Canada Passes Law That Bans The Captivity Of Whales And Dolphins
By Mayukh Saha
[ETA that the headline is wrong. Their senate passed a bill, but there is yet no law in effect]
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What did Mayukh Saha do to get singled out like that?
godef
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Dec 9, 2018
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Good question. When I cut and paste the preview, her name was in the headline copied so I left it.
(Did I just assume gender? lol)
@WilliamCharles That really was my first thought when I saw it on the main page, but when I went to our post, the "By Mayukh Saha" started the second line of the header and I realized what was going on. I just can't resist being the smart aleck, though.
But as pointed out upthread, the headline is inaccurate. It's not finalized.
It's not about "giving rights" to animals....it's about restoring the rights they have that humans STOLE from them.
The world is finally waking up......
SkotlandSkye
Level 8
Dec 9, 2018
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I'm not a vegetarian for a number of reasons, but am certainly concerned about animal welfare. In addition to the many extinctions and habitat destruction of the modern era due to human action, there's also the ways that industrial food production multiplies cruelties. I found this Christopher Hitchens piece (a book review) thought provoking.
"Political Animals
A new book asks all the right questions about animal rights, even if it doesn't canvass all the possible answers."
It is all so depressing. I'm glad I'm as old as I am and won't live all that much longer to see the hell humans are making of the earth. It is most painful to me that my beautiful grand children will have to try and survive this world of poison and hell that people like trump and his enablers are leaving for them. I usually feel a little less pessimistic around this time of year, but this year seems worse than I ever remember.
Redheadedgammy
Level 9
Dec 9, 2018
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The youth give hope, but they're up against a pretty rigid and ingrained system itself.
@WilliamCharles You are correct. The youth do give me some hope. I only wish they could get into power in our State, Local and Federal Government sooner rather than later.
We humans have a lot to answer for. We are destroying the natural world and all that is in it....including ourselves. We do not take heed of the warnings at our peril, but the destruction goes on unabated because the fools and charlatans that we vote into office are more interested in policies they think will win them votes. They do this rather than taking unpopular decisions which would protect the planet for us and future generations.
Marionville
Level 10
Dec 9, 2018
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"Despite the global ban of commercial whaling, Japan uses the provision in the 1946 whaling convention which allows whales to be killed for scientific purposes. The ‘scientific whaling’ provision has also been used by Norway and Iceland as a way of getting around the rules. However little, if any useful information comes from ‘scientific whaling’ and it is quite simply commercial whaling conducted under the guise of science."
WilliamCharles
Level 8
Dec 9, 2018
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WilliamCharles
Level 8
Dec 9, 2018
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The unfortunate thing is that according to biologists, Orcas, especially those born in captivity, cannot ever be returned to the wild...and captivity is a living hell for most of them (Re: "Black Fish", (Tillium/"Shamoo" ))
dahermit
Level 7
Dec 9, 2018
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Sadly accurate. Was just watching a Douglas Adams lecture on his book "Last Chance to See." He tells of the blind river dolphins in China most likely experiencing a hellish existence as the noise of diesel engines on the water has destroyed their ability to navigate.
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