Hello everybody! I am back to talk a little more about anti-whaling activists. The last week the blog’s topic was about the case of Tarah Miller, a member of the Sea Shepherd. She and her partners have been criticized for what they are doing, which is defending the whales that are victims of the cruel practice of whaling. In general, the anti-whaling movement has people who support it and people who reprobate it. This week I will leave it all aside and I will talk about the new voyage that the Sea Shepherds are about to take.
Their next stop is West India Quay in London for an anti-whaling trip in Antarctic. They decided to stop there before start their trip because of the support this conservation society receives from the British. They are going to be there for an awareness campaign where they are inviting people to go into their vessel and meet the Sea Shepherd members; the public will have the chance to board the Sea Shepherds ship, the “Steve Irwin”. According to an article from the Yellow Advertiser, the group is planning on letting people know about their work on protecting whales, so they can get more support from another places. I think this is a productive and creative way of spreading the word, even though they will keep on travelling around the world, risking their own lives. People must know about their objectives and the methods they use, which are considered as “aggressive non-violence” as the author Jenny Green says, which means that they only use these aggressive methods like throwing stink grenades. These bombs do not cause any damage; they just keep fishermen from doing their jobs because of the strong smell of the bombs. Unfortunately, the people who are against the anti-whaling movement are more concern about how the activists are just affecting the economy in countries where some of their primary industries need the whale’s meat and oil, like in Japan. But there is so much more than economy, because even when economy is vital to keep a society working, every human being depends from nature. This is why I think the Sea Shepherds campaign is so important.
Bibliography
Green, Jenny. Sea Shepherds cruise in to West India Quay. September 1st, 2011. September 1st, 2011 <http://www.yellowad.co.uk/news.cfm?id=32432&headline=Sea%20Shepherds%20cruise%20in%20to%20West%20India%20Quay>.
Hello Susy! I really love to read your blog! Seriously, it is really interesting all the things that I'm learning about the whaling! I love your subject like I said in the last post (: I’m totally agree with you, specially when you said that even when it Could affect the economy and that economy is really important for our society, the humans depend of the environment, I mean, without the resources that the environment provide us, there is not economy. All the industries can produce the products and services thanks to the environment. I think that when we destroy the nature, we are destroying our life or the life of our sons and we are committing a collective suicide.
ResponderEliminarIn my last post I said that the violence was not the solution, but now, I think that you are right, because some people just don’t understand what they are doing to the planet, they think that we are the owners of our planet but in reality, we are not, we live on the planet but all the living beings also live here and we need to stop acting like if we own the animals because we don’t
I really enjoy reading your topic because you are always writing about things that make me think about all the consequences of our acts and how we can stop it. I also think that it would be great if you could talk about whales, where they live and some interesting facts. I really want to know more about these interesting and beautiful animals.
Susy!!
ResponderEliminarI agree with you! The economic part issue might be relevant, but not as important as preserving wild life, specially whales. This big-headed colossus are such great animals and we have to keep them safe and avoid their hunting at all cost. Maybe the aggressive attacks are not the most polite action to take ... but the situation has turned extreme and you know, some extreme measures are needed.
Susy, you should really change your links color, that dark blue is almost invisible!!
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Danyel