Posts by chris pash

Sounds of a Harpooned humpback

I wonder what sounds the humpbacks will make this Antarctic Summer?

The japanese fleet leaves japan in the next two weeks with an Antarctic shopping list: 935 minke whales, 50 fin and 50 humpback.

Humpback whales haven't been hunted since 1962 and some harpooned may include individuals seen of the East and West colast of Australia.

Humpback whales have learned to trust man in the forty-five years since we stopped hunting them. If Japan carries out its aim of harpooning 50 humpback whales in the Antarctic this Southern Hemisphere Summer, the whale watching industry on Australia's East and West coasts will soon find out. The humpbacks are the same as those who delight Australians each year.

There is no benefit to mankind by killing these whales. Their meat won't help hunger among the poor but will grace the tables of the wealthy. The killing is done in the name of science but is it science to kill the subject?

chris pash

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