Japan's whaling fleet sets out for Antarctic

I want to destroy those japanesse whale ships
I want them to sink, why can't they use some kind of bombs or anti-ship missiles?

Wow, that picture brings tears to my eyes. I wish those anti whaling activists had the needed tools to SINK those whaling vessels! Its just not right!

Jennifer
http://www.anonymity.cz.tc

to hell with Greenpeace- the time has past for just bearing witness. Support the efforts of active intervention- visit:

http://www.seashepherd.org/

and if you don't know why, or want to know more i suggest reading:

http://www.peterhellerbooks.com/

DO NOT EAT FISH!!!!

This is a form of commercial whaling, not science.

If i poop in a bag, light it on fire, and leave it on a neighbors porch......can I get away, trouble free, by calling it a science experiment?

Lets hope they get met with another militant anti-whaling group!

This is just horrid. We should do something about this. Is there a petition i can sign? or a organization i can donate too?

A torpedo or two would send a clear message.

says the people who are destroying the world with our meat cravings. if you aren't a vegetarian you have no right to talk about this. the american meat industry is doing far greater damage to our environment and the ocean than controlled whaling. HYPOCRITES!!

if you are a vegetarian...man, let's get a boat and go sink these whaling mother fuckas

Someone needs to tell the Somali Pirates they can hijack as many of these whaling ships they want. They can also grenade-tipped harpoon the crew for fun.

Ugh.
Ew.
And sad. :(
That's all that comes to mind.

I have no problem with hunting and fishing but don't do it in the name of science and I don t agree havesting animals outside of thier own waters

Food is food. Greenpeace are a bunch of hypocrites. They do not protest to save the cows, or sheep, or pigs, which are also living, breathing mammals. Japan is doing what is legal, they are hunting for food, and as not to waste, they are doing scientific research with the remains. Kind of like what the American scientist are doing with stem cells from aborted children.

some excellent targets for the pirates!

i thought japan would be first to create something smart and futuristic to save the enviroment and live in harmony. but no.. there money bloodlust knows no bounds.

True scientists do not need to kill to do research. This is a facade for them to hide behind. They are whaling for profit. Whar exactly do they do with the whales they catch? Is it a food fish for them or is it used for other unnecessay uses? This sickens me and I hope all the anti whaling groups are in full force. No violence but strong determent.

Japan's can't possibly think the balance of the ecosystem won't shift tremendously once these creatures have been hunted to extinction! Why isn't this story topping every news site?

I think we should just start hunting people who hunt endangered animals. It's either that or train the animals to use weapons in return. It's just not a fair fight otherwise.

Is the area that Japan is whaling in its own waters?

I HATE THOSE JAPANESSE WHALING SHIPS AND ALL THE CREW ON BOARD, AND ANYONE WHO IS FOR THIS. I HOPE THEY GO AND DIE!!! IF I WERE THEM I WOULD SINK THE SHIP. I LOVE THE NEW SERIES "WHALE WARS" AND ANYONE WHO IS AGAINST WHALING SHOULD WATCH IT, ON ANIMAL PLANET EVERY FRIDAY @ 9:00.

http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.htm
check out thier response stating ecoterorism...

and even better thier "updated" whale population figures
http://www.icrwhale.org/eng/estimates.pdf

This needs to stop. Whales are an important to the balance of the Ocean's Eco System. I doubt the Japanese whalers care what we think about their carelessness...but they would if...the whale fired a harpoon at them! This is just plain disgusting!

It seems that so many people have a thirst for blood, animals or humans. It is something we are reaping for our passive past. We dont protect life on any level. Oh there are shelters doing their best, and people spear heading action committees. But then the stone cold hearts of men laugh at cruelty in all forms. It sickens me.

I have been watching Whale Wars on Animal Planet, and these Japanese fishermen are ridiculous. They lie and say they are doing it for reseach when whale is a major food source for the Japanese. They need to focus on importing food and not making species go extinct just to eat what they are used to.

Why do so many humans even have to kill animals for food? There are so many other ways to survive... The world has already lost so many species thanks to humans... How many more are they going to kill until we stand up against them? People are mainly interested in money and it's sad... very, very sad indeed...
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A 20 year moratorium needs to be put in place (I know all the reasons this appears unlikely to happen) banning hunting of any marine life that is endangered. If we could work towards a temporary ban in order to work on cleaning up the oceans, protecting habitat, and addressing climate change and the rising temperatures of ocean, then one day there might be a way for an "agreed" amount of hunting. At this rate it will just become species extinction.

My position is that NO whales, polar bears, seal slaughters etc should ever happen. It will take years and years of protecting habitat and other measures to know whether we will even have healthy oceans again.

The sea needs these mammals as much as the mammals need the sea.

It is truly sickening what the Japanese are doing to the whales. I believe that as a human race we can study marine life without killing it.

Japan and other pro-whaling nations belonging to the IWC have threatened to leave the body, if the scientific research loophole is removed. What then? Pro-whaling nations would form their own commission and full-scale commercial whaling would begin. Nothing short of military action would stop these stubborn countries from defending their whaling "tradition" no matter what the international consensus.

Kill, kill, kill until there is a true lack of diversity on this planet the large marine mammals and amphibians first plants and trees gone coral reef wiped out, polar beard see ya, then lets start on the poor people put em out their misery!! The elite and roaches will be left.. hummm.

I think it is time for the IWC to get serious about the whaling moratorium and remove the loophole for scientific research. That issue is taking up so much of the IWC agenda that it cannot focus on other issues like impacts from sonar, ship traffic, pollution, etc. Its time for the IWC to get serious about conservation and protection. Whales are endangered and are being killed from a lot of our actions and they need our help.

"grenade-tipped harpoons" this is a disgusting. Those poor whales.
Truthfully, the US might as well be whaling too. Our policies with the Navy's use of sonar is also killing them so really, we're no better.

http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sonar.asp

To hide behind the term research is completely lame. because the wealth Japanese businessmen are sitting in Tokyo saying "research never tasted so good".

I want to harpoon the whaling fleet!

This despicable practice sickens me. It is time that all world citizens wake up to the fact that if this practice continues all whales and other marine life will be lost.

Just as climate change affects everything in our ecosystem eradicating species does the same.

Lets call this what it is. This is not science, it is commercial whaling.