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| Northern-Star |
Iceland Begins Commercial Whaling AgainIceland have announced yesterday, their decision to start whaling commercially again. They may start as early as next week.This has obviously miffed a lot of coservation groups Read the full story here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6064028.stm Personally i am against whaling, be it under the guise of "scientific whaling" or plain commercial whaling. On the knowledge I have of the subject, I just don't believe Iceland needs to begin this again, for money. |
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| hystericali |
no, please don't let them start whaling again....... :smt085 | ||
| Sylvie |
Oh that's so dramatic  really sorry Man be so stupid to go on doing things like this, always to gain money, this is untolerable!!!
I saw a report once about this in Scandinavia, this is a real rite, people are going by boat in family and kill them and afterwards, they cut their part of whales... I couldn't look at the pictures
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| Admin |
Australia's critical response to the resumption of whaling:
"This is not just sticking a harpoon into a species that's endangered," Senator Campbell said. "You wonder how Iceland could be a member of the global community with an act like this. "This is really sticking two fingers in the air at the entire global community, the entire international, environmental institutional arrangements." Article link: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20625126-1702,00.html |
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| ScreenagerWes |
This one really is quite upsetting to me, especially knowing the low counts of the various whale populations native to the area. I can understand Iceland wanting to begin commercially whaling again considering fishing is their primary industry and makes up for something like 65% or 70% of their exports. I can see the government's reasoning behind beginning whaling again, but on the world level Iceland's PM is making a Bush-sized mistake, I'm afraid. | ||
| Northern-Star |
I agree completely. Every morning for the last week, since they caught the first whale, their have been pictures of it in the paper, in various stages of being dismembered. Of course, everyone wants their pic with it, so there are members of parliament digging in, laughing and with smiles on their faces. Aparently there were hundreds of protesters there when it arrived, but I dont think Iceland cares.
If you even mention it to an icelandic person, they will bite your head off! |
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