Nhật Bản: Chó quý tộc ăn thịt cá voi sắp tuyệt chủng
Thứ Tư, 29/05/2013 13:52
(NLĐO) – Các chuyên gia môi trường cho biết loài cá voi có vây đang có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng do nạn săn bắt từ Iceland và xuất khẩu sang Nhật Bản để làm thức ăn dành cho chó quý tộc.
Thịt cá voi có vây ở Bắc Đại Tây Dương
được người tiêu dùng tại Nhật Bản sử dụng từ năm 2008 nhưng gần đây mới
"được" giới nhà giàu dùng làm thức ăn dành cho vật nuôi để phô trương
tiền của.
Michinoku Farm, một công ty có trụ sở tại Tokyo, quảng cáo thịt cá
voi có vây chứa lượng calo thấp, ít chất béo và nhiều đạm. Chủ tịch công
ty là Takuma Konno khẳng định buôn bán những sản phẩm này là hợp pháp
tại Nhật Bản.
Loài cá voi có vây đang có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng. Ảnh: Green Peace
Hiện các ngư dân ở Iceland đang có kế hoạch đánh bắt hơn 180 con cá voi có vây trong tháng tới. Đại diện công ty Hvalurcho biết họ đã chuẩn bị 2 tàu lớn sẵn sàng săn bắt. Sự việc khiến các chuyên gia môi trường nổi giận bởi họ cho rằng chính phủ Iceland vi phạm lệnh cấm săn bắt các loài cá voi trên toàn cầu.
Cơ quan Điều tra Môi trường (EIA), một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận ở
Washington – Mỹ, cho rằng thật lố bịch khi săn cá voi có vây cho chó tại
Nhật Bản ăn.
Theo nhà hoạt động Clare Perry của EIA, gần như 100% thịt cá voi
được xuất khẩu sang Nhật Bản. Bà cũng đã kêu gọi những người sở hữu vật
nuôi tại Nhật Bản nên suy nghĩ xem những chú chó của họ thật sự cần gì.
Bà gay gắt: “Loài chó chưa bao giờ muốn ăn thịt cá voi. Tại sao chúng
lại được cho ăn những món kì lạ được vận chuyển đến nửa vòng trái đất
trong khi có rất nhiều thức ăn khác không làm hại môi trường và không
khiến loài cá voi phải tuyệt chủng?”.
Theo Liên minh quốc tế về Bảo tồn thiên nhiên, loài cá voi có vây đang có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng cao. Tuy nhiên, những người săn thịt cá voi tại Iceland lại cho rằng số lượng loài cá này đã tăng nhiều và có thể đủ làm nguồn cung cho nhu cầu của thị trường.
Xuân Mai ( Theo ABC News)
Nguồn:
SCT: Xin chia sẻ E-mail chúng tôi vừa nhận được về việc phản đối thói chơi ngông của nhóm nhỏ người Nhật thúc đẩy việc tàn phá môi trường chung của nhân lọai.
Dear friends,
In days, one Icelandic man will set out on hissummer hobby to harpoon the brains out of gigantic fin whales, then chop them into pieces and ship their meat to Japan to be sold as dog food! But there is one way to stop him before the slaughter: block the trade before it leaves Europe.
The Dutch are quietly allowing tycoon Kristjan Loftsson to traffic these shameful carcasses via Rotterdam! It’s outrageous -- these majestic creatures are threatened with extinction and they are being sliced up to feed dogs! If we expose the Dutch government's bloody trade and cause a public storm right now, they will see it is not worth the reputational risk and close the trade through this port. If the whalers can’t sell the meat, we couldstop the hunt before it starts.
We have just a few days until the whalers set out to sea -- let's build an urgent global call to force Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to refuse safe harbour to supply canned whale. Sign the petition now and send this to everyone! Avaaz will deliver it with a massive pod of fake slaughtered whales to the PM’s office -- for every 10,000 petition signatures we'll add another whale to the pod so the government won't be able to turn a blind eye:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_
Fin whales are magical creatures -- they're the second largest animal on earth, moving through water like lightning. Their incredible combination of sleek, elegant power and speed earned them the nickname "greyhound of the sea". But tragically whalers have slaughtered hundreds of thousands and now over 70% of the global population has been wiped out. Only 118,000 are left in the wild today, and they need our help, now!
Killing fin whales for profit is illegal and the international trade in their meat is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the International Whaling Commission. Multi-millionaire fishing tycoon Loftsson is blatantly flaunting the law by running the only industrial fin whale hunt and brazenly selling the meat to Japan.
Stopping the transit in Rotterdam, Europe’s biggest port, is the best way to halt him before this hunt. German and Finnish ports have already shunned the whale trade, and stopping him in Rotterdam could be the final blow to end Loftsson’s exploits. So far the Dutch have allowed him to get away with this mass murder, but we can expose them and put an end to this butchery. Sign the petition and tell everyone -- let’s stop the trade before the first harpoon is fired:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_
Avaaz members have achieved tremendous things working together, from opposing the ivory trade to winning a ban on pesticides that were killing record numbers of bees. In 2010, Avaaz members were central to keeping the international moratorium on commercial whaling intact -- let’s stop this horrific hunt now and keep marching toward a more humane world.
With hope,
Oliver, Pascal, Alaphia, Emily, Alice, David, Ricken and the Avaaz team
PS- Many Avaaz campaigns are started by members of our community. It's easy to get started - click to start yours now and win on any issue - local, national or global:http://www.avaaz.org/en/
MORE INFORMATION
Iceland to kill rare fin whales for dog snacks (The Sunday Times)
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.
Iceland to resume disputed fin whale hunt in June (Yahoo News)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/
Ceaseless Pressure on Whales (NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
Iceland readying for fin whale hunt (The Daily Telegraph)
http://www.news.com.au/world-
For Iceland’s whale king it’s “just another fish” (AFP)
http://www.google.com/
Iceland’s creation of an endangered species trade (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society)
http://www.wdcs-de.org/docs/
 One Icelandic man is about to start a hunt to harpoon fin whales, then chop them into pieces and ship their meat to Japan for dog food! The Dutch are allowing the traffic of this bloody cargo through Rotterdam. If we create a massive outcry and shame the Dutch Prime Minister, he will close trade through this port, and if the whalers can’t sell the meat, we can stop the hunt before it starts. They set to sea in days -- sign now and tell everyone:  |
The Dutch are quietly allowing tycoon Kristjan Loftsson to traffic these shameful carcasses via Rotterdam! It’s outrageous -- these majestic creatures are threatened with extinction and they are being sliced up to feed dogs! If we expose the Dutch government's bloody trade and cause a public storm right now, they will see it is not worth the reputational risk and close the trade through this port. If the whalers can’t sell the meat, we couldstop the hunt before it starts.
We have just a few days until the whalers set out to sea -- let's build an urgent global call to force Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to refuse safe harbour to supply canned whale. Sign the petition now and send this to everyone! Avaaz will deliver it with a massive pod of fake slaughtered whales to the PM’s office -- for every 10,000 petition signatures we'll add another whale to the pod so the government won't be able to turn a blind eye:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_
Fin whales are magical creatures -- they're the second largest animal on earth, moving through water like lightning. Their incredible combination of sleek, elegant power and speed earned them the nickname "greyhound of the sea". But tragically whalers have slaughtered hundreds of thousands and now over 70% of the global population has been wiped out. Only 118,000 are left in the wild today, and they need our help, now!
Killing fin whales for profit is illegal and the international trade in their meat is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the International Whaling Commission. Multi-millionaire fishing tycoon Loftsson is blatantly flaunting the law by running the only industrial fin whale hunt and brazenly selling the meat to Japan.
Stopping the transit in Rotterdam, Europe’s biggest port, is the best way to halt him before this hunt. German and Finnish ports have already shunned the whale trade, and stopping him in Rotterdam could be the final blow to end Loftsson’s exploits. So far the Dutch have allowed him to get away with this mass murder, but we can expose them and put an end to this butchery. Sign the petition and tell everyone -- let’s stop the trade before the first harpoon is fired:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_
Avaaz members have achieved tremendous things working together, from opposing the ivory trade to winning a ban on pesticides that were killing record numbers of bees. In 2010, Avaaz members were central to keeping the international moratorium on commercial whaling intact -- let’s stop this horrific hunt now and keep marching toward a more humane world.
With hope,
Oliver, Pascal, Alaphia, Emily, Alice, David, Ricken and the Avaaz team
PS- Many Avaaz campaigns are started by members of our community. It's easy to get started - click to start yours now and win on any issue - local, national or global:http://www.avaaz.org/en/
MORE INFORMATION
Iceland to kill rare fin whales for dog snacks (The Sunday Times)
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.
Iceland to resume disputed fin whale hunt in June (Yahoo News)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/
Ceaseless Pressure on Whales (NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
Iceland readying for fin whale hunt (The Daily Telegraph)
http://www.news.com.au/world-
For Iceland’s whale king it’s “just another fish” (AFP)
http://www.google.com/
Iceland’s creation of an endangered species trade (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society)
http://www.wdcs-de.org/docs/
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