People queue up to kill Norways’s wolves and bears,while Japan continues its whale slaughter. Despite the noble claims, there’s no justification for hunting as entertainmentIt is one of the worlds less lovely lotteries. Just under 12000 people – the huge majority men – have registered for the chance to kill 16 wolves in the Norwegian hunting season, and ostensibly to protect the nation’s livestock. Wild bears suffer the same onerous odds,with 10000 humans going in pursuit of 18 animals. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, and the Japanese whaling fleet launches into its own novel season,in an operation subsidised by its government. nowadays its whaling fleet sails for Antarctica, defying a UN resolution that their “scientific research” is nothing of the kind. Related: More than 11000 Norwegians line up to shoot 16 wolves Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com