Anyone watch Whale Wars??

[chickened]

I did say "for the most part" and you kinda reaffirmed my observation you having responsibilities and not going. You should listen to some of the interviews of past volunteers on other venues about being told to do things that are unsafe, sexual harassment, unwanted advances by the captain and other things that don't make it to the television. If these kinda things are OK with you then enjoy the boat ride. There are more sides to every story..
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wow thats very judgmental.. I would love to go on a tour with them but I have a family to fed at home but if my kids were older I would be gone in a heart beat and I am far from the dread lock wearing anti bathing kinda person... I am a nurse.. a well educated person... and they do have return staff... but dont forget they run more then one boat... so just cause you dont see them on camera.. does not mean they are not there... and there are also legal reasons.. I know one guy was banned from serving on board due some pending court case related to the actions of the Steve Irwin while it was at sea and the addi gil incident

for every hour you see on TV there are at least 200 hours "on the cutting room floor"

 

[herfrds]

Just wondering, what happens to the whale meat once it is usable?
You state that they can't sell it or eat it, so where does it go?

gets dumped in the ocean.
And that is wonderful?

To me wasting food is terrible.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

I personally H-A-T-E Whale Wars. I have watched 4 episodes and now whenever it comes on I turn the channel, I can't even stand the episode ads. Ugh. My husband likes to watch for the "wreck factor" kinda like NASCAR. When he wants to watch it we either argue about it or I leave, seriously. Can't stand it. I am all for conservation but not for their stupidity.

 

[Welsummer Rancher]

I love that show. I always cheer when the Japanese pull a big whale up the ramp. Whale oil = Epic WIN!!

 

[chickened]

If theJapanese do not waste the meat or hunt them un-regulated then I dont have a problem with it. Those reality shows are far from reality and these guys are no more than terrorist and if they did what they do in closed waters they would be tried and convicted of terrorism. That show is far from any sort of entertainment that I want or for my kids to watch. I would like to try whale meat at least once.
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[jarodw45]

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I feel that these people are so passionate about whale conservation and have the guts to save every whale life possible. The show generates money for them to keep working... I don't however agree with everything they do to make their point. I don't have a problem with harvesting the meat but the Japanese are not being truthful about what they are doing we all know these whales are harvested for meat and not research. The harvests need to be monitored and limited to ensure preservation of the species.

 

[Dar]

Japan is claiming the whales they catch are part of research...

BUT Whale meat is a prize possession and part of the diet of a lot of Japaneses...

What happens though is they over fish (if you can use that term) Whats going to happen is the exact thing that happened to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. With one difference though.. cod can be captured and farmed and reintroduced into the wild population... Whales cant..

Can you imagine the size of a tank needed to house a pod of whales?...

Orcas are small compared to a blue whale or even a sperm whale

 

[Moxiechick]

I support Sea Shepherd. The Japanese whalers are hunting in a whale sanctuary, where whaling is prohibited according to international law. The Institute of Cetacean Research, or ICR (The Japanese whalers) are using a loophole which allows whales to be killed for "research" purposes. However, publications like New Scientist and marine biologists from around the world have condemned the so-called scientific justification of the whaling operations.

The meat is sold in Japanese markets. The is called poaching. Mind you, this is subsidized by the Japanese government, which is finding the ICR an economic liability, as they are sitting on a mountain of frozen whale meat already and the demand for whale meat by consumers has fallen. The whaling industry has also been scandalized by charges of bribery, embezzlement, and corruption.

What Sea Shepherd has done is not illegal. -

Sea Shepherd campaigns are guided by the United Nations World Charter for Nature. Sections 21-24 of the Charter provides authority to individuals to act on behalf of and enforce international conservation laws.
Sea Shepherd cooperates fully with all international law enforcement agencies and its enforcement activities complying with standard practices of law and policing enforcement. Sea Shepherd adheres to the utilization of non-violent principles in the course of all actions and has taken a standard against violence in the protection of the oceans.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is dedicated to working towards cooperative agreements between nations to protect species and habitats according to SSCS Mandate.

Sea Shepherd has never been brought to court, even by the Japanese. For all their complaints about Sea Shepherd, the Japanese know they would not win, because SS has done nothing illegal. On the other hand, Australia wants to haul Japan before the International Court in The Hague to challenge their activities in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

From Sea Shepherd- "What they call piracy, eco-terrorism, and militant extremism is simply what we call conservative anti-poaching operations. Sea Shepherd is simply defending the integrity of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary."
This link will provide further information on Sea Shepherd. You can find many other articles to read from here as well.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-110128-1.html

As to whether whales are sentient, the answer is yes! Cetaceans have a large cerebral cortex, which is linked to higher thinking. There are many other similarities between human brains and whale brains. The presence of spindle cells in the humpback's cortex, is something not encountered anywhere else but in ape's and human's brain. Here is an interesting article about this.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Whale-Brain-Surprisingly-Similar-to-Human-Brain-41158.shtml

As to the actual killing, it is horrific. It takes a long time for a whale to die, often from 20 minutes to close to an hour. During this time, the whale is in agony. If slaughterhouses did the same to cattle, or pigs, they would be going against regulations against such things and closed down. Simply put, whaling is cruel and serves no purpose whatsoever.

 

[Hoss1975]

That show is full of nothing but p-tards with the "save the earth kill yourself" attitude.Can't stand a bit of it!!

 

[kla37]

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