Pierce Brosnan Angry About Japanese Whaling
Sea Shepherd Advisory Member Pierce Brosnan appears on Jane Velez-Mitchell’s “ISSUES,” a CNN opinion program to help urge viewers to oppose a International Whaling Commission proposal that will allow a limited resumption of commercial whaling:
The program makes no attempt to present a reasonable view of why exactly the United States government seems to be supporting the proposal. Maybe its because the proposal will reduce the number of whales killed each year:
The proposal, to be debated at the IWC’s meeting in June in Morocco, seeks a compromise by allowing whaling nations to hunt without specifying commercial or otherwise — but in lower numbers than they are now. Small indigenous groups could continue to hunt in limited numbers.
The commission argues that allowing whaling under strict quotas would be an improvement to the current hunts, over which it has no control.
Japan’s self-imposed annual quota of 935 Antarctic minke whales, which are not endangered, would be lowered to 400 over the next five years, then reduced to 200 for the next five years. The country’s current take of 320 sei and minke whales in coastal waters would be cut to 210.
Tokyo, long the most prominent target of anti-whaling activists, called the draft “significant progress.”
By calling on viewers to complain to the government about the Obama administration’s position on this issue, CNN may actually be calling for the death of more whales.
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