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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: GovernmentIsTheProblem
Ouch... that’s mean...
to your fellow freepers.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:41:44 AM PST
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“But environmentalists are saddened”
But I am saddened by anyone who claims to be an environmentalist and preaches global warming as a human cause when it is normal earth cycle. And like the cycle goes the ice will return.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:41:53 AM PST
by
YOUGOTIT
(The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I did read some pet advice book that claimed that dressing a cat up like this is too "stressful." Yeah -- cats in these stupid outfits always have an expression like they're biding their time and plotting revenge....
63
posted on
12/18/2007 11:42:01 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: GovernmentShrinker
imagine how angry Whiplash the Cowboy monkey must make them.
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:46:09 AM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(I think I'll buy everyone a carbon credit for Christmas.)
To: MediaMole
Back when snail darters were in the news and a dam was held up, I wanted to write a book named “The Endangered Species Cook Book”.
65
posted on
12/18/2007 11:48:45 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
66
posted on
12/18/2007 11:48:46 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: Larry Lucido
67
posted on
12/18/2007 11:50:17 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: steve-b
Are you trying to scare Jimmah Carter?
68
posted on
12/18/2007 11:53:29 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Watch out for the Killer Cabbit!
69
posted on
12/18/2007 11:57:16 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I can just see the Dolphin with its therapist now: “Because Dolphins are what? More silly? Wait a sec, it’s my mother calling, I’ll put it on speaker.”
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posted on
12/18/2007 11:59:56 AM PST
by
joebuck
To: digger48
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posted on
12/18/2007 12:01:54 PM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: YOUGOTIT
Such “environmentalists” won’t be cheered until all humans are killed off so they can’t destroy the earth anymore.
You wonder what great traumas and humiliations their “enlightened” parents subjected them to make them grow up with such loathing and hatred for themselves and fellow human beings — to project only evil and exploitation in everything they see.
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posted on
12/18/2007 12:08:45 PM PST
by
MikeHu
To: Brilliant
Yeah... How do the handlers know that the whales arent offended by being associated with a Christian holiday? I don't understand why they don't just ask the whales. These creatures are so smart, aren't they?
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posted on
12/18/2007 12:14:00 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
At least the Hindus only see cows as sacred...
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posted on
12/18/2007 12:22:47 PM PST
by
sourcery
(If Hillary is the next President, she may also be the last.)
To: SIDENET
Are they “deeply saddened”? Cuz if they ain’t then they should just STFU.
75
posted on
12/18/2007 1:15:53 PM PST
by
Rick.Donaldson
(http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
Good think you guys don’t take in whales...
76
posted on
12/18/2007 1:17:35 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
( It's okay to tell me "Merry Christmas")
To: Corin Stormhands
LOL - Indeed...
No one has dignity around here :~)
To: pierrem15
The anthropomorphism of the "animal rights" kooks is astounding.A true lasting legacy of Disney.
78
posted on
12/18/2007 2:22:10 PM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: Jeff Chandler
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Jersey Republican Biker Chick wrote:
PETA is gonna hunt you for that comment.....
LOL..PETA & hunt in the same sentence..who would of thunk...Good use of the vernacular there!!
80
posted on
12/18/2007 5:36:54 PM PST
by
skully
(Middle Class: Too poor to afford Liberalism, Too rich to benefit from it)
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