[monday]

"They have no business in our Southern oceans, which are whale sanctuaries."

Nonsense. Japan hunts mostly Minck whales which multiply like cockroaches and ruin fisheries all over the world. There are hundreds of thousands of them and they are in no way endangered. Indeed just the opposite is true.

They, along with over fishing, are endangering fish populations. Japan and other countries need to hunt many more Minck whales in order to bring their population under control.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Nonsense. Japan hunts mostly Minck whales which multiply like cockroaches and ruin fisheries all over the world. There are hundreds of thousands of them and they are in no way endangered. Indeed just the opposite is true.

That's "Mincke" whales. And no, Japan is not just "researching" this breed. They are quite happy to eat other types of whales, in the name of research.

Anyrate, they have no business hunting in a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific. Full stop.