On Thursday morning I woke to see photographs taken by an Australian customs vessel in the whale sanctuary in the waters of Antarctica. A dead female minke whale, with its dead calf by its side, was being hauled into a Japanese whaling ship.
I would like to tell the Japanese government's "Department of Death and Destruction" (otherwise known perhaps by more official names like the cetacean studies department) that its politicians have blood on their hands. Do they feel proud of killing female whales that either are pregnant or have young calves swimming next to them? In civilized societies the killing of females and their children is morally unacceptable. The politicians' support and actions in this matter now paint greater Japan with one brush as morally unacceptable.
There are many Australians who would like our government to send warships to the whale sanctuary to prevent access by Japan's whaling ships. Personally I would support such action.
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