Nearly a third of whales killed by Japan in the Antarctic were pregnant
01/07/2009 14:00:35
192 pregnant females & 4 lactating females killedJune 2009. Data provided by the Japanese government has revealed that a large number of pregnant and lactating female whales were killed.
192 pregnant females & 4 lactating females
Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death. The Japanese government's "Cruise Report" gives gruesome details on the foetuses killed. The four lactating females would each have had a dependent calf that would inevitably have starved to death.
"Humane Society International strongly condemns this hunt, which takes place in a whale sanctuary under the guise of science," said Kitty Block, HSI vice president.
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This news is really disturbing as it means that more whales than recorded have been killed. Until the IWC decides what it really reprosents nothing will be done to prevent this disgusting situation that most people in the world agree should be banned.
Posted by: colin guest | 05 Jul 2009 09:40:50 AM
Unfortunately Antarctic whaling has always involved the slaughter of large numbers of pregnant females because they become pregnant in the tropics in the southern winter and give birth there the following year. The horror of so-called scientific whaling is that the "scientists" (who are really conducting thinly disguised commercial whaling), are exempt from all regulations, not just catch quotas. So they kill mothers and calves whenever they see them, which real commercial whalers have never been allowed to do since about 1920. Sidney Holt
Posted by: Sidney Holt | 03 Jul 2009 02:39:06 PM
How is it possible to be so cruel ? How can people do that ans what for ?
From my little land (Belgium) I just can say : Shame on you barbarians !
Posted by: Cris Berjac | 03 Jul 2009 09:14:40 AM
THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL AND SHOULD BE IN JAIL, AWAY FROM SOCIETY. ESPECIALLY THE GOV'T WHO APPROVED THIS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLING THE WHALES. KILLING A PREGNANT MAMA WHALE IS DISGUSTING.
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS, WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND.
GOD IS WATCHING YOU.
Posted by: Judy Beasley | 03 Jul 2009 02:00:55 AM