Calling
for members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to uphold a
current ban on whaling, three different petitions have been presented to
IWC members convening this week. The first contains 1 million citizen
signatures, while the second has 200,000. The third has been signed by
over 200 scientists from 30 different countries to call for the existing
1986 ban on whaling to remain in place for the continued survival of
cetaceans.
The 88 member states of the IWC are currently meeting
in Morocco, where they are considering a suspension of the ban. Supreme
Master Television spoke with US-based Animal Welfare Institute Wildlife
Research Associate Serda Ozbenian about the situation of the hunted
whales.
Serda Ozbenian - Wildlife Research Associate, Animal Welfare Institute (F):
Can whales survive commercial fishing? No, they can’t. Whales are a
very long lived species. No whale populations have rebounded from the
intensive fishing of the whaling era. There’s no evidence to show that
there is such a thing as sustainable whaling.
Their biology is
just not built for it. They have very long gestation periods. They are
very social animals, therefore they raise their young, it takes them a
very long time to mature and reach breeding age. So, absolutely not.
VOICE:
According to video documentation, whales also die a slow and painful
death, with one instance filmed over two hours where harpoons with
explosives were used. Ms. Ozbenian points out the further senselessness
of whaling in that the demand for the meat today is extremely low,
causing stockpiles to build.
Serda Ozbenian (F):
Before the ban was put into place, a lot of whale populations were
almost nearing extinction. The ban has really been a saving grace for
whale species and it should be upheld, and whaling needs to be stopped,
especially in this day and age. There’s barely any demand for the meat
and it’s really pointless and extremely cruel.
VOICE: We are
grateful and applaud the efforts of Ms. Ozbenian, Animal Welfare
Institute, international scientists and all concerned petition
signatories, for your advocacy to preserve the whales. Our prayers for
the protection and respect of these beautiful marine creations. Supreme
Master Ching Hai was moved to tears by all these caring actions and
involvements throughout the world, and she conveyed her wholehearted
wish that the cruelty of whaling be stopped immediately.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
Throughout the years, Supreme Master Ching Hai has continually appealed
for mercy toward such innocent beings, as in an October 2009
videoconference in Germany.
If they go on the massacring fishing
boat or the bloody whaling boat to witness it for themselves, I wonder
how anybody could ever do this for a living? But, of course, they have
been cheated into doing that. We have all been cheated into doing the
things that we should have never done, should have never even imagined.
Because
our hearts are originally full of compassion and love, but we just
ignore our feeling. If you ever wondered if hell exists, just go into
those massacre houses or the boats that kill the whales and go to the
seal-massacring areas.
Go there to find hell, then you’ll
believe that hell will exist. Our original God Nature is compassion and
love. I repeat again and again and again: You are not that. You are
compassion, you are love incarnate. Please return to it.
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