Navy should watch whalers, says Labour

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Labour is calling on the Government to send navy ships to the Southern Ocean to monitor Japanese whalers.
Labour is calling on the Government to send navy ships to the Southern Ocean to monitor Japanese whalers.

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15 Nov 2011 08:36p.m.

atrout wrote:

@ Melissa Grinter Have you never eaten a tuna sandwich? How about fish (rig) and chips? And why couldn't you farm Kiwi and go up against KFC? So by saying that the government must take political action against the whalers, do you mean that NZ Naval ships should go down South and become involved in the whaling protest? In what form - direct involvement or observer? Direct involvement would be illegal and dangerous. Observing would be useless, especially since the whaling passes for being legal and doesn't involve endangered species. Be a little more specific and tell us what our government should be doing.

10 Oct 2011 07:51p.m.

Melissa Grinter wrote:

Please. Come to your scenes. Whales are not a resource to be abused. Nor are Tuna. Nor are sharks. Nor are elephants. Nor are kiwi. However, they are abused and numbers of species continues to diminish. Please, if you see fit remind me, why is this alright? While not a vegan or a vegetarian, I believe that all animals have the right to dignity and respect. Hauling them up and killing them slowly does not achieve this. Many species of whales are in fact on the threatened and endangered list, so why do we as people only see fit to stop hunting a species when they get to this vital level? Are humans not theoretically meant to learn from our historical mistakes? From my understanding, whales, like sharks, are a delicacy. How is this an essential resource for humanities survival? While statements protestors self sacrifice seems irrational to me also, it seems to me that people view this as a time calling for desperate measures. New Zealanders live in a country which relies on our natural resources for survival; living, breathing and breeding whales are a large part of this. Without whales, and other threatened species within the oceanic the world, our very existence is threatened. Eco-systems rely on the survival and evolution of every species. Political action is a must from our government if we are to further protect another species from the threat of human greed.

10 Oct 2011 07:33p.m.

Davo wrote:

Well, hey, why not? That's all our navy is good for these days anyway.