"Officials in Japan have just confirmed that they will be attempting to lift a ban on commercial whaling in order to begin killing whales again for profit. The official request will be made at an International Whaling Commission meeting in September," writes The Petition, urging people to join their petition to prevent Japan from bringing whaling back.
On Christmas Day, the AP posted Japan's decision on Twitter:
This caused people to wonder what the fuck we are doing, and why are we going backwards?
But someone else made sure to remind people that the United States is just as guilty as Japan, for although the U.S. won't be whaling, the U.S. will be killing whales via seismic-airgun testing:
Change.org on the United States using seismic-airgun testing for offshore drilling, and how it could kill off the endangered North Atlantic right whale (emphasis them):
President Trump stands poised to green-light new seismic airgun blasting and offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean — and the fate of one of the world’s most critically endangered whales hangs in the balance.
The dynamite-like blasts of seismic airguns — used to search for oil and gas deposits — hinder North Atlantic right whales’ ability to find food, ward off sickness and keep track of their babies. Their existence is already hanging by a thread. No calves are known to have been born during this year’s calving season, and in the past year, at least 17 whales have been found dead – the most since scientists started reporting on mortality rates. Only about 100 breeding females remain alive.
With fewer than 450 North Atlantic right whales remaining, the threat of seismic airgun blasting and offshore drilling could tip the population toward extinction.
With depressing news such as these, I like to laugh to cope with it, and someone tweeted this in the wake of learning that Japan may bring back whaling:
Here's the clip from South Park:
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