Japan will now also hunt minke and humpback whales
Japanese whalers will now be allowed to hunt almost 900 minke whales annually in the IWC protected area of the Antarctic. After a two-year transition period, the catch quota for fin and humpback whales will be increased to 50 animals each. Both species are highly endangered. Japan justifies the increase in quotas with an alleged recovery of whale stocks.
How perverse does a society have to be when it subordinates nature to economic interests to such an extent that even endangered species are not spared. Our nature is irreplaceable - everything we destroy is gone. Never comes back. But who cares - if some idiots want to buy something, others want to make money from it. And they come up with the most absurd lies to justify it.
Even if there were a recovery of animal populations: the populations are so decimated that any recovery is urgently needed for the survival of the animals. Large whales have large territories and few calves - if the population becomes too low, the whales no longer find each other often enough for reproduction. Similar problems already exist today with blue whales.