We all loved Steve Irwin....well do it for him then.

[Big Gunns]

Neil, you said whaling, but what whaling laws. That's what I was looking for. But we can forget about that part, since you do recongnize that they really aren't violating any national or international laws, just Neil Gunns laws.

But onto the dolphin fishing taking place in Japan, in Japanese territorial waters, within the land and law of the Japanese government.

So, by your own account, they aren't violating any dolphin fishing laws. Why is the SSC group and Neil Gunn interfering with law abiding Japanese citizens doing their job?

Japanese government officials have defended the right to hunt dolphins.
"There are some countries that eat cows, and there are other countries that eat whales or dolphins," Yutaka Aoki, fisheries division director at Japan's Foreign Ministry, told the AP.

So why are you calling the kettle black? How much beef do you personally eat every year Neil Gunn? This is okay in your culture, but eating beef is a religious travesty for other in the world. In fact, cattle are only raised for consumption. There are no wild groups of cattle, so this entire group of animal is NOW used to feed your culture. Just think what other cultures could say about that.


I do have one question for you abuot illegal dolphin fishing. Why isn't your precious SSC group going to Peru, where almost as many dolpins are killed each year and it is ILLEGAL to fish for dolphins. Why Japan, where it is still legal. We won't even talk about the Faroe Island or the Solomon's Island.

I also think that it's conveniently forgotten that there is a fishing season in Japan. Dolphins are not harvested 24/7 365. There is a quota that is established by the Japanese government. Did you know that these dolphin fishermen DO return a number of dolphins to the sea? Not all dolphins that are caught are harvested.


Jim Smith

This is 3. This BG OCD has got to be hard on family members. It's hard enough on the staff here, but family members must really be going nuts when they have loved ones affected.

BG will say this though to your last 2 sentences. Did you forget that BG was there? Big Gunns knows 1000 times more than you what's really going on. Do some more research...BG had a blog. BG is glad you're doing your research though, and now you know that some Bottlenose(only them) are released after witnessing most of their family slaughtered. Glad to see you've taken the time to do some research.