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Which kind of crueltyto animals would youlike to see erased and

why?

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Why people kill whales?Early Years ( Greenland, Iceland )

•

Meat, Blubber• Liht La!ps, "ools, #leds

$ow(%nited #tates, Great Britain, Ger!any,

 &apan, $orway)•

'etroleu!• il ( La!ps, andle Wa*, Marerine,

os!etics, 'er+u!es, eterents, -ita!ins )

• Meat

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Types of Cruelty

to Whales

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• .arpoon (e*plosi/e andnon 0 e*plosi/e)

• 1i2e Bullets• Grenade•

#urround the! with boatsand dri/in the! towardland

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 e*haustion be+ore they are harpooned3

• E*plodin harpoons are o+ten not +atal,and so!e whales are harpooned !ultiple

ti!es be+ore they die3

• Wounded, harpooned whales are draedto whalin /essels, where they !ay be

speared with !ore harpoons or shot withhih4powered ri2es3 Whales which areharpooned near the tail and thenwinched in ali/e to the bow o+ the

catcher ship e/entually die o+ su5ocationas their heads are +orced underwater3

• Because whales are able to slow theirbreathin and heart rate, !any thatappear dead or unconscious are probably

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W.Y M%#" WE#"' W.6LE

.%$"I$G?

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7#ince 899:, Iceland has killed 8;9

endanered whales3 In the last twoyears alone, it has e*ported !illionso+ dollars worth o+ !eat, blubber and

oil to &apan, $orway, Lat/ia andBelarus3 Iceland has not only 2outedban on whalin, it has depleted whale

population at an alar!in rate3 It

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$ot killed in a hu!ane way

4 Whales are o+ten attacked by arenade harpoon which !ade itsdeath lon, slow and pain+ul3

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Whalin !eat de!andsinclined

4 #ubstantial o/ern!ent

+undin helps to keep it oinin !any places, but what

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>illin whales lead to an

increase in e*tinction species

4 #ince their nu!bers are atstake, we !ay cause the +utureeneration to only see whales

on pictures and books insteado+ in real li+e3

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ood chain @ +ood web will bea5ected

4 6s we know, each oranis! ha/e

their own niche in the ecosyste!3estruction o+ the +ood chain@ +oodweb indicates than the niche o+

the destructed species will be lostand cause har!+ul e5ects to thewhole ecosyste!3

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It is illeal

-Whalin was banned in A;:- or e*a!pleC Minke whale- "he whalers called it researchbut in reality we do not needthousand tonnes o+ whale !eat

to study types o+ whales- It is ob/iously co!!ercialkillin

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Breach o+ ani!al rihts

6ustralian Whale #anctuary

or e*a!ple C ; ebruary 89AD, one o+

the three harpoon ships o+ the &apanesewhalin 2eet entered this sanctuary

 &apan