Hi David–

I’ve got to get one.  Thanks for the info.

Cheers–

MRE 

Dolphin massacre in Japan

Someone has to do something to stop the needless killing of another species that may be cutting into the profit margin of business.

Hi ed–

I’m not a big fan of the inhumane way that the dolphins are dispatched in this video, but the point is made that these dolphins are eaten in Japan. So, it isn’t killing just for sport.

Dolphins are, as I once heard it called, charismatic megafauna. In other words, when bad things happen to dolphins people get worked up. But are the lives of dolphins better than the lives of other mammals that aren’t quite as charismatic?

Practically every grocery store and hardware store sells rat poison, which works in a really dreadful way. The rats and/or mice eat the stuff, and because, unlike us, they can’t vomit it up, they hemorrhage internally. The loss of their blood volume makes them extremely thirsty, so they seek water. They usually end up dying under the house or somewhere near a water source, and their deaths go unwitnessed. Many million times more rats are killed this way daily the world over than are dolphins killed in an entire year in Japan. But, rats are not nearly so charismatic. There deaths aren’t any less the miserable for it, though.

Best–

MRE

Trial transcripts are available. Seems like Penn & Teller were not far off.

Thanks for helping to expose these people for what they are (PETA, not Penn & Teller!)

Kev

Hi Kevin–

I’ll go after them every chance I get.  Thanks for the link.

Cheers–

MRE 

Dave

Hi Dave–

Same here.  I watched the clip a dozen times, laughing harder each time.

Cheers–

MRE