Japanese dolphin slaughter

[Pipe_Dream]

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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wor...in.culling.itn

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/membe...20051130a1.htm

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/7487.html

[randlemanboater]

I was reading about that somewhere recently, even though the mercury level in the dolphins are many times higher than what you should be consuming, they are still killing em and serving them to the kids for lunch at school.

[Sean]

I don't know if its because ever since I can remeber Dolphin to me were one of the most special animals around. "I wish I was a Fish" ;D
And they have grown up looking @ dolphin as we do cattle, but it just does not seem right :-[

[Pipe_Dream]

We had company in town this past weekend, so I didn't go online at all, and didn't see your posts. BTW, we took said company out on the PD and floated for an hour watching dolphin play and hunt all around our boat. I kept coming back in my mind to these videos and just couldn't get over the contrast.

Yes, we do slaughter cows, pigs, chickens, etc. We hunt deer, too, and catch fish. All to put food on the table, which is what the Japanese fishermen say they are doing. And while I don't like the idea of killing and eating dolphin, I can't say that they don't have the right to do so.

But, do we corral cows and calfs, corner them and repeatedly stab them letting them run around and bleed to death? And would anyone argue to me that cows are as intelligent as dolphin? As much as I hate to join up with any environmental group (I think many of them are nuts), I'd gladly step up and do something if I thought it would stop this dolphin slaughter.

[Sean]

In some of the videos you can here them crying :'(

[Blue_Runner]

And they have grown up looking @ dolphin as we do cattle, but it just does not seem right

No it doesn't seem right but alot of things we humans do don't seem right.

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

No it doesn't seem right but alot of things we humans do don't seem right.

Very true.

[Stinky_Hooker]

We had this same discussion a couple years back on another board when a "slaughter" video was getting alot of airtime on the net.

It was bloody and difficult to watch for me, but the more I thought about it and the more we all discussed it it became less so. Those people view dolphins as a major food source and its no different than a tuna roundup or the like to them. Sure I may not agree with high levels or mercury being given to chirldren, but thats another arguement. If you just looks at the facts it is no different than us butchering a cow. I would also be willing to bet that very little of the dolphin is wasted as well because they find a way to cook EVERYTHING.

It may be hard for us to smallow, but thats the way of life over there and they are just doing what they know.


Now, pass me some Flipper almondine. ;D

[Blue_Runner]

Stinky - same here. Shock in the beginning but then after some deep thinking I came to the same conclusion.

What about our animal shelters where we kill "man's best friend" day in and day out? None of that gets eaten. This will probably come off as extremely horrific, disgusting and insensitive but, think of all of the 3rd world countries you could feed with our unwanted pets.

I'm willing to bet my Hershy girl is smarter than some dumb ol dolphin any day.

[Sean]

Thats it you changed my mind!
Kill the Dolphin! Save the Cows!!!! ;D ;D