No-Kill Researchers Sail to Study Antarctic Whales

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hotel buchen muenster of 7:41AM April 07, 2010

Well Sibylline; how about specific organ contaminant levels,
reproductive status, reproductive history, age. You have to remember
these are animals that weigh many tons and are in frigid water that
could kill a human in minutes. It is not like they could be anesthetized
while tests and samples are done.
Bachamer, a partial list of the research and results can be found at the
IWC website. A more complete list is available at the ICR website. I
really don't think this is the appropriate place to post references to
over 150 research papers.
As far as whaling goes, I really don't care if they whale or not. I did
try whale once when I was in Norway during the late 1980's. It didn't
impress me, but I have never been big on seafood. The issues I have are
with the tactics of the SSCS. They are vigilantes who have appointed
themselves to uphold laws that don't exist. And they violate numerous
laws in the process. Whaling as the Japanese current pursue it is legal,
you don't have to like that fact but it is a fact. Physical attacks on
the whalers will not change the laws. That is done through diplomatic
and legislative actions.
Greenpeace, who I don't usually agree with, gave up violent
confrontations to work for legal changes, like the recent banning of
seal products by the EU. One legislative victory, with no violence, did
more to protect seals than years of SSCS violent confrontation.
Yet the SSCS continues to claim violence is the only answer and now they
plan on travelling over 10,000 miles to bringing their brand of violence
to the Med to fight for the Atlantic Tuna, when the Southern Tuna around
Australia is in a more critical situation. I believe the SSCS leadership
or hypocrites who are just on a constant quest for donors to give them
more money, and meanwhile they take advantage of young people who really
want to make a difference in the world.

ddpalmer of OH 6:40PM February 04, 2010

I've been seeing your comments pop up on another news story just the other day.
I would like to know what your thoughts are regarding the killing of whales. It appears that you are for it, though you haven't stated it clearly.
What research are the Japanese conducting and what are the results of this research?

Bachamer 9:36AM February 04, 2010

Interesting ! What are the data that cannot be collected by non-lethal means, please ?
http//www.sibylline.org
Medicine, Education, Research - Stranded animals

Sibylline of MS 9:11AM February 04, 2010

Japan will not join the new non-lethal research because they have been conducting their own non-lethal research for decades. But as has been stated by the International Whaling Commission, there is some data that cannot be collected by non-lethal means. So lethal research will continue no matter what this current propaganda stunt by the Australians and New Zealanders does.

ddpalmer of OH 8:42AM February 04, 2010

Once this research is up and running....there is no excuse for Japan to continue their barbaric killing of whales in the name of science.

sandgroper..sq 3:55AM February 04, 2010

Quote: 'Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research has no intention at this stage of taking part in the non-lethal research program, said Glenn Inwood, the New Zealand-based spokesman for the institute'.
Well, of course they don't want to become associated with the real research of professional scientists. It will only show the so-called 'Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research' as a front and propaganda tool for the whale killers. It is literally nothing more than that.
It takes much more than simply daubing the word 'research' on the side of whaling ships to gain any measure of credibility.

Martin Field 4:43PM February 03, 2010