School Blog Prompt: Cruelty to Whales

Good morning, one and all here at this public forum.

I am a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, or SPCA as it is more commonly known, and I am here today to give a speech on the topic 'Cruelty of Whaling in Japan'. As most of you might know, whaling has become a huge issue in the past few years and I am here to heighten the awareness of this particular issue and hopefully, put an end to it. Now, recent reports from top news industries such as the BBC and CNA state that the way whales have been hunted and killed have been deemed as 'to cruel to watch' and inhumane. I am sure some of you will also agree to this when you hear some of the methods the Japanese use include firing a harpoon rigged with explosives at a whale, with the bombs ready to go off any time as the suffering whale struggles to break free. As well-known UK naturalist Sir David Attenborough has put it, "there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea".

Some 140 groups of animal welfare campaigners have gathered together to form a group called Whalewatch, and even as I speak now, are still strictly protesting against the International Whaling Commission, whose members include Japan, Norway and Iceland. However, after our fellow representitives from the SPCA have interviewed and informed Japanese whalers of the rapidly-spreading news, most of them insist that their methods are not cruel, and reject calls to end whaling, while others give reasons like the current econimical crisis to ccover up for the obvious truth.

So, after hearing examples of cruelty to whales when getting hunted and views of some whalers, I hope all of you here will be more understanding towards cruelty to whales and make a stand against it, for the greater good of the population of whales and Mother Nature.

With that, I end my speech.