일본은 임신한 고래도 죽인다고 한다. 왜?
(CNN)More than 120 pregnant whales were killed during Japan's annual hunt last summer, a report has revealed, prompting outrage among conservationists.
Figures show that 128 of the 333 minke whales caught during the 12-week expedition in the Southern Ocean were female. 122 of them were pregnant.
The figures were published in a technical report submitted to the International Whaling Commission and prepared by representatives of the Institute of Cetacean Research, an agency linked to Japan's fisheries ministry.
Conservationists greeted the report's findings with fury, calling the statistics "shocking" and condemning the slaughter as "abhorrent."
"It is further demonstration, if needed, of the truly gruesome and unnecessary nature of whaling operations, especially when non-lethal surveys have been shown to be sufficient for scientific needs," Alexia Wellbelove, Senior Program Manager at Humane Society International, said in a statement.
국제 동물단체 휴먼 소사이어티 인터내셔널 보고에 따르면 2017년부터 2018년 초 기간동안 일본은 333마리의 검은 밍크 고래를 포획했고, 이중에는 임신한 개체도 122마리나 포함 됐다고 한다. 미국 CNN은 조사개체수가 정말 충격적이고 고래 살해는 잔인하다고 한다. 일본은 상업포경 일시 정지에 합의했지만, 과학연구를 위해 고래 포경을 한다는 주장을 핑계로 삼고있다고 비판했다.
고래들은 연구가 끝나면 식용으로 팔려가고 있다. 또한 그렇게 많은 임신한 고래도 연구가 필요한가? 그래서 일본의 포경은 조사의 목적이 아니라 상업적인 이유라고 지속적인 비판을 받고 있다.
Japan has previously justified its whaling on an exemption in international law which allows the animals to be killed for scientific purposes, but Australia won a 2014 case at the International Court of Justice which ruled against the Japanese program in the Southern Ocean.
After the ruling however, Japan announced new research program, under which it would kill up to 333 Antarctic minke whales each year. The country's fisheries ministry said the program is necessary to study the best methods of managing minke populations.
"The continued killing of any whales is abhorrent to modern society, but these new figures make it even more shocking. We look forward to Australia and other pro-conservation countries sending the strongest possible message to Japan that it should stop its lethal whaling programs," said Wellbelove.
📚 Reference
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/asia/japan-whales-intl/index.html
(CNN)More than 120 pregnant whales were killed during Japan's annual hunt last summer, a report has revealed, prompting outrage among conservationists.
Figures show that 128 of the 333 minke whales caught during the 12-week expedition in the Southern Ocean were female. 122 of them were pregnant.
The figures were published in a technical report submitted to the International Whaling Commission and prepared by representatives of the Institute of Cetacean Research, an agency linked to Japan's fisheries ministry.
Conservationists greeted the report's findings with fury, calling the statistics "shocking" and condemning the slaughter as "abhorrent."
"It is further demonstration, if needed, of the truly gruesome and unnecessary nature of whaling operations, especially when non-lethal surveys have been shown to be sufficient for scientific needs," Alexia Wellbelove, Senior Program Manager at Humane Society International, said in a statement.
국제 동물단체 휴먼 소사이어티 인터내셔널 보고에 따르면 2017년부터 2018년 초 기간동안 일본은 333마리의 검은 밍크 고래를 포획했고, 이중에는 임신한 개체도 122마리나 포함 됐다고 한다. 미국 CNN은 조사개체수가 정말 충격적이고 고래 살해는 잔인하다고 한다. 일본은 상업포경 일시 정지에 합의했지만, 과학연구를 위해 고래 포경을 한다는 주장을 핑계로 삼고있다고 비판했다.
고래들은 연구가 끝나면 식용으로 팔려가고 있다. 또한 그렇게 많은 임신한 고래도 연구가 필요한가? 그래서 일본의 포경은 조사의 목적이 아니라 상업적인 이유라고 지속적인 비판을 받고 있다.
📷CNN
A minke whale is suspended above a hunting vessel in Kushiro, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, September, 2013.
Japan has previously justified its whaling on an exemption in international law which allows the animals to be killed for scientific purposes, but Australia won a 2014 case at the International Court of Justice which ruled against the Japanese program in the Southern Ocean.
After the ruling however, Japan announced new research program, under which it would kill up to 333 Antarctic minke whales each year. The country's fisheries ministry said the program is necessary to study the best methods of managing minke populations.
"The continued killing of any whales is abhorrent to modern society, but these new figures make it even more shocking. We look forward to Australia and other pro-conservation countries sending the strongest possible message to Japan that it should stop its lethal whaling programs," said Wellbelove.
📚 Reference
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/asia/japan-whales-intl/index.html
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