Every day a whale is killed for food and/or for science. The International Whaling Committee (IWC) has made a rule against commercial whaling, due to the major decrease in whales over time. Whales have begun to become extinct. Commercial whaling is now illegal unless it is for scientific purposes only, but it is also open for societies who whale due to their culture. Multiple countries have used the regulation of ‘scientific research’ as a loophole to advance on the practice of commercial whaling. The ghastly concept of commercial whaling should be more forcefully banned in all places and all countries.
For thousands of years, people have whaled. Norwegians were among the first to hunt whales, as early as 4,000 years ago. In Northern Europe,
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Paris has this sculpture to show that they are anti-whaling. Bluebelle has made many people in Paris believe in the rights of whales and strongly support the banning of commercial whaling (Simons). Many countries, for example Japan, have found loopholes to continue their commercial whaling. Japan eats a total of six percent of the world's population of fish, and less than three percent of Japan still eats whale meat (Hinckley). Some believe that the best philosophical approach to the issue of whaling is an analysis of how animals are also like humans. Animals should have legal and moral rights (Nussbaum). People have wanted whales to have their own rights for such a long time, but nothing has yet to allow …show more content…
The IWC states that for each permit issued to whale commercially you have to report to the IWC with scientific information. This scientific information needs to be presented at least annually to the commission (WDC). Japan is one of many who insists that their commercial whaling is for scientific reasons, but they have yet to bring forth any information that proves their statement that they need to kill the whales. Japan also insists that the whales are growing too quickly and must be killed in order to keep the krill population stable (Hinckley). Many of the people who seem to support Japan with their whaling seem to only look at the financial benefits and not destruction it is causing the planet and environments. It is upsetting to know that the human race cares more about money then the earth's environment. (Geer). If less whales were killed, maybe Japan would realise that they do not need all that whale meat. Whales are huge and may have many species, but these species can easily decrease if they are killed continuously. These continuous killings have affected how whales can
“Whales provide us with the food for our bodies, bones for our tools and implements and spirits for our souls.” “We haven’t hunted the whale for 70 years but have hunted them in our hearts and in our minds.” “Whales are a central focus of our culture today as they have been from the beginning of time.”
When an intelligent animal accustomed to swimming in thousands of miles of open ocean is placed in an environment only twice its size, is separated from its species, and is forced to perform tricks, there are bound to be consequences. The captivity of these animals should be banned and National Reserves and whale tours should be used to educate the public while admiring these animals' true beauty. There are few experiences more meaningful than witnessing a killer whale enjoying the freedom of the open ocean.
I believe that animals should be treated with respect, but so should people. I would perhaps have a different idea about this if the whales being hunted were nearing extinction, but the truth is, it is the whalers who are nearing extinction. Even though Norway claims that national sovereignty permits them to allow whaling, public opinion is working against them. Whaling in Norway is dropping every year. (3)
The Makah’s seemingly domestic issue of whaling has and is taking on a larger international problem. The United States plays a large part in policing the hunting of whales, one of the most recent examples being the U.S.’s ...
... be thrown away in this country. This fact is sad but true, and the sooner people realize that there money is what is funding the advancement of the sea world entertainment industry the sooner hope can be built in keeping these animals where they belong. Despite the controlled environments for killer whales, these environments cause psychological and social problems to the animals and are worse than nature. The ethical option is clearly to let nature take its course and leave a similarly intelligent species carry out its business the way it always has. The business side of this dilemma will continue to boom until the public refuses to be a part of the entertainment aspect of it. And without the funding from the general tax payers to keep the programs and parks alive, the outside world might become a little closer to an extra-terrestrial from a world within our own.
How would you feel if your mother was murdered directly in front of you and you were only a few weeks old and you did not know how to fend for yourself? That's what these poacher are doing of these whales. They look for mother with fairly new calves because it means they have more fat on them. The more fat the more oil they produce which makes for more money. In Greenland they kill at most ten whales a year. While in Japan they kill five hundred and thirty to seven hundred
Well, you know that killer whales get fed in their daily feeding schedule, but do they get fed enough to survive, or will they die of hunger? Well, you know how killer whales can get food and they do not have to get food for themselves. Well let’s just say that if a sea zoo releases a whale back into the wild and the whale is used to being fed by his feeder, so then the whale waits and waits for his food but it does not come. So then the killer whale would die. Also I found on a google chart that in 2004, there were a lot of killer whales but when more years past by, the killer whale population decreased when the population got to 2017, and whoever took the killer whales, is responsible for this decrease in the killer whale
The latest animal rights issue to hit the public is a whale of a controversy. For decades, the public has enjoyed visiting SeaWorld and taking in mesmerizing displays of aquatic performance by orcas, the largest species of dolphins, and their trainers. Recent events have stirred up a media uproar over the safety of these creatures and their trainers. Much of what the public knows about the maltreatment of these creatures comes from a documentary released in 2013 called “Blackfish”. The breeding and captivity of killer whales for entertainment purposes poses a threat not only to the whales, but also the trainers who interact with them.
Currently, live whale performances have become well liked for tourists to visit. When they are there, they only see what they want to see and do not care or want to know all about the complications the whales go through just to make people smile. The documentary “Blackfish” exposes the truth about the whales, their habits, and why they act the manner they do when in captivity. The inhumane treatment of whales in captivity causes negative effects on the animals which, in turn, affects the humans who care for them.
Whaling has been a practice that has been around for thousands of years. Whaling has cultural significance for several cultures in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, and there is evidence of whaling since 3000 BCE (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016).
The quest to gain international agreement on ethical and legal norms for regulation of whaling has had a long and troubled history. The modern phase of global concern over whaling ethics and conservationist management originated in 1946, when the International Convention on Regulation of Whaling was signed. Thus, the International Whaling Commission was created. The International Whaling Commission was designed to control and mandate the whaling industry. From it’s beginning as simply a whalers club with scientific guidance, to the current day conservationist body, the IWC has undergone many revisions and transformations since the start.
...nd also the earth. If whales become extinct then there could be a rapid increase of small aquatic animals that could harm the marine food chain then further kill marine ecosystems. This is because whales help regulate the flow of food by helping to maintain a stable food chain.
The economy of whaling in Iceland is now down to one company, Hvalur H/F, and it still keeps hunting fin whales despite the fact that they were listed as one of the endangered species (Vargas, 2017). In Norway, the government supports whaling, claiming that it is important for people to have the meat as a source of food even though it has been exported due to excessive supply (Bale & Laman, 2016). The Japanese government resumed its scientific whaling against the worldwide protests on its conduct because the representatives of the local elective areas want to show to the fishermen that they do their job to protect whaling from getting ceased so that they could secure their seats in the diet in the next election (Wingfield-Hayes,
Whaling is seen in the international community as a cruel act to animals. The reasons behind whaling varies; from its meat consumption to its use for medicine. Unfortunately, the international ban on commercial whaling, it has not abated the act by some countries such as Japan and Norway. In addition to Iceland, Japan and Norway killed 2,000 whales each year (WDC, No Date). As the whaling continues, its effect becomes obvious in the population of the whales.
... the world. Whether we choose to accept it or not, animals should have rights just like we do because they deserve them. They should have a right to live until they die and not to be killed, they should have a right to be treated with care and respect, and they should have a right not to end up as some people’s dinner in a cruel way. Non human animals can feel happy, pain, sadness, fear, love and even anger and so just because we have the power to completely dominate them does not give us a right not to accord them their rights, they deserve them. We are all living things, we all have fear and love, we all breath and so all of us should have rights.