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[cosmo kramer]

AUSTRALIA still doesn't buy Japan's argument that its whaling in the Southern Ocean is for scientific reasons and won't protect the hunt, Environment Minister Tony Burke says. Japan's whaling fleet has set sail for the country's annual hunt in Antarctica, which it says is for scientific research, with security beefed up amid international protests. Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd is preparing to confront the whalers and try to stop them harpooning whales. Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says both his group and Japan have each asked Australia to send a vessel to guard them from each other during what he expects to be intense high-seas confrontations. "That is one of the reasons I asked Australia to send a vessel down to keep the peace, but they refused," Captain Watson said. Mr Burke said Australia's position couldn't be more clear. "We don't buy for one minute this argument that it is somehow scientific whaling," Mr Burke said today. "You don't travel from one side of the globe to the other to harpoon whales and chop them up in the name of science." The minister said Japan had asked for a higher level of protection for their vessels simply because they were to be involved in whaling. "There is no way that we could countenance something like that," he said. "I've said so publicly at the International Whaling Commission, and the fact that the opposition has now jumped on that same bandwagon doesn't change the fact that we have no plans to send a vessel down." Captain Watson said it appeared the Japanese fleet was accompanied by two security vessels with security people and coast guard aboard. "We are hoping to deter their operations," he said. "I assume the security vessels will try and dislodge us." He said an estimated $28 million that Japan had given to this campaign was likely behind the beefed-up security. "That money did come from the earthquake relief fund," he said. "I think that it's totally disgraceful. People from around the world sending money to help the victims of the Tsunami-earthquake were not expecting their money to be used to fund killing whales in the Southern Ocean." The Sea Shepard fleet will set sail in about eight days on three ships. The Steve Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot leave from Albany in Western Australia while the Bob Barker will depart from Hobart. Comment was being sought from a spokesman for the whalers. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...nt/story-e6frfku0-1226216206739#ixzz1fpJrRk9k

i think this whaling shit is gay. whales are big disgusting aquatic mammals that are covered in growths. whats wrong with hunting them of the stocks arent in abundance grow up australia

 

[zombies]

Yeah I'm not a big fan of the Sea Shepherds..

 

[iwantfreeessays]

I don't care if some species of animal dies; it's not a moral imperative. If you care about whale conservation, buy some ocean and protect it with guns and security. Don't force me to pay to protect some dumb animal.

 

[Blastus]

buy a whale if you care so much

 

[MysteryGenius]

i'm going to buy one and ride it to school everyday

 

[RANK 1]

 

[b00m]

oh i thought we were talking about big obese women

 

[cosmo kramer]

this thread is a whale of a time

 

[Lolsmith]

$28.5 million of disaster relief funds

used on whaling

 

[Riproot]

If whales become extinct that won't only be one species, it will be several, and that will disturb the ecological balance in the ocean.
Don't be such cunts. Care about the fucking environment, and if you don't then live on another planet and breed there.

 

[iwantfreeessays]

If whales become extinct that won't only be one species, it will be several, and that will disturb the ecological balance in the ocean.
Don't be such cunts. Care about the fucking environment, and if you don't then live on another planet and breed there.

I don't think so. What exactly eats a whale?

 

[Chemical Ali]

If whales become extinct that won't only be one species, it will be several, and that will disturb the ecological balance in the ocean.
Don't be such cunts. Care about the fucking environment, and if you don't then live on another planet and breed there.

trophic cascades are liberal propaganda

if whales want someone to have a moral obligation to them, they should become shareholders

 

[cosmo kramer]

i support conservation efforts for animals but if the japanese are hunting whales with stocks that are in abundance wtf is the problem

 

[Lolsmith]

trophic cascades are liberal propaganda

if whales want someone to have a moral obligation to them, they should become shareholders

yeah except the Liberals you know don't actually believe in the market

 

[cosmo kramer]

the market is like the opening to hogwarts

 

[Riproot]

I don't think so. What exactly eats a whale?

That's not how it works buddy, whales eat things, keeping them from becoming over populated. Plus, they look great, add to tourism in some places ($$$), etc.
If you get rid of whales, lots of people will be fucked and lots of environment.

 

[Blastus]

trophic cascades are liberal propaganda

if whales want someone to have a moral obligation to them, they should become shareholders

Apex predators are bullshit man I heard on Alex Jones they were created by the NWO to enforce the 'status quo'

 

[scuba_steve2121]

That's not how it works buddy, whales eat things, keeping them from becoming over populated. Plus, they look great, add to tourism in some places ($$$), etc.
If you get rid of whales, lots of people will be fucked and lots of environment.

so if we take out another tertiary consumer like humans the planet will go to shit oh ok

 

[iwantfreeessays]

That's not how it works buddy, whales eat things, keeping them from becoming over populated. Plus, they look great, add to tourism in some places ($$$), etc.
If you get rid of whales, lots of people will be fucked and lots of environment.

So why is it bad that the small things whales eat might become more populated_

 

[Chemical Ali]

So why is it bad that the small things whales eat might become more populated_

look up wolves in yellowstone national park