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Iceland Has Hunted and Killed a Blue Whale

  • 12-07-2018 11:56am
    #1
    cnocbui
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    Icealand_Blue_Whale.jpg

    Feckers!
    It is the 22nd endangered whale killed and butchered for export to Japan by commercial whaling company Hvalur hf at its station in Hvalfjordur since June 20 this year, Sea Shepherd reports.

    The first 21 whales killed were endangered fin whales, which the Icelandic government has permitted the company, owned by Icelandic fishing magnate Kristjan Loftsson, to slaughter despite an international moratorium on whaling, Sea Shepherd said.

    However, the company does not have any legal authority to kill endangered blue whales, even within Iceland, Sea Shepherd said.
    https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/horror-greets-iceland-s-killing-of-suspected-blue-whale-20180712-p4zr3n.html

    On the whole, humanity is on track to wipe out almost all life in the oceans, I think. There has been a massive increase in shark attacks on humans in Australia and elsewhere in recent years. A Great White was spotted near Majorca a few weeks ago, the first sighting for 40 years. I suspect pelagic fish stocks have been so decimated by fishing that the sharks have been forced to look for food closer to shores.

    With over 7 billion humans now, I think harvesting protein from the wild should probably be banned globally for commercial purposes. You want to eat it - farm it.

    I am disgusted by Iceland and Japan for this atrocity


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  • #2
    rgodard80a
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    cnocbui wrote: »
    On the whole, humanity is on track to wipe out almost all life in the oceans, I think.

    Sure aren't we raising the sea levels, that should give the fish more room to live.


  • #3
    Eathrin
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    cnocbui wrote: »
    With over 7 billion humans now, I think harvesting protein from the wild should probably be banned globally for commercial purposes. You want to eat it - farm it.

    I am disgusted by Iceland and Japan for this atrocity

    Absolutely agree that the rapid decimation of life in the oceans is a disgusting travesty but the farming of any animal has it's own massive sustainability issues. If we're talking real solutions then going vegan is a much bigger step towards a sustainable solution.


  • #4
    zom
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    Eathrin wrote: »
    going vegan is a much bigger step towards a sustainable solution.

    GMO soy and corn for everyone !!


  • #5
    endacl
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    zom wrote: »
    GMO soy and corn for everyone !!

    Soylent green.


  • #6
    pleas advice
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    How many people would one whale feed?


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  • #7
    W123-80's
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    That photo is both upsetting and disturbing.
    I cannot fathom how the three guys in that photo can just get on with their days work and not consider the enormity of what they or their colleagues have done in killing that incredible animal.


  • #8
    ted1
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    pleas advice wrote: »
    How many people would one whale feed?
    How sustainable is it to eat a whale ?


  • #9
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    Is that the whale or a submarine?





    Not helping i know, il just leave


  • #10
    Capt'n Midnight
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    cnocbui wrote: »
    https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/horror-greets-iceland-s-killing-of-suspected-blue-whale-20180712-p4zr3n.html
    From your link
    If it is a blue whale, it will be the first time a member of that species has been harpooned in half a century.

    DNA tests showed it was a hybrid so they didn't break their own rules. Still sucks.

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-07-20/dna-shows-blue-whale-hybrid-iceland-institute-says/10017276
    "the whale in question that was caught on July 7th was a hybrid of a fin whale father and a blue whale mother".


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