norway to conduct cruel tests on whales

[Pickman's model]

Norway to conduct ‘cruel’ minke whale tests despite opposition

Scientists say experiments could cause whales stress and injury and call for them to be scrapped

www.theguardian.com

in brief they're going to kidnap some minke whales, crush them between rafts, and inflict noise on them for six hours for 'research' funded by the us navy: which is very likely to traumatise them and may well lead to deaths. there's a petition against this, linked to in the article and at Sign the Petition

 

[NoXion]

I wonder if the products of this "research" will somehow end up on the shelves of shops, like in Japan...

 

[tim]

I wonder if the products of this "research" will somehow end up on the shelves of shops, like in Japan...

Why would they bother exporting it when there is plenty of domestic demand for whale meat in Norway?

Demand for whale meat in Norway rising after years of decline

 

[dessiato]

Signed

 

[Spymaster]

Sounds like a reasonable use of whales.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sounds like a reasonable use of whales.

wales. sounds like a reasonable use of wales. but whales? a different thing altogether.

 

[Spymaster]

Wwales. sounds like a reasonable use of wales. but whales? a different thing altogether.

ftfy

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Signed. We already know that whales suffer from human-made ocean noise so this research isn't necessary.

 

[scalyboy]

Signed. Sounds like grotesque bollockry

 

[BillRiver]

Fuck that's awful. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, as upsetting as it is. Have signed and will share.

 

[josef1878 2.0]

Backward cunts.

 

[Argonia]

Sounds right out of the Joseph Mengele school of science.

 

[Argonia]

Signed.

 

[Sprocket.]

Cruel humans, signed.

 

[WouldBe]

Signed.