>> “They will have to kill us to prevent us from intervening once again,” Capt Watson said.
Works for me.
Escalating violence at sea against the Japanese may just fulfill Paul Watson’s death wish.
Man this is tough. I hate the whaling industry but I hate these green weenies even more.
The Japanese kill roughly 900 Minke whales, 100 Sei whales, 50 Bryde's whales, 10 Fin whales and three sperm whales each year.
Minke whales are not threatened. They are categorized "Least Concern", and there are about 660,000 Minke whales globally. The Japanese therefore harvest about 1 whale out of every 750 Minke whales.
Sei whales: Even though they are formally listed as endangered, there are an estimated 54,000 Sei whales. So the Japanese harvest 1 whale out of every 540. This is not a threat to extinction.
Bryde's whales: Japanese take 50 a year, and there are 100,000 of them globally.
Fin Whales: Japanese take 10 a year, and there are about 100,000 globally.
Sperm Whales: The Japanese harvest three a year. The world population of Sperm Whales is unknown, but is thought to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Hope this is helpful.
That's quite a despicable non-sequitur. Humanitarian aid in response to a disaster of unimaginable scale bears no relationship whatsoever to the whaling issue. Trying to link the two in order to win "points" is a particularly odious tactic.
Like many leftist activists, these guys may be driven in the single-minded pursuit of their goal, but they are just not all that smart or enlightened. Luckily those bozos are not in charge of other nations' humanitarian aid efforts.
Well....buh-bye.
The whalers should throw them a flensing knife and a manual on seppuku.
That South Park episode really got to them...
For any interested I'm taking a collection up to buy Commodore Watson a spiffy uniform worthy of his position as Captitan and Commander.
Lots of gold braid, deep blue wool with fine white piping. And well polished brass buttons! Knee length naturally and double-breasted to keep the Arctic chill out.
Finally some sort of hat, not a tri-corner or crew cap...I have it! A top hat! Positively smashing with more gold braid forming the words “Commode ad Hoc” as befits his dignity and authority.
More candidates for the Darwin Award on their way.
I watched the show last year and I don’t understand why the Japanese can’t come up with an anti prop-fouling device.
It might be time for the Japanese Navy to conduct a training mission down there.
I’m a conservative but I side with the Sea Sheperd on this one, the Japanese claiming they need 900+ whales a year for research is ludicrous.
“Never f—k with another man’s livelihood.”
So where's the down-side?
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