Whaling
My Plan:
My plan is to persuade people to stop buying whale products because whales are an endangered species that is close to extinction. There are many alternatives to whale products that can do just the same thing. My plan is to persuade people using web 2.0 to stop buying whale products, if someone counts on whales as a source of income then hopefully when the buying stops the killing will too because if the whales are being hunted for no reason then why would you want to hunt them. This is a document that shows my research and what my raising awareness is going to be based on. This website displays a video which shows how whales suffer from this act: http://www.whalewatch.org/.
Extinction:
Whales are almost extinct because many people mostly in Japan hunt whales for meat,bones and the oil that their body has. Japanese people whale too much and the problem with that is it is not always worth it because not all the meat is getting sold. Another thing is that whales are almost extinct especially blue whales and humpback whales, there are not many of them these days because of whaling, because of whaling the blue whales are now in population of 1% of what they used to be.
Why People Hunt Them:
People also hunt whales for their bone. People also use whale meat for food and a special type of kebab is made out of whale meat and it is called “Minke Whale Meat Kebab". Most whales are killed in Japan because Japanese people really like the whale meat and use whales as a good source of oils, their bones are also used for stuff like dominoes,etc. Japan has slaughtered over 6,000 whales since commercial whaling was banned in 1986. Other meat can be used for food like cows, goats and sheep. Those animals are bred every day and are not close to extinction. Whaling in Japan began in the old days and as early as the 12th century.