^^ I don't agree with the Japanese hunting dolphins, or Papuans hunting Papuans.. That was responding to doggie pointing out it's ok for Aboriginals to kill dugongs cause they are both native.. There is a point where the culture must be abandoned for common decency.. *I'm out
There's 2 reasons there are little fish stocks left in Japanese waters, pollution and overfishing. Dolphins have been around a sh@load longer than Japanese fishermen and they never ran out of fish?????
1600 vs 23 000 killed annually
At that rate how long before Dolphins join the endangered list at the hands of the Japanese... just like some of the whale species they have been hunting via a legal loop hole endorsed by the IWC... for so called 'scientific research'
The scientific research argument is finally starting to wear thin which is why the Japanese representatives at the IWC are buying off poorer nations for their votes. All of which is fully endorsed by the Japanese Government.
Let's not "muddy the waters" by intoducing arguments about Dugongs and other species. We need to focus on one issue at a time to have any chance of being effective.
The Cove issue is mass slaughter, killing whole family groups and "tribes". Animals migrating together along traditional routes. It is genocide and will reduce the genetic diversity of the whole species, weakening the species as a whole.
you seem to disagree just to get people revved up.
