Editorial: A pointless and cruel slaughter

While I agree that #2 sounds looney (maybe they didn't re-read it before they sent it...) I do have to agree with some of what they say. We are shockingly un-green in NZ. I don't agree with slaughtering endangered animals in any way. But as Looney points out - what is endangered? And when they referred to the eels - not only are kiwi's eating them but we are polluting their water-ways and they are suffocating in their homes. There are a huge number of ways that Kiwi's need to 'pull their socks up' and pointing the finger at others makes us appear ignorant, arrogant and stupid

I have never heard such drivel from Whale lover Kiwi in Japan, must be a lunatic not to see lovely green and beautiful NZ, nothing grey about this country, a wonderful place, perhaps why whales love the southern waters near to NZ. Very conservation minded people, and I welcome the NZ's stance on protecting whaling. Long overdue mind you, but very welcome that they are going to be patrolling the area to keep an eye on the Japanese whaling fleet in an endeavour to stop this cruel and senseless killing. It does damage Japan's reputation. Let us hope that the Aussies rethink their strategy as well.

Many many of us in the UK watch helplessly as these fine creatures are slaughtered for the Japanese dinner tables. An absolutely despicable trade , with complete disregard for the opinions of the rest of the world.

And thank you to the Dominion Post for not being afraid to give their point of view; it helps the cause dramatically for the conservation of these great creatures.

Meanwhile there's market enough for whale in Japan that they've reopened international trade in the meat with Iceland and Norway.

That Japanese chap who thinks it's going to disappear in a couple of years must have spent more time getting beaten up overseas by anti-whaling nutters than he has spent in his own country.

The Whaling Silly Season begins again

Another media Barrage of Green mumble jumble propagating emotive myths about Whaling.???Not even the Chinese media produces such one eyed reports and certainly has less ??????non truths???(what do you call them these days?)

I buy whale meat literally in contempt of the lies and poor ethics of the Hypocritical media and numb minded illogical pawns of the enviro-lies there in NZ.

Grow up!! For Truths Sake!!

Aussie and New Zealand with some of the Hugest responsibility for raping this resource with their hypocritical about face, mock countries that on their whaling watch have overseen the replenishment of stocks to levels only seen in the earlier years of NZ and Aussies Ra-pe of the resource.

Shame on NZ and such emotive puppy dogs. The Whales they hunt are NOT endangered and as a species use more fisheries than the entire worlds fishing fleet annually. It is an operation in environmental sustainability as much as anything to keep this species in check.

Sea Shepherd still have not explained the fire that Killed the Japanese Sailor yet..... those Blood-y minded fanatics.

Mmmm No ethics, science, or sense; just emotive enviro babble that so often is against nature in fact.

Enjoy your Eels and Puha. Did you know eels that only breed when they are up to 100 years old are at risk of extinction in NZ? And Kiwis and and and

Clean up your own back Yard! Japan's environmental record is a marvel per head of population. It is a country greener and more environmentally friendly than NZ by a hundred country miles with an almost identical carbon foot print while NZ gets its car fleet from there reducing its own carbon at the cost of Japans levels. There is Far Far Far more bush land in Japan than NZ in total (about double NZ) and by % of land (about 75%) and per head of population of course (60 x NZ per head in Japan).

Dirty Grey NZ should learn a few lessons from Truly Clean Green Japan.

By the Way, you really ought to re ignite the Kiwi Taste buds to Whale. It is delicious. And means only a single animal suffers to provide meat that normally a thousand animals suffer to feed Emotional Kiwi Enviro- Lies. It would also make tourism Sky Rocket ??????eat pure southern seas delicacies and protect the seas fisheries??? or ???Whale hunt and riding excursions???. This Traditional Maori resource could be harvested to benefit people and the oceans again. Japan is running low on Whale and had to import from Iceland where whale meat is still plentiful. Too bad! :-(

But at about NZ$1.50 a tiny tin it is worth it to save other fisheries.

I have no problems with the concept of killing whales for meat any more than I have cows or sheep.

We don't need to eat them any more than Japan has to eat whales.

that Japan has to wriggle through loopholes in international agreements to "justify" its whaling is silly of course - but then so are the agreements - they were supposed to be about conserving whale stocks - and once stocks were sufficently recovered whaling should have been allowed to restart.

Minke whales are not endangered by anyones definition - and using the agreements to beat Japan long after the agreements have become irrelevant (in this particular case) does us no favours either.