The problem has even been found
with whale meat being sold to customers in an LA sushi restaurant.
Not exact matches
Hey Canada... what's
with all the references to
whale blubber, seal
meat, igloos and ice flows?
The FDA has recommended pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children avoid eating fish
with a high mercury content, such as shark, swordfish, tile fish, king mackerel, and
whale meat (McCance & Heuther, 2014, p 69).
For the foreseeable future, the battle over
whales will continue to play out
with unregulated hunts, dangerous zodiac chases, and freezers full of aging
whale meat.
After researchers take samples to determine the
whale's age, stomach contents, the amount of heavy metals accumulated in tissue, and other data, the
meat is sold
with proceeds subsidizing the
whaling expeditions.
«The reason
whale meat is so dark is that it's filled
with myoglobin that is capable of holding oxygen.
Racing Extinction starts off
with similar stealth tactics used in its predecessor, going undercover
with hidden cameras to expose a restaurant illegally serving
whale meat.
You work your butt off here — by the way, I'm giving you a bonus for the Japanese whaler account, good work, sales of
whale meat in Tokyo are up six percent — and then you go home and stay up all night blogging
with people who look like the Unabomber.
Sibes do not have the digestive system to cope
with cereal based foods as originally their main source of food was fish, seal -
meat and
whale blubber.
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Whale Wars
Although Iceland has a wide range of delicacies like fermented shark, sheep head,
whale meat and puffin, we decided to stick
with a safer choice — fish!
Make sure you leave time to take the ferry from Cape Jervis to Kangaroo Island, famed for its wine, wool,
meat and honey; enjoy at least one glass of Shiraz in the McLaren Vale Wine region, and try your chances
with spotting Southern Right
whales throughout the winter, the first arrivals beginning mid-May, and learning more about them at the SA
Whale Centre in Victor Harbour.
I'd like to add that the whalers are from highly industrialized countries whose populations have nothing to do
with the «hunt» but are buying
whale meat like any other fungible supermarket product.
Today's Week in Review has an article on
whaling in Japan that ends with, «Asking Japan to abandon this part of its culture,» the (Japan Whaling) association says, «would compare to Australians being asked to stop eating meat pies, Americans being asked to stop eating hamburgers and the English being asked to go without fish and chip.
whaling in Japan that ends
with, «Asking Japan to abandon this part of its culture,» the (Japan
Whaling) association says, «would compare to Australians being asked to stop eating meat pies, Americans being asked to stop eating hamburgers and the English being asked to go without fish and chip.
Whaling) association says, «would compare to Australians being asked to stop eating
meat pies, Americans being asked to stop eating hamburgers and the English being asked to go without fish and chip.»
Louis Psihoyos, the former National Geographic photographer who won an Oscar on Sunday for «The Cove,» his first documentary film, sat down for a conversation
with me at the Asia Society on Tuesday on various aspects of the ongoing slaughter of dolphins in Japan and his team's work exposing the serving of Sei
whale meat at The Hump, a sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif..
Double confession: I once ate dolphin
meat in a restaurant in Taiwan; again, just once, and I wanted to now what it tasted like, cooked
with ginger and spices and of course it was not legally on the menu, although the
whale meat in Tokyo was on the menu and payble in yen).
But how you defend the Japanese practice of hypocritically lying about their commercial
whaling operations to supply their restaurants
with whale and dolphin meat with their ridiculous Whale Research Program is unbeliev
whale and dolphin
meat with their ridiculous
Whale Research Program is unbeliev
Whale Research Program is unbelievable.
[UPDATE, 9/25: The final fin
whale tally for Iceland's 2009
whale hunt is up to 125,
with 1,500 tons of
meat processed.
One definition of chutzpah: The day after a team of activist filmmakers garner an Academy Award for «The Cove,» the documentary showing in wrenching detail the slaughter of hundreds of dolphins in a Japanese town, they disclose a sting operation they conducted
with law enforcement officials at one of the hottest sushi bars in Santa Monica, Calif. — in which they say they confirmed that Sei
whale meat was on the menu.
We urge Iceland to cease international trade of
whale meat and work
with the international community to safeguard
whale species,» said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
Humane Society International, an outspoken critic of the Japanese
whale hunt, issued the following statement through its president, Kitty Block: «My heart sinks each time the Japanese fleet returns to port
with these magnificent animals rendered into blocks of
meat pre-packed for the super-markets.
«Killing for Commerce,» released by the Environmental Investigation Agency, in conjunction
with Humane Society International and the Natural Resources Defense Council, details how the website Yahoo! Japan facilitates the sale of
meat and other products of endangered
whale in Japan.
EIA has joined
with partner conservation organizations to call on SPAR International to stop all sales and distribution of
whale meat.
The move came after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjunction
with Humane Society International (HSI), launched the report Blood e-Commerce on March 18 exposing Rakuten as the world's biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and
whale meat products, and the day after UN International Court of Justice ruled against Japan's fraudulent «scientific»
whaling in the Antarctic.
Directed by Louie Psihoyos, the film is a tense action - film - like documentary on the brutal killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, one of many areas of the country where dolphins and
whales are killed for their
meat, though some of the traumatized animals are hand - chosen to be hauled off to theme parks and swim -
with - the - dolphin programs across the globe.
More on
Whale Meat Greenpeace Blocks Ship Loaded
with Fin
Whale Meat Heading for Finland Greenwash Watch: «Eat
Whale and Save the Planet»
Activists have said in the past that some
whale meat sold in Japanese supermarkets may be contaminated
with hazardous levels of mercury, cancer - causing PCBs or heavy metals.
He says it is illegal for
whale meat to be transported through Chilean territorial waters and the Sea Shepherd has been in touch
with the Chilean Navy to keep them updated on the position of the Japanese factory ship.