Japan Whaling Fleet Returns from Antarctic Hunt with 333 Whales

gCaptain ^ | March 24, 2016

[artichokegrower]

Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Thursday from its Antarctic hunt after a year-long suspension with a take of more than 300 whales, including pregnant females.

[tumblindice]

Weren’t the LGTQ homos down there about that time planting the flag in Antarctica for lesbians everywhere?
Oh dear ...

[max americana]

“So what. Let them eat whales. We have bigger problems right now.”

Yup. Animals were meant to be hunted and eaten. Of course I’ll be waiting for those pansy ass freepers in the “oh no more killer whales at Seaworld? Yay! It’s mean! “ forums to retort..

[Slambat]

I think all this save the whales and the whales are endangered
is just a boat load of BS like everything thing else these
Greenpeace fools spew.

Great vid, Way to go Japs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3cfKnV8pg

[laplata]

I agree with you.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The article mentions Minke whales -- some whales species are badly depleted, but Minke whales, no matter what the exact estimate, are agreed to number at least 515,000, and possibly higher.

300 or so taken isn't going to break the bank. How many of the damn things do we need anyway?

[acw011]

“I’m no ecological nut-job, but this does bother me.”

Yeh, I agree -

I don’t think whales regenerate at that rate.. so it’s basically,, enjoy it while it lasts japs..

and they don’t really live in a “fishery” like say Tuna or Crab...

Heck I was surprised there were 333 Whales on the planet..

I’m a hunter and a fisher - you want to harvest something - be smart.. my 2 pennies.. never eaten a whale, not sure I ever would - but C’mon..

[Larry Lucido]

Where was Russel ("not even close") Dalrymple?

[Gasshog]

I only HAVE ONE THING to SAY about this horrible cruelity!!!!

Bon Appeteit

[dragonblustar]

Loved them!

[zencycler]

These were Minke Whales, the most abundant, estimated to have a global population of 800,000.

[dinodino]

Whales are intelligent and endangered and should be protected. I wish the Japanese whaling fleet could be converted to take mosquitos and wasps...

[digger48]

[sassy steel magnolia]

The Japanese are dying as a culture and as a race. They have absorbed too much of the West, have kept their inhumane practices regarding whales and sharks, and their youth are so caught up in fantasy lives that they are too weird to deal with reality. God help them to save themselves.God help us all, including the awesome creatures of the sea.

[acw011]

These were Minke Whales, the most abundant, estimated to have a global population of 800,000.

$$$$$$$$

Good to have info from folks that know..

I would guess the Japs respect the population for continuity?

Is there a fishery? ways to keep the population going? etc..

that’s the best way to shut down the eco Nazi’s..

[fortheDeclaration]

Agreed. <./P>

Leave the whales alone.

[MacMattico]

I agree with both of you, and I come from a long line of hunters. But not hunters of endangered or near endangered intelligent species. We use all we kill.

[proud American in Canada]

This is disgusting if true. Perhaps...tired after travel and visiting my elderly father... But one thing real evil does is make people have less time or energy to care about the desecration of God’s bounty ...generosity of His gifts and how best to balance them.

IMO...hunters are the best conservationists... Sometimes off kilter market forces ruin it.

When. My Quebec husband was a boy, his father caught Atlantic cod...so plentiful at the time.. Now, overfished.

[proud American in Canada]

AGREED!!

[LibWhacker]

I’ve got nothing good to say about people who eat horses, dogs, whales or dolphins.

[proud American in Canada]

Me too. We were given a gift and seem intent on squandering it.