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Animal activists' anger after aquarium puts Santa hats on whales
The Daily Mail ^
| December 18, 2007
| Richard Shears
Posted on 12/18/2007 11:15:54 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
It's a scene that brings laughter and cheers from visitors to a Japanese aquarium - two white beluga whales wearing Santa hats.
But environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with harpoons.
The beluga whales have been fitted out with the cute Santa hats to entertain the crowds at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Yokohama Island.
There's even a chance to receive a wet kiss under the mistletoe from a yuletide beluga.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animalactivists; whales
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Ba-LOOOOO-ga!"
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:22:47 AM PST
by
digger48
To: rightwingintelligentsia; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; najida; ...
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:22:59 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
final humiliation for the whale No that would be if we put panties on their head.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They seem OK with it.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:23:41 AM PST
by
HoosierHawk
(“The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.”)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:23:43 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:23:57 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Politics: The art of convincing the populace that your delusions are superior to others.)
To: CrappieLuck
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:24:25 AM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: SIDENET
And how would a whale know it's being humiliated?
The anthropomorphism of the "animal rights" kooks is astounding.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:25:18 AM PST
by
pierrem15
(Charles Martel: past and future of France)
To: Revolting cat!
I am outraged by that undignified costume, and must insist that it be removed at once.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:25:27 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Sadly, the aquarium owners seem to be showing as little respect for whales as their Government." Putting a Santa hat on a whale is hardly comparable to harpooning it.
An Australian whale-watching official, Mr Peter Lynch, said the aquarium display was disrespectful to the whales, adding: "The real irony lies in the fact that the general population in Japan have no idea what's going on in Antarctica."
So SHOW them, moron, instead of whining about the innocuous Santa hats, which these well-fed, safely housed whales don't appear to mind a bit.
To: MediaMole
MMM...endangeringly delicious!
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:25:37 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: HoosierHawk
They are very cute, I think. If we humans can wear Santa hats without being humiliated (snicker) then what’s wrong with the whales wearing them?
PETA is so wacko.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:25:51 AM PST
by
hoe_cake
To: Larry Lucido
I’m a Marine, does that count?.............
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:26:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
This is a conspiracy, look at all of the crosses in the background of the photo
To: rightwingintelligentsia
What the well-dressed horse is wearing this time of year:
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:27:34 AM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Dis'is bullshiiit man... frikin' humans!"
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:27:39 AM PST
by
avacado
To: avacado
"I hera ya, man."
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:28:40 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
To: HoosierHawk
If they didn’t want the hat on their head, there’s no way they’d get it on their in the first place.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:29:11 AM PST
by
najida
(As God is my witness! The cockatoos ate my breakfast..)
To: HoosierHawk
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:31:09 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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