As if that was not horrible enough, dolphin trainers and veterinarians witness and sometimes assist the killings. If they see a "good-looking dolphin", they purchase them to use in dolphinariums (a dolphin aquarium) and amusement parks around the world (Brian Duignan, Dolphin Slaughter in Japan, Advocacy.britannica.com) including the beloved Sea World. A former Sea World biologist stated in a short documentary, "Sea World has been involved in illegal and unethical actions to assure their parks are well stocked with killer whales." He also said in the same documentary that, "Sea World representatives secretly promoted the Japanese dolphin drivers where thousands of animals are
Should dolphins be living in a stressful life because of our human’s selfishness? Because they are animals or can’t talk, will be suffered? Each year, 23,000 dolphins are being slaughtered in Taiji, and it is very inhumane. The fish men lure the dolphins by using boat to the cove, then they drop nets to block cove to prevent dolphins to escape, after the next morning, the slaughter begins. They use sharp spears to stab them, if stabbing one time is not enough, twice or three times until it is dead, just imagine how the baby dolphins feel when they see their parents being killed.
Is Human Right In Keeping Killer Whales In Prison? In recent years, people start to care about the environment and animals. A lot of laws and actions are applied to improve the habitat which they destroyed so much before and protect the other species all around the world. In some countries, the captive situation of killer whales – the large marine mammal – is one of the most important problems. From the second half of 20th century, theme parks caught orcas from the ocean and keep them to organize entertain shows.
Whale and dolphin hunting is considered an important part of Japan’s traditional livelihood and culinary culture, a practice to be defended against foreign interference even though only a minority of Japanese eat whale meat, and even fewer eat dolphin. The Tokyo Film Festival initially rejected “The Cove” to be screened in Japan as it is believed to be too controversial. The fishing cooperative at Taiji also had demanded that the festival drop the film from its program, accusing producers of trespassing on private property to film footage and of making false assertions. Dolphin meat accounts for a third of the town’s roughly three million dollars annual fishing industry. The town has hired a lawyer and was preparing to take legal action.
Whaling has been around on since prehistoric times, they were hunted by chasing the whales, and throwing a harpoon into them. Whaling and fishing in the late nineteenth and twentieth century became a tragedy of the commons where fishermen had little incentive to allow some fish to remain to only be taken by others. Countries around the world were putting whales on the brink of extinction through any means necessary. By not taking young fish, this would allow future fish to keep the population stable, but by not taking the younger fish, the fishermen would lose these to other fishermen. In the 1800s and 1900s whales were found to be quite practical and useful.
“Whale Wars” is a show about a conservation society who protects whales in the southern ocean from the Japanese Whaling Fleet who hunts whales to sell the meat illegally on the Japanese Market. The Fin Whale is located worldwide from the North Pacific to the Southern Pacific to the Indian, Mediterranean and the Arctic Oceans as well as the Southern Antarctic (WWF, 2007). The Pelagic Zone is where the Fin Whale lives and is a coastal species sometimes living in shallow waters(WWF, 2007). It feeds through the baleen plates in taking large amounts water filtering it through its mouth to in take fish, krill and squid(Harrison, 2005). When it feeds on schools of fish it often lunges sideways in taking the school within several lunges.
The Faroe Islands in Denmark is the place where youths celebrate an annual bloodbath killing pilot whales (known as Calderon dolphins) in a bay of blood to celebrate their entry into adulthood. A horrible practice, indeed! Faroe Islands is an autonomous protectorate of Denmark, meaning they operate under some Danish laws and defense. Youths living in the Faroe Islands mark their passage into adulthood by hacking the flesh of gentle living dolphins until the sea turns red with blood as they die thrashing about in agony. Then the humans cannibalize their cetacean sisters and brothers.
Jessica Porter Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about endangered whales. Thesis Statement: I will inform my audience about the threats endangered whales face, and how they are being protected. Introduction Attention Getter: How many whales do you think are killed each year? Well, in the 2007–2008 seasons, over 1,500 whales were killed. Since 1986, 31,984 whales have been killed (Whaling).
Due to a civil war, Somalia’s central government was completely dissolved. Somalia has no patrols along the shoreline so commercial fishers worldwide quickly intruded the country’s tuna-rich waters. With this rampant growth of traffic along the shores of Somalia, several foreign fishermen would try and hide from
Like all animals, sharks are an important part of the ecosystem, without them the entire ecosystem will collapse. “Each year, up to 73 million sharks are killed for their fins, despite the fact that 30% of shark species are threatened or nearly threatened with extinction” (Krista Mahr). With fewer sharks existing in the ecosystem, their prey would multiply and become over populated and eventually wipe out other species. This occurrence will have an immense impact on many communities that rely on healthy fisheries. Shark poaching is a big concern because it affects the future of sharks and their place of living.