Japan is at it again

**SeaGlass Siren** · 09-12-2015, 08:36 AM

Mel to be fair not all japanese people partake in this hunt. Don't condemn the whole country for the actions of a few bombaclots. And actually japan is one if the greenest places to live. Might want to think about what you said

**Winged Mermaid** · 09-12-2015, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by MerMel

For as bad as it sounds, sometimes the only way to stop the japs ignorance and disgrace to the environment is for someone to pull a captain nemo with a mk84 up their screws.

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**Lucinda** · 09-16-2015, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Echidna

Yea, I didn't hold my breath since I know how petitions (also called paper-maché here) are handled by most people:
read, laugh, throw in garbage bin.

There is only one thing that is stronger in humans than greed, btw.
And it's not paper.

Actually, that petition wasn't completely pointless. By signing it, you're not only showing your approval for the ban but you're also indirectly supporting Australia for Dolphins (which is running that particular petition). This organization had threatened to take World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) to court over Taiji, which lead them to ban aquariums from buying live dolphins captured in drive hunts (such as the Taiji hunts). As a result the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Jaza), which is a member of Waza, had to ban it too in order to keep their membership.

http://www.theguardian.com/environme...ghter-in-japan

**AptaMer** · 09-18-2015, 05:54 AM

Just found out something I missed back in May. The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) banned buying dolphins from the Taiji hunt

I was also surprised to find that Japan, a fairly small country, has 54 marine parks. That's more than all of North America. Only 37 of the parks are JAZA members, so there are 17 that can still keep on buying Taiji dolphins. I think, though, that the international pressure is slowly having results.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...lling-animals/

**AptaMer** · 07-01-2016, 07:03 AM

And in a new round of weirdness, Amazon Japan got caught selling whale meat products online, but has been forced to delete the listings after exposure by UK activists, and a huge email protest campaign to Amazon's headquarters.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ale-meat-japan

Whale bacon- that's just gross

**Khaleesi Daenerys** · 07-03-2016, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by Meronica

They're also ignoring an international ban on their BS "scientific" whaling program.

If whales shot oil out of their blowholes, the US would declare this an act of war.

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It's the U.N. who is supposed to enforce that, the U.N. is a F**ing joke, Japan is laughing all the way to the bank.
Did you see what environment they have been keeping that poor elephant in since it was a baby? Japanese zoo goers were interviewed and all they said was, Oh I don't want the elephant to go to a sanctuary I want it to stay here so I can look at it once in awhile.
That poor elephant is isolated on a small square of cement, that's it.

**Khaleesi Daenerys** · 07-03-2016, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by AptaMer

And in a new round of weirdness, Amazon Japan got caught selling whale meat products online, but has been forced to delete the listings after exposure by UK activists, and a huge email protest campaign to Amazon's headquarters.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ale-meat-japan

Whale bacon- that's just gross

Now they're trying to get away with selling to other countries... The U.N. needs to step up and do something about this whaling Japan is doing. Seriously the majority of the whales they killed are pregnant females, I believe the count I read was somewhere around a thousand pregnant females, plus they are going to be doing this once a year for six months at a time, or six weeks?, and aim to kill the same number or higher of PREGNANT females.
If this keeps going on we are looking at an extinction of this peaceful species!!!!

**AptaMer** · 01-15-2017, 10:53 PM

So the latest news is that the Sea Shepherd helicopter crew was able to catch some Japanese whalers red-handed killing a minke whale illegally in Australia's whale sanctuary zone.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...s-sea-shepherd

These people just won't quit.