tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26205819.post7969248008782508977..comments2023-10-23T08:37:35.635-07:00Comments on Everything's Corner: Japanese whale hunting, reloadedEddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16719417739757760997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26205819.post-27443468289306688472007-11-20T19:01:00.000-08:002007-11-20T19:01:00.000-08:00I first of all thank you, Don the Hunter, for taki...I first of all thank you, Don the Hunter, for taking your time for writing a comment for this humble blog. However, I have to disagree with your point of view.<BR/><BR/>In 1986, the IWC imposed a ban on commercial whaling because a wide variety of them (including the humpbacks) were facing danger of extinction. As I wrote in the post, according to the IWC itself, the number of whales in the world hasn't reached even a third of the amount we had before modern commercial whale hunting began (there are more now than there were back in 1986, but still far from previous decades). Allegedly, the lift on the ban to hunt whales is a result on the pressure that Japan and Norway put in developing countries, also members on the IWC, threatening to eliminate financial aid to them if they voted against lifting the ban. I certainly don't have evidence that such threat existed, but such theory would explain why did the IWC decided to extinguish the restrictions on commercial whale hunting so early.<BR/><BR/>Stating that "whales are just another species in the animal kingdom that require proper management by man" is a double-edged argument for you: If whales are to be 'managed' by men, then men should take the appropriate measures to ensure the continuity of their existence. For the Japanese, killing more than twice the amount of whales than they killed ten years whilst the whale population is still in a dangerous low level is certainly not a very good example of your so-called 'animal management' to ensure future supply.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719417739757760997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26205819.post-64380036281183332192007-11-20T18:19:00.000-08:002007-11-20T18:19:00.000-08:00I just noticed that "Don the Hunter" has not even ...I just noticed that "Don the Hunter" has not even the guts to attach his identity to the comment. He hides in cowardly anonymity.Diego Luegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356052340100552800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26205819.post-61952117893238471912007-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:002007-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:00I have rarely heard such arrogance. "...are just a...I have rarely heard such arrogance. <BR/><BR/>"...are just another species in the animal kingdom that require proper management by man..."<BR/><BR/>Nature manages itself quite well without any interference from man. In fact it is man that causes the imbalance. <BR/><BR/>See my article<BR/>"WHALE slaughter illegal sickening unnecessary and unscientific"Diego Luegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356052340100552800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26205819.post-16887678249989135892007-11-20T04:39:00.000-08:002007-11-20T04:39:00.000-08:00Eddie should investigate the whale populations of ...Eddie should investigate the whale populations of the world and he would find that all whales are not endangered. The anti-whale hunting movement is political and emotional and not based on sound science as it should be. Various species of whales are just another species in the animal kingdom that require proper management by man just as white tail deer do.<BR/><BR/>Don the Hunter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com