japanese whaling
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Japanese Whaling. By: Valerie Morales. What is Whaling?. It is when you hunt whale’s for the oil and meat The oil was used to fuel lamps b4 electricity They are also hunted for their baleen which is whale bone. History. - The Korean’s have been hunting whales since 5000 BC. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
It is when you hunt whale’s for the oil and meat
The oil was used to fuel lamps b4 electricity
They are also hunted for their baleen which is whale bone.
- The Korean’s have been hunting whales since 5000 BC.
- Norwegian’s began whaling about 4,000 years ago.
- People from the North American coast and the Artic have a long tradition of whaling.
- Whaling was usually done from canoes or boats using harpoons
There are still countries today that continue whaling. Those countries include…
Japan Norway Iceland
In 1932 through 1933 there were attempts made to stop and restrict whale hunting.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) formed in Washington, D.C., by 17 different nations. Helps to limit the number of whales that could be
hunted. Other groups such as GreenPeace became
very involved in the attempts to stop whaling.
What Japan says… Hunting them for
scientific research Age, health
Eating whale meat is tradition.
Pride
What environmentalists say…
Japan is hunting them for meat
Japan could find age, health info through other means.
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-a-life-destroyed.html
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-salvaging-the-ady-gil.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP7PZMMpgcw
The harpoon was invented by a norwegian named Sven Foyn. It was used because it contains an explosive head which would kill a whale instantly
Whale hunter’s also used factory ships because it was safe and made it easier to catch larger whales.
Factory ship - a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
Minke whales, Northern
Hemisphere minke whales
Fin whales Bryde's whale Sei whales Sperm whales
www.encyclopedia.com/topic/whaling.aspx
www.swedishwire.com/nordic/sosl-whale-hunting-facts-and-figures-
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/whaling/why-japanese-hunt-whales.html
1) Which country still whale today? A) korea B) china C) phillipines D) japan
2) The _______ is used to kill whales.3) What are whales used for?4) Japan says they hunt whales mainly for…
A) funB) scientific researchC) Test out weapons
5) The International Whaling Commision (IWC) was formed in _________ ______
6) What is a Factory Ship? 7) Whaling is usually done from _______’s
or ______’s 8) The harpoon was invented by…
A) Richard S B) Bill Gates C) Sven Foyn
Questions Continued
9) Whaling is when you… A) Ride whales B) Train whales C) Play with whales D) Hunt whales
10) Other groups such as Green ______ became very involved in the attempts to stop whaling.