Comments on: Chile Declares Permanent Ban on Whaling, Japan Pressured to Follow Suit

By: Susana Gray

Susana Gray — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:39:41 +0000

BRAVO BRAVISIMO Chile, every country should follow Chile decition.. …I can’t wait to go and visit Chile ALL my Fam and friends are very happy…..BRAVO.

By: political opinion

political opinion — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:39:52 +0000

bien hecho weones po. bacan po…. . come on who else has lived in chile.

By: Japan Says We are Witnessing the Death of the International Whaling Commission : EcoWorldly

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:09:33 +0000

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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:36:24 +0000

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:59:13 +0000

Thor,
Are you saying the Japanese people have empty stomachs????
Hmmm, last time I was there, the Japanese economy was doing very nicely, most Japanese enjoying the finer things of life, and if anyone is hungry, it is certainly not because they are not killing enough whales.
Whale meat is an expensive luxury, for the rich!

Japan is killing whales because they wrongly feel they eat too many fish, and jeopardise there fishing industry.
Problem is, in reality it is Japan who is jeopardising there industry. Before the greed of humans for fish, whales and FISH, lived in our oceans in abundant numbers…the decreases in fish numbers stem from overfishing, NOT whales.
Iceland and norway continue to whale, to enable trade in whalemeat with japan if the cites ban is ever lifted.
The whales DO NOT belong to japan…they belong to everyone and are more valuable alive!

By: weee recycling

weee recycling — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:23:12 +0000

Well done Chile.
Now, it’s time for Japan to join civilised nations and stop whaling.

By: Chat Marchet News Digest » Chile Permanently Bans Whaling, Japan Pressured to Follow

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:25:46 +0000

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By: Viviana

Viviana — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:43:40 +0000

No hay nada mas hermoso que ver una ballena en plena libertad. Yo fuí testigo de una ….la emoción q me invavdió en ese momento es algo inexplicable!
Como también he visto a nuemerosos delfines aquí en la costa de mi ciudad.

Vivi@na from Coquimbo, Chile.

By: Logi

Logi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:36:09 +0000

Whales. If we’re going to be honest and rational about environmentalism – and it’s too important a subject to handle in any other way – then discussing “The Whales” as a monolithic entity is far too simplistic a view. There are, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whale_species, 41 species of whale. These whales have a number of habitats. We most certainly don’t want to hunt any of those whale species to extinction in any of those habitats, but not hunting one species in one habitat because another species in another habitat is endangered is… silly. It just doesn’t make sense.

To illustrate the point, try substituting in your head the word “bird” for “whale” in any text you read. Hell, try it on the above paragraph. It wasn’t written with the transformation in mind (as if you’d believe me). Apart from the number “41″, it still holds.

This article isn’t actually guilty of the oversimplification that I’m complaining about, but I felt like venting. Sorry.

If our concern is that endangered whales are being hunted in the South Pacific to satisfy a hunger in, say, Japan, then perhaps they should be encouraged to stop taking those whales and instead to import meat from more plentiful stock, all the while making sure that whatever whaling is being done is sustainable?

By: @Thor

@Thor — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:31:27 +0000

it’s not like they don’t have other food in japan, thor.