2007 November 21 | Whale Sharks

The Last Whale

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Nov 21 2007 | By: admin

When I read this blog http://thelastwhale.blogspot.com I thought for a moment that I was perhaps reading back in time. My mind could not grasp the fact that so called civilised nations are involved in mass whale slaughter. I had admittedly had an incredibly long, hot day in Mombasa but I could not quite link the words I was reading to something that is actually happening in our world today.

“Japan’s whaling fleet today left Shimonoseki, a western port town, to start a new season of whaling in Antarctica. The whalers intend to take more than 1000 whales over the next four months.

Japan has added 50 humpback whales to the kill list this year, a species protected from commercial hunting for more than 40 years.

The fleet is led by the Nisshin Maru which has been repaired since a fire that forced Japan to cut short its last Antarctic hunt.

Both the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Greenpeace have said they will have ships in the Antarctic this season.

Greenpeace’s Esperanza ship will track the whalers in Antarctic waters, shooting video footage to show the public.

The mass killing of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary has been deemed to be unlawful according to three separate panels of international, independent legal experts, commissioned by IFAW.”

I read one comment that read “Sink the ships and show no mercy”. Very tempting! Very tempting indeed!

I remember being told once that “the sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy or too impatient. To dig for treasures show not only impatience and greed but lack of faith.”

Please go the blog spot above and do what you can to help this put a stop to this madness.

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