Neither the slaughter nor consumption of poisonous dolphin meat is beneficial, so such activity should be eliminated. Although most people are aware that dolphin meat is unhealthy, there are others who are not enlightened of this fact. The main reason why people are still eating dolphin meat is because there are hunters who capture dolphins and sell their meat. It’s not about providing meat for villagers’ need, but to earn a profit. It’s fairly easy to solve the problem: don’t eat it. The quickest way of ending this disastrous problem is simply to release all the leftover dolphins after hunters have selected the ones they want to sell to aquariums. Nonetheless, it’s perhaps more important for Japanese hunters and the government to make a profit, …show more content…
People nowadays commonly have access to social media, so if there are advertisements on almost all the sources such as TVs, Facebook, Youtube, Twits that alreadyter, Tumbler, etc, then about 2,925,249,355 people, 40.4 percent of global population, will learn about the issue (World Internet Stats). Since there are campaigns that already exist, this proposal can draw more people into the campaigns for saving dolphins. If a cornucopia of people from different countries is aware of dolphin hunting and eating from the advertisements they’ve seen on social media, then they will join campaigns. Similar to the campaign of saving whales, people will march in their hometowns with signs against dolphin hunting and eating. Consequently, the government will then be required to support the elimination of dolphin hunting in order to satisfy the public. Governments typically can make stronger influences on anything than an individual can; therefore, when many countries, especially the strong and powerful ones, stand against dolphin hunting, then they will potentially force the Japan government to eradicate such brutal practice simply by stopping to trade with or refusing to support
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.
In the past twenty years a large amount of bottlenose dolphin have been killed due to the tuna fishery. In the Eastern Pacific swim large schools of tuna, these shoals tend to be under herds of dolphins, for some unexplained reason. Because of this, fishermen can easily find schools of tuna. The tuna are being caught under purse seine nets, which encircles the shoals of tuna and then is pulled back on board the fishing vessel, catching both tuna and dolphin. Initially the mortality rate was 500,000 each year for dolphins alone. Although some efforts are made to encourage the dolphins to leave the net by backing down part of the net, which allows the dolphins to escape, there are still a large number of mortalities (Bryant). On the other hand, in the last few years there has been dramatic progress in stopping the fishing industries from using purse sine nets. It has been found that dolphins are in immediate danger of extinction if these fishing techniques don’t stop.
In conclusion, education, research and conservation is a very important role that we can make to improve the lives of Orca whales, but at what cost? When you have to take an animal out of its natural habitat and deprive it of all its natural instincts, cause unnecessary emotional and physical problems, and put the lives of the whales and their trainers at risk, what are we learning? That it’s okay to possess them merely for our entertainment and profit? A wild animal’s life remains destroyed and many lives have ended, all for dangerous entertainment.
... 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.
But it takes a while for culture to catch up” (Cronin). His film did have an effect on America and Americans that countries no longer buy dolphins from Taiji, the once largest dolphin distributor in the world to help lower the number of dolphins slaughtered each year (Psihoyos). Psihoyos and the team had a hard time creating a reform in Japan because the government censored the movie for so many years that barely recently it was allowed to be seen. Psihoyos has made progress and gained supporters through his activist, non-profit group, Oceanic Preservation Society which he is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of (“Home”). The non-profit focuses on saving endangered ocean wildlife, including the dolphin therefore, Psihoyos is continuing to muckrake for dolphins until the number of slaughtered dolphins each year is close to
The simple fact that the average life expectancy for a whale at SeaWorld is 13 years, while in the wild the average is 30-50. Or that in the wild killer whales typically eat a large variety of fish, turtles, birds, and mammals while in captivity they are fed large quantities of cow and pig bones along with thawed fish to supplement their diets. Their space is limited as well, leading to many issues including collapsed dorsal fins due to their inability to swim freely. It is obvious, from even a civilian standpoint, that these conditions hurt the killer whales to the point where it is a death sentence to take them out of the
Everybody has one thing in the world that they feel strongly about. Weather if it is a stuffed animal, person, or a job. We all praise something. I believe that we need to stop whaling. Every day whale after whale die. Why? Just because people want their meat and to make oil and some money. We need to find a way to stop these terrible Pandemic. There has to be another way to make money and oil than killing this marvelous animal. If this was happening to you what would you want to do to stop this?
Blue whales, also known as (Balaenoptera musculus), are considered one of the largest animals today (NOAA). A blue whale can grow up to “80- 100 feet in length and may weigh up to 200 tons” (World Wild Life).
In the last 30 years since the lionfish first appeared in the Atlantic Ocean, they have become a destructive nuisance. The lionfish species which are native to the Pacific Rim and Indian Oceans are now invading the Atlantic and Caribbean Oceans, eating any fish that can fit into it's mouth. Scientists don’t believe the invasion will ever be completely eradicated, however if the problem is recognized there are steps that can be taken to try and contain this invasion at a manageable level. Through education, fishing or hunting of the species and by teaching other species to eat the lionfish, there is hope humans can gain control over these invasive creatures.
Orca whales do not like to be taken from their family, held captive for many decades and put with other whales that they do not know. No other living organism on this planet would like to be put through the same thing. Orca whales are highly social animals, they are very intelligent, and are very emotional. If they are kept away from other whales, fed intermittently and received little attention from staff makes them get very emotional and can lead to death of people and the whales. Orca whales should not be held captive; they are beautiful creatures that are not great for people’s amusement and if they are treated poorly, they will act poorly.
Traditional use of killer whales was purely for entertainment and money making and now they are used for research, education, and gathering support for conservation. The claim that killer whales are useful in conservation methods is not always true. Orcas are believed to have various populations or subspecies. In the United States, there is only one orca population, Southern Resident orca, that is endangered. (Banse T) Aquariums and marine parks that claim they are aiding conservation efforts need to focus on developing more explicit reintroduction plans for the species they house. (Minteer BA) The programs should help maintain wild populations that are endangered or threatened. The major issue with keeping orcas in captivity is their apparent intelligence and social cognition. After considering all of the research and behavioral observation conducted with orca’s, captivity is not a morally correct practice. It is unethical to keep intelligent, complex social beings such as orcas in
With the ever-growing population of animal lovers on earth, a more viable, humane solution for food consumption needs to be made, but why make a solution when there has already been one? Meat consumption has been proven time and time again to be unnecessary, but that doesn’t stop the average person from eating a double cheese burger with bacon. Unfortunately, many people are apathetic to what happens to animals in farm factories and continue to support them by buying their products, however, consumers should consider switching to a vegetarian diet because it’s more humane to animals, less farm factories being built can save the planet from deforestation, and with a proper balanced vegetarian diet anyone can maintain a healthy life without the
However, environmental activist groups openly dispute the claims and continue their rally to end the whaling industry for good. Eighteen years after starting scientific whaling in Antarctic waters, Japan presented a new program to the International Whaling Commission at the annual meeting in 2011. The proposal laid out Japan’s wishes to expand its annual catch of Antarctic minke whales from about 440 to 935, and expand lethal sampling to include an additional yearly catch of 50 humpback and 50 fin whales.... ... middle of paper ...
Overfishing is a harmful practice, that will eventually lead to the collapse of aquatic ecosystems, if it’s not dealt with promptly. Overfishing emerges from the combination of our over consumptive society mixed with the great profits that come from hauling in a good catch. The consumers demand for fish in Japan seems to be at an increasingly high rate due to the enjoyment and cultural values that arise from sushi and other traditional dishes involving seafood. Approximately 23 percent of Japan’s protein intake comes from the ocean, and as a nation consumes 7.5 million tonnes of seafood annually. CITATION
Hunting was an issue in Japan mainly in the East China Sea. Nevertheless it has not been such an issue since the 1980’s. Sometimes Finless porpoises are caught accidently in fishing nets, the worst net for them to be caught in is a gill net. The hunting in japan and the getting caught in net are not problems that often but it happened a lot around 1985-1992. Pollution is one of the issues which are allowing yet another cetacean animal to be extinct. The Yangtze River carries 40% of Chinas human population. Power plants, factories, and cities also surround the Yangtze River. According to WWF (World Wildlife Fund) 25 billion tons of waste of sewage discharge and industrial discharge is in the Yangtze River each year. Finless porpoises use the navigation system sonar to sense movement, shape, objects, where food is, families and directions. Considering there is a lot of shipping along the Yangtze River it generates acoustic pollution and this distresses the porpoises sonar. Meaning that the finless porpoises are not able to find food easily, also because they are not able to find where ships are it creates collisions between the ship and the animal. This is also known as ship striking or ship strike. The main conflict factor of them all is overfishing along the rivers and lakes. This means the Finless porpoise’s food sources have deteriorated. Finless porpoises need a