Barnaby Drake
Whales, Whales, oh but my heart is with Whales.
As long as the sea, thy bounty shall be!
To sing the praises of these mighty creatures,
The Welsh use a harp, the Japanese, a harpoon!
The world need whales more than the Japanese need whale meat. As a tourist attraction alone, around the world they generate an enormous income for many countries. The ‘scientific’ loophole they use should be deleted from the treaty altogether. Australia does genuine research, and it is not by autopsy. In all this so called ‘research’, the whales benefit not at all. They are already endangered, and it appears the Japanese ‘research’ will not be complete until they are extinct.
They are ‘fishing’ (these are mammals, not fish) in an international conservation area which is in Australian territorial waters. Why is it left to a few unarmed protestors in small boats to tackle this problem. They are pirates and plundering our oceans, and yet the government sits back and allows it to happen. Why are they so gutless?
They are probable scared of the trade implications. Maybe they won’t buy our woodchips, possibly?
Well, there is something everybody can do about it, and I shall lead the way.
My next car will NOT be Japanese!
