re: Japanese ship caught whaling

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Does anyone really think the money goes where it is supposed to? Zimbabwe and Kenya can't manage anything, but your hands (if you are a trophy hunting dentist) are clean because of their ethical management of threatened species?

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It must be going somewhere useful because countries that allow elephant hunting have many more elephants than countries where the practice is banned.

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If it weren't for trophy hunters Africa would have no reason what so ever to preserve their wildlife.

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You are overlooking other tourism generated by those animals. I'm not advocating making trophy hunts illegal, that's up to those countries to decide.

I don't see an easy answer to the problem, but merely am pointing out the difference between conservation promoting hunts here in a functioning place, and there where corruption more likely rules.

If you are into trophy hunts I certainly won't stand in your way, but don't tell me that all of your money gets reinvested to furthering the species and not towards furthering some corrupt officials checking account balance. I'm sure some goes to help, but game management as a rule can't be the exception to rule of poor governance in most of Africa.

Also, I doubt most national parks in Africa would magically turn to farmland or livestock. I doubt giraffes would suddenly threaten the populations.

japan doesn't frick around.. those guys are screwed

Whales aren't fish. So it's mammaling

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The Japanese do not draw a moral distinction between whales/marine mammals and fish. To many of them, it is just lunch are they are dug in on this.

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Pigs, goats, sheep, cows, deer, nutria, rabbit, squirrel, pronghorn, elk, moose, beaver, bear, bison, guinea pig, caribou, etc..

Why do we have "moral" outrage with eating whale? Hundreds of thousands of cute little puppy dogs are killed and eaten daily in Asia. All hunted whale populations are growing. These are sustainable harvest of high quality foods.

This is not a slam at Lsupimp. I think he is just giving information and not taking a moral stance.

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Does the exotic game hunter who pays for tags really think that the money he pays is entirely going towards sustainability?

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Why do you assume that must be a factor???

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cattle is more profitable and wildlife is a nuisance.

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We need to have capitalism do for elephants, what it has done for cattle.

A female whale has a one baby every two to three years.


These animals just don't reproduce fast enough to be hunted.

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All hunted whale populations are growing.

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Source?

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no market for this in Japan either, lots of meat just sitting in freezers on put into animal feed.

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I had some last time I went… yummy.