I can give a rat's ass about hunting deer, rabbit, phesant, ducks, geese, what have you. But when you hunt an endangered species you are a sick individual.
AND PLEASE SHOW ME PROOF THEY ARE NOT ENDANGERED!
AND PLEASE SHOW ME PROOF THEY ARE ENDANGERED!
D,
I have seen estimates of minke whale populations of +800,000 -
more than enough to safely reproduce long-term and allow
harvesting of reasonable numbers.
If people want to harvest and eat/use them completely, I’ve
got no problems with it, any more than reasonable harvest of
any other creature.
By any chance, are you going through menopause?
Please show us proof that Antarctic Minke whales ARE endangered.
Every thing I’ve read about them puts them in the lower risk/ least concern category. There are hundreds of thousands of them swimming around. A few hundred won’t be missed.
You're the one saying they're endangered. The burden of proof is upon you. Go get educated on the subject and then report back here on what you've learned...and while you're at it, take a pill.
Well there Dengar01, you asked for it, you get it......
drum roll.......
Ta Da!
http://www.icrwhale.org/QandAjapanresearch.htm
Chew on that for a while. A whale population of around 760,000 and they take 440. Big deal. Get over it.
Okay - here goes.........
According to the International Whaling Commission, it is very hard to get reliable numbers for creatures that spend the bulk of their lives underwater in deep oceans, but their estimates are roughly.....
Blue Whales.......1,150 - 4,500
Humpback Whales.... 75,000 or so
Minke Whales.......in excess of 1,000,000
Now I don't care who you are, THAT ain't endangered.
Can't prove a negative. But, you knew that.
Minke whales are common, they are not in any danger of extinction, where did you learn this nonsense?
| species | population | status and listings* |
| northern right whale | 500-1,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| southern right whale | 3,000 | endangered (ESA); vulunerable (IUCN) |
| bowhead whale | 8,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| blue whale | 10,000-14,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| fin whale | 120,000-150,000 | endangered (ESA); vulnerable (IUCN) |
| sei whale | 50,000 | endangered (ESA) |
| humpback whale | 10,000+ | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| sperm whale | 200,000 | endangered (ESA) |
| vaquita | a few hundred | endangered (ESA) |
| baiji | about 300 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| Indus susu | 500 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| Ganges susu | unknown | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| boto | unknown; thought to be declining | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| franciscana | unknown | not listed |
| tucuxi | unknown | not listed |
| Hector's dolphin | 3,000-4,000 | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin | unknown; thought to be depleted | not listed |
| Atlantic humpbacked dolphin | unknown, but depleted | not listed |
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* "ESA" denotes listing according to the Endangered Species Act. "IUCN" denotes listing according to the IUCN/World Conservation Union Red Databook. |
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OK. First, you don't even know what species of whale these are, nor what the established hunting limits are for them, nor who is , and who is not following the treaty for the allowed hunting of them. Nor do you know their population size, and whether they are at the top or bottom of their population limit.
Prove me wrong.
It’s a weak argument when you ask someone to prove a negative. However.
Minske whales are considered “Least Concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
Here’s their scale according to risk of extinction:
Extinct
Extinct in the wild
Critically endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Threatened
Conservation dependent
Near Threatened
Least Concern
Just for reference, the American Bison is listed as Near Threatened. So according to the IUCN, Minske whales are not endangered. Now prove to me they are endangered.
You display hubris in stating the Japanese don’t need the whales. Japanese don’t eat much beef but they don’t tell us to stop slaughtering cattle.
I love wild life and consider myself an environmentalist in the sense I do my best not to pollute or waste. But I’m also an avid hunter and will use natures resources in responsible manner.
Nuke 'em from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.