Animal activists' anger after aquarium puts Santa hats on whales

The Daily Mail ^ | December 18, 2007 | Richard Shears

[Daffynition]

From the article:

"Yet while the white belugas are entertaining the crowds, their humpback cousins are facing a brutal end in cold storage at the hands of Japanese whalers in Antarctica.

Hunting ships are already on their way to the icy reaches of the Southern Ocean, where this year's catch of 1,000 will include humpbacks for the first time in 40 years.

Ironically, among the possible targets is another extremely rare, if not unique, white whale - a humpback - Australians have named Migaloo, which means 'white fella' in the Aborigine language."

While these captive belugas are *cute* in Santa hats, the Japanese are harvesting whales in record numbers. That fact, I don't find amusing. If you have ever been close to a beluga, you come to realize that they are among the most intelligent of critters. Sorry guys, I'm siding with the whales on this one ... I take my belugas very seriously.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I suppose putting tarter sauce on them would be frown upon as well, huh?

Since they are mammals, A-1 sauce would be better, IMHO.

[MortMan]

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[Badeye]

(chuckle)

To each their own.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Quite witty for a blonde chick, huh?

wink.