Japan has reportedly taken twenty five per cent of the funds set aside for the emergency fund. This is apparently being channeled into whale research. This is yet another slap in the face to the united nations who are against whaling as has been debated many a time, and yet the Japanese defy the rest of the world disguising their hunt as a cosmetic exercise. The truth is the Government sees it as a way to lift their ailing economy.

Japanese Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michihiko Kano, said Tuesdaythat Japan will resume its "scientific whaling ‘whaling in the Antarctic this winter and would send a ship of the Government to protect its ships from environmentalprotests.

The North Atlantic right whales have been hunted down mercilessly, taking them to the brink of extinction.

Eating Whale meat gets a lot of bad press, but could whale meat be the most humane and environmentally friendly meat of all. Perhaps we should all sit down and eat whale for dinner.

Dreadful story of the ship called the Dauphin and the inhuman things the crew did to survive.

In 1711, a company known as the South Sea Company was set up as a British joint stock company to trade in South America. It was given the monopoly for this trade in the Spanish held colonies as part of a treaty agreed with Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. The primary role of the company was the trade of slaves in return for the erasing of the national debt incurred during that war. Later speculation into the value of the companies ‘stock’ led to an inquiry that became known as the South Sea Bubble in 1720.

Research paper on Japan’s whaling habits.

Japan, like many countries in Asia, has an exotic cuisine after all Western standards….

Whatever your opinion is.

The following discussion informs us about the killing of whales. It tells us why they should or shouldn’t be allowed to kill whales. It also gives evidence about who is against/not against of whaling and why they should call it off.