might be that their ships would be seized.
Paul Watson and Animal Planet should do their own petition drive to convince the IWC to not only NOT open commercial whaling again but shut the lethal “research” whaling loophole.
If the law changes and Paull Watson is in jail, will someone replace him?
Kill all whalers. Go Sea Shepherd.
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