I've been bombarded recently by Green Peace demanding America & Australia destroy it's nuclear stock piles.

Now that Green Peace are no longer chasing Whaling Ships anymore. I suggest they sail up to North Korean Waters. They should sail up & down their Coast with a big Banner calling for them to end Nuclear their Nuclear Arms race.

I'd like to see that. I might even be tempted to donate towards their campaign.

As always green acolytes have tin ears, a predilection for selectively accepted science and an Nazt like certainty in the righteousness of their self selected cause!

And it matters not what the rest of the world thinks or what is legal or where they tresspass! With them it's invariably our way or the highway. And in the process seem to manage to put the offended Japanese public offside?

Why?

Because not only do they fail to understand that in most Asian communities/culture, losing face can be worse than death!

And consequently, the money they threw at their illegal piracy on the high seas campaign, would have been better spent, extolling the virtues of Wagyu beef to the Japanese consumer.

Accompanied by a background of systematically clubbed to death, helpless baby seals!

While the voice over narration/fireside chat, explains much more plentiful, less expensive, tastier, homegrown wagyu was. Than any endangered wild species, who just happen to also be part of the bovine family.

As were the very nearly extinguished American native buffalo! Very nearly hunted to extinction!

There is a time for in your face, immovable resolve/bellicose belligerent bombastic bullying and another for diplomacy and a traditional cup of tea!

While most green acolytes can and do take considerable comfort in the fact, they're always right!

Sometimes it's difficult to see the forest for the trees!
Alan B.

Remember that there is the order of about 80 species of whales. In the past, apparently some of these were hunted close to extinction and should be fully protected. Note that the Japanese whalers in recent years have been taking mainly minke whales which are plentiful and a few of other species that are certainly not endangered. Almost certainly well within a sustainable harvesting level. What often happens is when some of a population is removed, it leaves more food and a better environment for the remainder, which then breed and grow faster. Reducing the number of minke whales probably improves the environment for some other species, including ones that have been endangered.

Seems to me that the anti whaling activists nowadays are becoming like anti kangaroo harvesting activists in Australia. Not much of it compared to in the past- eg 40 years ago. . Note that most commercial kangaroo shooting involves only three of the many species, which at times breed up to plague proportions. Commercial harvesting is well regulated. In some ways is self regulating. When the number in a area is reduced, often the time and vehicle mileage involved per roo collected becomes too high for the financial return from them so there is less or no shooting until the population recovers. I expect the same principle would apply to fishing and whaling operations. For cost recovery, minimum levels of catches would be necessary to cover many of the operational costs involved.

In the process of harvesting whales, the Japanese have obviously long been collecting and analysing data on their populations. Seems unlikely whales will ever be over harvested in a big way again. Meanwhile, the likes of Sea Shepherd, who have been in some ways acting like thugs and criminals including breaking laws of the sea to pursue a cause which is increasingly recognised as not justified are receiving less support.

What utter garbage.

What you should be saying is how dreadful it is for a bunch of con men to exploit the fool bleeding hearts in the world with their stupid & dangerous antics in the southern ocean, to get the damn fools to denote millions to their organisation, to fund their playing with boats. All this so people like those in organisations like Sea Shepherd can avoid doing anything useful with their time or lives, like get a real job.

They should all have been locked up for their stupid behaviour endangering lives at sea.

White rhino won't die out , there are 2 healthy (sort of) still kicking. Elephants , tigers, cheetahs are on your TV , no worries.
"The FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2004 report estimates of the main fish stocks., "approximately one-quarter were overexploited,". According to Oceana, the global fishing fleet is currently up to 250 percent larger than it needs to be to catch what the oceans can sustainably produce."
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No Australian animals are in danger, but, kids can see them anytime.

//who exactly is guilty of using poor strategy?//

The French.