Matthew 3/3/2013 The Whale Wars Every December‚ a fleet of hungry‚ evil whaling vessels set sail from Japan to commence their annual hunt on the minke and humpback whales in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary in the Southern Ocean. At the same time there is a crew of passionate volunteers making ready their vessels to make the same journey to the Southern Ocean‚ but they are not going there to whale. They are going there to do whatever is necessary to make sure Japan does not kill any
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Many styles of cuisine exist in the United States‚ a few foods are considered taboo by most of American culture. In the United States‚ where hundreds of world cultures blend into one society‚ the concept of what foods are taboo and what are simply exotic can be difficult to qualify. Food taboos of the United States differ depending on a person’s cultural background‚ religion and location. [1] Dogs and cats are revered as domestic animals and important parts of many American families‚ these creatures
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the fact that the number of dolphins killed in the Taiji dolphin hunting drive is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic‚ and claims that 23‚000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year in the country’s whaling industry. The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats. According to the Ministry of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries of Japan’s most recent
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some people believe that this is perfectly ok‚ whaling needs to be stopped because some whales are endangered and whale meat is not even used anymore. My first reason is that whales are endangered.
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5000 Japanese school menus (Jamsey‚ 2010). The International Whaling Commission (IWC) with the support of the current United States President Barrack Obama wants to lift the ban that is currently protecting the numbers of whales (Clark‚ 2010). The International Whaling Commission (IWC) established in 1946‚ its purpose was to help mandate conservation efforts by reducing the hunting of whales. In 1986 the IWC implemented a ban on whaling. Three countries Japan‚ Norway‚ and Iceland have found and used
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| 2011 | | 17191991 Mohammad Word count: 1‚443 | | | Greenpeace International Contents Introduction: page 3 Establishment of the organization: page 3 Membership Requirements of the Organization: page 4 List of members: page 4 Purpose of the organization: page 6 Structure
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wrong‚ in this case‚ become provoked. So they had to sneak into the cove/lagoon with a special ops crew and high-tech equipment to plant hidden cameras and microphones around the area. The team then exposed this to the members of the International Whaling Commission on live television. The documentary was filmed in 2007 and released in 2009 ‚ nearly 7 years ago. Even after this it has hardly achieved
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Do people ever wonder what it would feel like to be ignored in a situation that immensely effects you? Well‚ this is exactly how the Inuit feel about the anti-seal hunting movement. For some people staying alive means working a 9-5 job‚ going to the store to buy food‚ and going shopping to get clothing‚ but for the Inuit‚ this means seal hunting. Inuit people are very purposeful and tend to use all parts of the seal‚ as a quintessential part to Inuit’s economy and livelihood is seal hunting‚ and
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The passage discusses three possible reasons for strange noises‚ name "quackers"‚ that Russian submarine sailors had reported during a period of time from the 1960s to the1980s. The author mentions three sources for these sounds‚ including nearby Orca whales vocalization trying to attract mates‚ the giant squids which live in the ocean and finally the undetectable foreign submarines. The professor‚ however‚ believes that none of these theories could justify the real source of these noises. The professor’s
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Tales of the mythical and magical mermaid have been dismissed as rumors; however‚ these majestical creatures do exist. Cameras have caught photos and even videos of these creatures stranded on beaches and swimming dignified through the ocean. You may argue that these images are fabricated but there are scientist who dedicate their lives and can speak surely about the existence of mermaids. Scientist who are skilled in the use of sonar. Scientists who state that mermaids are seismically sensitive
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