Japanese dolphin slaughter
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randlemanboater
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I was reading about that somewhere recently, even though the mercury level in the dolphins are many times higher than what you should be consuming, they are still killing em and serving them to the kids for lunch at school.
Pipe_Dream
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We had company in town this past weekend, so I didn't go online at all, and didn't see your posts. BTW, we took said company out on the PD and floated for an hour watching dolphin play and hunt all around our boat. I kept coming back in my mind to these videos and just couldn't get over the contrast.
Yes, we do slaughter cows, pigs, chickens, etc. We hunt deer, too, and catch fish. All to put food on the table, which is what the Japanese fishermen say they are doing. And while I don't like the idea of killing and eating dolphin, I can't say that they don't have the right to do so.
But, do we corral cows and calfs, corner them and repeatedly stab them letting them run around and bleed to death? And would anyone argue to me that cows are as intelligent as dolphin? As much as I hate to join up with any environmental group (I think many of them are nuts), I'd gladly step up and do something if I thought it would stop this dolphin slaughter.
Yes, we do slaughter cows, pigs, chickens, etc. We hunt deer, too, and catch fish. All to put food on the table, which is what the Japanese fishermen say they are doing. And while I don't like the idea of killing and eating dolphin, I can't say that they don't have the right to do so.
But, do we corral cows and calfs, corner them and repeatedly stab them letting them run around and bleed to death? And would anyone argue to me that cows are as intelligent as dolphin? As much as I hate to join up with any environmental group (I think many of them are nuts), I'd gladly step up and do something if I thought it would stop this dolphin slaughter.
No it doesn't seem right but alot of things we humans do don't seem right.
Pipe_Dream
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Very true.Blue_Runner said:
Stinky_Hooker
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We had this same discussion a couple years back on another board when a "slaughter" video was getting alot of airtime on the net.
It was bloody and difficult to watch for me, but the more I thought about it and the more we all discussed it it became less so. Those people view dolphins as a major food source and its no different than a tuna roundup or the like to them. Sure I may not agree with high levels or mercury being given to chirldren, but thats another arguement. If you just looks at the facts it is no different than us butchering a cow. I would also be willing to bet that very little of the dolphin is wasted as well because they find a way to cook EVERYTHING.
It may be hard for us to smallow, but thats the way of life over there and they are just doing what they know.
Now, pass me some Flipper almondine. ;D
It was bloody and difficult to watch for me, but the more I thought about it and the more we all discussed it it became less so. Those people view dolphins as a major food source and its no different than a tuna roundup or the like to them. Sure I may not agree with high levels or mercury being given to chirldren, but thats another arguement. If you just looks at the facts it is no different than us butchering a cow. I would also be willing to bet that very little of the dolphin is wasted as well because they find a way to cook EVERYTHING.
It may be hard for us to smallow, but thats the way of life over there and they are just doing what they know.
Now, pass me some Flipper almondine. ;D
Stinky - same here. Shock in the beginning but then after some deep thinking I came to the same conclusion.
What about our animal shelters where we kill "man's best friend" day in and day out? None of that gets eaten. This will probably come off as extremely horrific, disgusting and insensitive but, think of all of the 3rd world countries you could feed with our unwanted pets.
I'm willing to bet my Hershy girl is smarter than some dumb ol dolphin any day.
What about our animal shelters where we kill "man's best friend" day in and day out? None of that gets eaten. This will probably come off as extremely horrific, disgusting and insensitive but, think of all of the 3rd world countries you could feed with our unwanted pets.
I'm willing to bet my Hershy girl is smarter than some dumb ol dolphin any day.
THEFERMANATOR
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I really don't have much of a problem with this myself. I've seen them in the wild, and know that dolphin's are not the creatures that TV has taught us they are. It doesn't meen we should be wholesale slaughtering them, but it is accepted over there for this to happen. Dolphin's are a natural hunter, very much like a shark. After losing more than my fair share of my catch to dolphins while fishing, I lost that TV image that HOLLYWIERD has made for them. And after almost losing my hand to one, that didn't help. ATILLA the killer dolphin in SARASOTA almost got me one day. I stopped to clean somethin off my hands and he came up barely missed my hand, other's weren't as fortunate.
Pipe_Dream
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Except for the method of the butchering and the intelligence level of a dolphin vs a cow. And as for the waste issue, I don't know but aren't these the same people who "fin" a shark and throw the shark back to die, for the sake of what they believe is an aphrodisiac?Stinky_Hooker said:
Again, I'm not happy with unwanted domestic animals (who are thoughtlessly bred and disgarded by freaking idiots every day) being euthanized, but imagine, since you brought it up, if they rounded up a few hundred dogs and puppies into a room and then chased them around the room stabbing them repeatedly until they collapsed and bled to death.Blue_Runner said:
Not if you mean "Flipper." But scientists have been studying them for a long time, and there is no debating that they are one of, if not the most, intelligent animals in the wild. The Navy trains them, much as one would a dog, to do intricate and sometimes dangerous tasks that otherwise a diver would have to do.THEFERMANATOR said:
Perhaps we'll have to agree to disagree on this. I just have to believe that there's a better way.
parishht
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OK, here we go.
What about pigs, we all eat pork.
Pigs are used for medical research because their systems closely relate to humans.
Pigs have been studied as well and it turns out that they
are extremely smart animals.
Now let's send the puppies to Korea,
those puppies you see in boxes are not for sale as pets.
They are kept behind the house and fed all the scraps then one day
someone says what happened to the dog?
answer:
you mean the one with nice juicey hind leg?
What about pigs, we all eat pork.
Pigs are used for medical research because their systems closely relate to humans.
Pigs have been studied as well and it turns out that they
are extremely smart animals.
Now let's send the puppies to Korea,
those puppies you see in boxes are not for sale as pets.
They are kept behind the house and fed all the scraps then one day
someone says what happened to the dog?
answer:
you mean the one with nice juicey hind leg?
Personally I feel sorry for any animal that is killed in any way shape or form. To the contrary I eat meat and fish as well as hunt deer. I guess I'm a hipocrit. I actually do not enjoy watching a deer die, or a fish die on the deck. But I think the fact that deer NEED to be hunted to be kept in control, and that meat and fish are SO tasty allow me to do it anyway.