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Anti-Whaling Group Using Drones To Find Whalers
FatLittleMonkey writes "Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is using aerial drones to find and track factory ships used by Japanese whalers. The group claims the tactic shortened the Japanese whaling season last year by a month, saving 200 whales, and this year they've spotted the factory ship even earlier."
Anti-whalers, PETA and for example those who oppose nuclear power aren't usually known to be all that wise. For example with the latter group they don't get that nuclear power is actually good for them because it's the least polluting energy source there is. But they cannot comprehend that and probably want us to have no energy at all. Same goes for anti-whalers and PETA. They just think killing animals is somehow bad, and don't look into matters past that.
Don't the Japanese have problems getting rid of all the meat they harvest? From what I've read there isn't much of a market for it, so they have to give it away to schools which can force their pupils to eat it.
Scientist my ass. They are fishermen. There is no research going on. The Japanese believe that eating whale meat will give you a big dick. This is enshrined into Japanese folklore. Apparently the Japanese have always had a problem with penis size. Killing these animals over stupid superstition then lying that you are killing them for research is pathetically slimy.