Dolphin Smile

The IWC recently met and the Japanese are pressuring the IWC delegates to approve of their Antartic Whale hunt in 2009 or they will kill Humpback Whales as well as the Fin and Minke whales. Go to www.seashepherd.org for more details. 

For a for a realistic perspective of what our world may be like in 2108 go to www.seashepherd.org and read Captain Paul Watson’s recent post.

The tile of my March 13, 2008 blog was” There Will Be Earthquakes.” I specifically said that the Earth will take care of her species and that Japan may experience an Earth natural healing event because they are killing whales… and so it seems that this has come true with the recent earthquake.

I imagine the Japanese do not see a connection between killing whales and earthquakes, but I do. I feel no ill will towards the Japanese people nor wish them any harm, yet I do believe that we all experience consequences for our actions- positive or  negative. 

The European Union agreed on June 5, 2009 to take a unified stand against whaling. Environmental ministers meeting in Luxembourg adopted a common position that supports the current moratorium against commercial whaling,  sets up whale sanctuaries,  and encourages the use of non-lethal methods to collect scientific data. “There is no need to kill whales to obtain scientific information about whales as adequate data for management purposes can be obtained using non-lethal techniques,” said the EU’s Executive Commission.

The European Commission has been working diligently to establish this joint position, and even though the 27 nation bloc is not yet a party to the International Whaling Commission it can still take a strong role at the IWC meeting in Santiago, Chile later this month by using it’s moral, political, and economic weight to ensure more effective protection of whales worldwide. 

Because of high oil prices only a third of long line tuna fishermen will be fishing this year and whale, dolphin & seal hunters will be feeling the pinch as well… most likely involved in business ventures that lose money .

For all the details about this go to www.seashepherd.org and read Captain Paul Watson’s recent post.