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(Message started by: jonnycab on Feb 28^th, 2007, 3:58am)

Title: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by jonnycab on Feb 28^th, 2007, 3:58am

I was totally shocked by what I saw on the news today....

The Japanese catching Dolphins........

.........A few go to aqua parks, which like zoo's contain animals that are out of there own enviroment.

I don't really agree with this, but must admit, some animals need to be kept in captivety for the fear of them becoming extinct....& also there is, I suppose an educational value to it.....
I must admit...we took our little boy to Colchester zoo last year....but seeing Tigers being fed raw meat when they would rather hunt it, bothered me slightly :-/

Anyway...back on the subject of Dolphins.....did you see what they did with the ones that weren't big enough to go to theme parks.
They were flapping about defencelessly on some dock while these excuses for human beings used razor sharp hooks to drag them along (sometimes by their eye sockets) still alive, to be slaughtered....in a way that I'm sure only the Japanese know how ::)....to make pet food & go to local restaurants ???

It made me feel physically sick to watch this & to think that the next most intelligent mammel on Earth after us humans (actually, probably more intelligent), is being subjected to this kind of in-humane torture by these sub-humans >:(

I know the Japanese aren't exactly famed for their compassion.....whale hunting etc,... but surely they must realise that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated by the rest of the world & may be detrimental to their country as a whole ?

I'm no 'tree hugger'...but I do draw a line between what is right & what is wrong....& this is wrong >:(

It is needlessly cruel & barbaric...& along with the rednecks that club baby seals to death & the toffs that go on safari, shooting big cats (wow...big, brave men ::))....I think that they should all be subjected to the same kind of fate as they inflict ;)

Nuff said ;D

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by Spannerdemon on Feb 28^th, 2007, 5:43am

I agree. The cruelty that goes on in the world to dolphins is sickening.

Every year down here in the South west, many of these beautiful and highly intelligent animals are washed up dead on beaches, after having been caught in fishing nets. They are then simply thrown back, as there is no market in the UK.

I'm no 'tree-hugger' either, but I despair at man's cruelty sometimes.

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by Yalin on Feb 28^th, 2007, 12:48pm

Ok, this is cruel and makes my blood boil just sitting here. >:(
I would like to take (peaceful) action or protest. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by cleave on Feb 28^th, 2007, 1:04pm

count me in....from an early age this stuff gets me so sick i get butterflies in my stomach.I understand the point in theory of a zoo although will never go to one...circus's are a different thing....ban em.I.ve seen animal rights ppl on tv and if it wasnt for some of there methods i would have joined em by now after all sitting back and saying how wrong it is ...doesnt really help anything?....i.ll stop ranting b4 i go off on one ....yalin im with u m8

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 28^th, 2007, 5:25pm

I do wonder about the Japanese, a more modern and technological country it is hard to imagine, they thrive on making money and pushing back the frontiers of invention yet their culture is steeped in medieval hocus pocus, superstition and unscientific and weird medicine.
Most of the spoils of the illegal killing of rhino, tiger, cheetah and other animals end up in Japan, they also support the trade in ivory.
They regularly flout the whaling ban to fill their shops with whale meat and do unspeakable things with dolphins.

I suggest you set fire to your Honda and throw your Sanyo TV out the window ;D

............................or, more sensibly, boycott Japanese goods till they get the message .

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by jonnycab on Mar 1^st, 2007, 12:29am

[]....a boycott of Japanese goods would be about the best way to go, but would there be much left to buy ?

Maybe a boycott of Sushi restaurants would be a good place to start...

....not that I've ever been in one....I prefer my food cooked ;)

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by Yalin on Mar 1^st, 2007, 11:19pm

Who would know if we boycott Japanese goods?
Maybe we need something that people would know about?
???

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by mr._floppy on Mar 2^nd, 2007, 1:37am

With my hippy credentials to the fore I have vowed never to visit or spend my money in any Country that ( this is a purely subjective and a highly personal dictum ) I believe has a culture ( religious or otherwise ) of inbred callousness and mistreatment of animals.

Apart from the UK, bits of civilised France , the northern European and Scandic countries ( excluding the whale hunting Norwegians and the bloodthirsty Icelanders ) the USA ( the usually sensible Canadians let me down with their seal culls ) and Ireland ( although their live horse exports are worrying, but I'll let that slide ) my holiday destinations are very limited.

So , the USA beckons again for 2007 ::)

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by jonnycab on Mar 2^nd, 2007, 3:27am

It will probably all blow over & be forgotton about in a couple of weeks, as there doesn't seem to be any nation that want's to make an international issue of it.

I'm sure Greenpeace etc are trying their best to do something about it, but as usual, it's probably falling on deaf ears ::)

The Japanese are a stubborn nation, who are set in their ways. Their society is built on discipline & family honour, & as a result, there seems to be little consideration for anything else.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki were the only points in history that ever stopped the Japanese from doing what they wanted to do..... so I don't think a petition or small demo will make them change their ways.

I suppose we'll just have to live with it & try a forget about it ::)

Title: Re: Dolphin Slaughter
Post by Yalin on Mar 2^nd, 2007, 12:36pm

In that case I'll join to mr. floppy and never visit or spend my money for japanese goods!

By the way, wasn't it france few years ago they tested nuclear bombs on those beautiful pacific islands?
I suppose this list can get longer quite easy... ::)