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Hi, my name is Veronica. :vsign:
I´m looking for a few people (1-3) japanase people who are so kind and truthful to answer me on some questions. :o
The questions are about whales in Japan. I´m doing a yearwork on this theme. And in this yearwork I would like to give in some interview.. :p
If there is someone who would be so nice, and glad to do it, it will be very pleasure for me.:rheart:

Thanks a lot.

Veronica
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Is this about whales or whaling?

I envision a lack of tact...

Somewhat based on the spam request.

it's okay to admire and okay to eat.

It´s focused on killing whales by Japanese people by the Antarctica..

I see. Do you not kill animals for food in your country?

actually yes, but we don´t say that we hunt animal for science research. And it´s also by IWC prohibited. They can be hunted only for science researches...

Not endangered ones . . .

I don't want to be rude but that's not entirely true...unfortunately...
For example north Italian people love to eat rare sing-birds, almost extincted them in their homeland so they come/go to other counties to hunt (every year they hunt hundreds of these little things down just in my country- illegally of course)... no comment...
And don't forget that hunting for fur or other selfish reasons still count - like your national sport: hunting (endangered) red-foxes...

actually we are not allowed to hunt foxes any more, and they weren't hunted for their pelt-- they can be a real nuisance to farm stock among other things-- just rip the heads from chickens and kill lambs.

Now foxes are becoming too numerous in urban areas. If there were cases of rabies-- foxes would quickly spread the disease.

I dislike animal fur being used for clothes totally.

I have heard about this killing of song birds. no doubt all countries treat many creatures badly until they become extinct.


We have deliberate culls of deer to keep the population down or they would over run the land and there not be enough food for them.


I see that Japan wishes to have other whaling countries to join with them.


Not good news for whales.

Is this supposed to be unbiased research? It sounds like you have already come to your conclusions.

Sorry I did not know that...

I see, from 2004...

And the second statement seems to be pretty convenient, I think Japanese has their reasons too.

Really, I don't mean to be rude nor to defend whale-hunting but don't you think you're a bit one-sided?

of course it´s unbiased...
It´s only enviromental theme... Last year I wrote about oil disaster...
I only want to add here a few responses on this theme on 2 or 4 questions..

excuse me in what way?

I think that the Japanese who participates in this topic is few.
(My English is unskilled though I want to give in response to a question.)

I totally agree, the questions are for Japanese citizens, even though I have a few things to say about whaling, I think we should respect the thread poster and let her ask her questions. Whether or not she's being biased is what her professor/teacher will grade on.

HAH! Thanks for that. Best laugh I've had all day.

I think MMM was on the money. It really does seem like you have already made up your mind on which stance is best on the matter.

Cultural perspective is something so many people seem to think they are without, somehow.


Edit: I asked the japanese person next to me about this, this is the reply:
"え？ doesn't everyone kill whales?"

How come? What exactly did you find funny? :confused:

btw I answered dogsbody by pm...

I appreciate someone's set you straight already, I just found it hilarious as I LIVE within the jurisdiction of one of the oldest and largest hunt-groups in the UK and you were so, SO misinformed about hunting it just made me laugh.

The idea of anyone wearing fox fur is totally ridiculous. Even if fur WAS acceptable around here (and it is certainly not, you'd get abuse if you turned up in fur around here), you'd get laughed out of town for wearing vermin.

As for endangered, they're not even remotely threatened. Again, I've lived in an area where they are openly culled for over 15 years. Even when hunting was allowed (and i have to add, the majority of fox deaths are due to traffic accidents, not the hunt) we still had them regularly mating noisily on my lawn, eating my neighbour's rabbits and knocking the bins over. Still do, in fact.

And I'm pretty sure if you asked people what the 'National Sport' is, you'd hear 'rugby', 'football' or 'cricket' several hundred times before you heard 'hunting'.