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Which kind of crueltyto animals would youlike to see erased and
why?
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Why people kill whales?Early Years ( Greenland, Iceland )
•
Meat, Blubber• Liht La!ps, "ools, #leds
$ow(%nited #tates, Great Britain, Ger!any,
&apan, $orway)•
'etroleu!• il ( La!ps, andle Wa*, Marerine,
os!etics, 'er+u!es, eterents, -ita!ins )
• Meat
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Types of Cruelty
to Whales
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• .arpoon (e*plosi/e andnon 0 e*plosi/e)
• 1i2e Bullets• Grenade•
#urround the! with boatsand dri/in the! towardland
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e*haustion be+ore they are harpooned3
• E*plodin harpoons are o+ten not +atal,and so!e whales are harpooned !ultiple
ti!es be+ore they die3
• Wounded, harpooned whales are draedto whalin /essels, where they !ay be
speared with !ore harpoons or shot withhih4powered ri2es3 Whales which areharpooned near the tail and thenwinched in ali/e to the bow o+ the
catcher ship e/entually die o+ su5ocationas their heads are +orced underwater3
• Because whales are able to slow theirbreathin and heart rate, !any thatappear dead or unconscious are probably
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W.Y M%#" WE#"' W.6LE
.%$"I$G?
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7#ince 899:, Iceland has killed 8;9
endanered whales3 In the last twoyears alone, it has e*ported !illionso+ dollars worth o+ !eat, blubber and
oil to &apan, $orway, Lat/ia andBelarus3 Iceland has not only 2outedban on whalin, it has depleted whale
population at an alar!in rate3 It
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$ot killed in a hu!ane way
4 Whales are o+ten attacked by arenade harpoon which !ade itsdeath lon, slow and pain+ul3
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Whalin !eat de!andsinclined
4 #ubstantial o/ern!ent
+undin helps to keep it oinin !any places, but what
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>illin whales lead to an
increase in e*tinction species
4 #ince their nu!bers are atstake, we !ay cause the +utureeneration to only see whales
on pictures and books insteado+ in real li+e3
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ood chain @ +ood web will bea5ected
4 6s we know, each oranis! ha/e
their own niche in the ecosyste!3estruction o+ the +ood chain@ +oodweb indicates than the niche o+
the destructed species will be lostand cause har!+ul e5ects to thewhole ecosyste!3
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It is illeal
-Whalin was banned in A;:- or e*a!pleC Minke whale- "he whalers called it researchbut in reality we do not needthousand tonnes o+ whale !eat
to study types o+ whales- It is ob/iously co!!ercialkillin
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Breach o+ ani!al rihts
6ustralian Whale #anctuary
or e*a!ple C ; ebruary 89AD, one o+
the three harpoon ships o+ the &apanesewhalin 2eet entered this sanctuary
&apan
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