Shocker: Obama Breaks Another Promise

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

What a silly show. Wonder how many millions they spend attacking humans for catching a species of whale that isn't endangered/protected?

I believe the whales that the Japanese kill are mainly minke whales. They may not be as endangered as humpback whales, but they are still considered a "threatened species". By the way, Japan wants to start killing humpback whales too.

I guess since they are only a "threatened species" on the endagered species list, that it's fine to kill them. LOL.

"Minkes whales are listed on the endangered species list as a threatened species as there remains only approximately 800,000 minkes in the world. Some Japanese and Russian vessels are still known to hunt minke whales. Minke whales have been protected by international law since 1986."

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_the_min...dangered_whale

"Although it's numbers are not endangered it is on the endangered list as a threatened species, and is protected (since 1986) worldwide by international law."

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us