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10/02/2006
WDCS claims whales being made into 'dog food'
A conservation group has claimed that whale meat produced in Japan’s scientific whaling programme is being turned into dog food.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society says that Japan’s stockpile of whale meat has doubled in the past decade as a result of more and more animals being killed each year.
The conservation group say that selling the surplus meat as dog food is the latest attempt by Japan to stimulate the market and shift the hundreds of tonnes of whale meat.
While Japan has already attempted to sell the meat by subsidising sales to schools, the price of whale produce has continued to fall and the meat is now being turned into dog food.
Mark Simmonds, Director of Science at WDCS, said: “Whaling is a cruel activity and the fact that Japan is killing these amazing animals to produce dog food is shocking. We have heard many arguments from Japan over the years about why whaling is necessary to them but they have never stated that they needed to kill whales to feed their dogs!”
WDCS claim that despite huge stockpiles of whale meat, this year Japan will double its hunt of minke whales in Antarctica, and plans to add humpback whales and fin whales to its catch.
One website sells whale meat for pets and claims the products are ‘fished freshly out of the water’, ‘organic’, and ‘safe and healthy’.
The company also boasts that the demand for whale meat from pet owners is ‘soaring’.
The International Whaling Commission allows whale hunting for scientific research and a number of indigenous people are allowed to hunt whales.
Norway, objecting to the ban, retains a commercial operation.
(SP/KMcA)
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society says that Japan’s stockpile of whale meat has doubled in the past decade as a result of more and more animals being killed each year.
The conservation group say that selling the surplus meat as dog food is the latest attempt by Japan to stimulate the market and shift the hundreds of tonnes of whale meat.
While Japan has already attempted to sell the meat by subsidising sales to schools, the price of whale produce has continued to fall and the meat is now being turned into dog food.
Mark Simmonds, Director of Science at WDCS, said: “Whaling is a cruel activity and the fact that Japan is killing these amazing animals to produce dog food is shocking. We have heard many arguments from Japan over the years about why whaling is necessary to them but they have never stated that they needed to kill whales to feed their dogs!”
WDCS claim that despite huge stockpiles of whale meat, this year Japan will double its hunt of minke whales in Antarctica, and plans to add humpback whales and fin whales to its catch.
One website sells whale meat for pets and claims the products are ‘fished freshly out of the water’, ‘organic’, and ‘safe and healthy’.
The company also boasts that the demand for whale meat from pet owners is ‘soaring’.
The International Whaling Commission allows whale hunting for scientific research and a number of indigenous people are allowed to hunt whales.
Norway, objecting to the ban, retains a commercial operation.
(SP/KMcA)
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