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What are countries doing to protect the whales?
On the TV show Whale Wars the Japanes are killing whales for human's to eat and some of the whales are on the endangerd list like the fin whale and no one is stoping them from killing the whales. But if a native American did the same thing they would have to pay a fine and do jail time but the Japanes have no punishment because they say it is for "science" even though its not. What is any one doing to stop the killing of whales? And why wount anyone staned up to the Japanes government for whaling in a sancuary?
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Inappropriate?Hi Sarah
Whales and dolphins (cetaceans) are a priority species for WWF and for many countries. The International Whaling Commision (IWC) is where countries from around the world have an opportunity to have their say with regards to whaling. WWF ensures that our voice is heard at the IWC meetings.
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/endan...
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/endan...
While specific killing of whales is still an issue an even bigger, but less well known, issue is that of bycatch. This is where ceteceans are killed by accident as a result of fishing for something. You may have heard of the phrase "dolphin-friendly tuna" which implies that the tuna has been caught in such a way that dolphins haven't been inadvertently caught as well. For some populations of whales, bycatch has replaced whaling as the biggest reason for whale death.
Read through the information and click on the links in the following webpage to get a really good feel for what WWF is doing for whales not just in regards to whaling but also bycatch and climate change.
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/endan...
As for what WWF thinks of "scientific" whaling have a read through our position paper on just this topic.
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wwf...
Hope that this gives you some good reading material and a way of understanding how far the issue of whaling has come with regards to the IWC but how much further it still has to go.
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