Posts Tagged ‘Japanese whaling’
Automated cruelty – vending machines in Japan now dispense dead whale
In an effort to prop up the cruel and declining whale hunting industry in Japan, one company is desperately attempting to increased consumption of whale meat by selling it via vending machines. Kyodo Senpaku Co., a Tokyo-based major whaling operator, is opening four unmanned Kujira (whale) vending machine stores selling whale meat and processed whale…
Read MoreWhale meat fetches record high at Japan auction
Sei whale meat is being sold at a record high in Japan according media reports there. Ironically, whilst delegates from around the world at COP27 discuss ways to tackle climate change, tail meat from one of our biggest ocean allies in the fight against climate breakdown (whales) is fetching 500,000 yen (about $3,600) per kilo…
Read MoreJapan begins commercial whaling season
Japanese whalers have left port to begin this year’s annual hunt for whales and could kill up to 150 Bryde’s whales and 25 sei whales by the time the season finishes in mid-November. This year’s hunt is scheduled to begin on 13th of June with the whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 and its mother ship…
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Grace the sei whale is dead – it’s time to stop killing whales
Imagine … a whale. A sei whale, her body something between blue and steely grey. Along her head, a single ridge runs from the tip of her nose to two blowholes and set high on her back is a sickle-shaped dorsal fin. At 15 metres and 29 tons, she eclipses her male counterparts in size.…
Read MoreCuts in government funds to hit Japanese whale hunt industry
Reports in Japan suggest the whaling industry there is facing increasing challenges just a few years after the country withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC – the global body that regulates whaling) and resumed hunting whales for commercial profit. Previously, Japan had slaughtered whales under the guise of ‘research’, even though next to nothing…
Read MoreJapanese 2021 whale hunt numbers announced
The Japanese government has released quota numbers for its 2021 whale hunting season. The number of whales it has set for slaughter will total 383, which is broken down into 171 minke whales, 187 Bryde’s whales and 25 Sei Whales. The hunts continue despite the falling demand for meat in the country. Japan’s Diet (parliament)…
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