Comments on: Study uncovers troubling sources of Japanese whale meat http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/07/02/study-uncovers-troubling-sources-of-japanese-whale-meat/ Environmental reporter Christopher Dunagan discusses the challenges of protecting Puget Sound and all things water-related. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hart Ryan Noecker http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/07/02/study-uncovers-troubling-sources-of-japanese-whale-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-13178 Hart Ryan Noecker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:21:46 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/?p=2904#comment-13178 The Japanese poachers are lucky they aren't slaughtering in Africa, or they would be shot dead on sight. The Japanese poachers are lucky they aren’t slaughtering in Africa, or they would be shot dead on sight.

]]> By: Marilyn Hoban http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/07/02/study-uncovers-troubling-sources-of-japanese-whale-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-13013 Marilyn Hoban Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:54:12 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/?p=2904#comment-13013 One way in which we come to understand the processes of nature is through the study of science. Human curiosity sparks this desire to understand the world around us. We now know that whales are mammals who live in familial pods, sometimes groups of pods, and they traverse thousands of oceanic miles in order to sustain their lives. They talk to each other, they sing, they are curious about the humans who observe them. They have large brains and are extremely intelligent. They are large mammals, and it takes plenty of time and work to kill them while they experience fear and physical suffering. What we didn't know and understand in the past should not prevent us from seeing whales as we understand them today, seeing them with our eyes and intellects wide open, such a beautiful, awe-inspiring, intelligent force of nature. A shift of paradigm to appreciate whales for all that we know about them and a desire to learn more about them will serve humanity and the whales more deeply than regarding them as creatures to be slaughtered for food we don't need. One way in which we come to understand the processes of nature is through the study of science. Human curiosity sparks this desire to understand the world around us. We now know that whales are mammals who live in familial pods, sometimes groups of pods, and they traverse thousands of oceanic miles in order to sustain their lives. They talk to each other, they sing, they are curious about the humans who observe them. They have large brains and are extremely intelligent. They are large mammals, and it takes plenty of time and work to kill them while they experience fear and physical suffering.

What we didn’t know and understand in the past should not prevent us from seeing whales as we understand them today, seeing them with our eyes and intellects wide open, such a beautiful, awe-inspiring, intelligent force of nature. A shift of paradigm to appreciate whales for all that we know about them and a desire to learn more about them will serve humanity and the whales more deeply than regarding them as creatures to be slaughtered for food we don’t need.

]]> By: Mother Earth http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/07/02/study-uncovers-troubling-sources-of-japanese-whale-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-12978 Mother Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:28:06 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/?p=2904#comment-12978 Why can't the Japanese just eat cow like the rest of us? They just really need to do what we tell them and everything will be alright! Why can’t the Japanese just eat cow like the rest of us? They just really need to do what we tell them and everything will be alright!

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