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The Bloodshed of These Gentle Giants

The Bloodshed of These Gentle Giants. By: Lauren Vogel. Title Page. Whales are dying because of whaling. Many people don’t care, do you?. What is whaling?. What are the effects of whaling?. HOW CAN WE STOP IT?. How to Learn More And Reply to this Article. A whale breaching .

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The Bloodshed of These Gentle Giants

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  1. The Bloodshed of These Gentle Giants By: Lauren Vogel Title Page Whales are dying because of whaling. Many people don’t care, do you? What is whaling? What are the effects of whaling? HOW CAN WE STOP IT? How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... A whale breaching.

  2. What is Whaling? Title Page What is whaling? A lot of people ask “What is whaling?” The answer is simple: cruel. Whaling is where whalers come out to sea for months even, and they search for whales. When they find one they shoot a harpoon into the whale’s body and go onto a mini boat and ride. The whale eventually dies, the whalers think nothing of it, they simply shout in triumph and get back to the ship. One more whale gone. People whale for different reasons. One of the reasons is to get products from the whale. The main products you can get from whales are: oil, a wood like substance that whalers use to make carvings out of for fun, and other parts of the whale are used to make make-up and perfumes. A second reason people whale is because it is cultural. Some countries have been whaling so long that whaling has become cultural like in Quidiccca-atx, or other times the food is cultural like in Japan. What are the effects of whaling? HOW CAN WE STOP IT? How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... Whaling was first used by Native Americans and Eskimos because they needed it what about now? POWERWORDS Harpoon- a barbed spear like missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.

  3. What are the effects of whaling? Title Page What is whaling? Japan, Iceland and Norway, they all whale but they never look at the effect. The effect is that harmless gentle giants die. Think about it if all whales die it will ruin the food web. These gentle giants deserve a life as much as we do, some kinds of whales are almost instinct. 75% of people who vote say whaling should be banned, yet it never changes. Japan puts down giant nets and kills whatever is in the net including whales. Whales need your help! They don’t deserve to die for perfumes, make-up, and oil for our well being. What are the effects of whaling? HOW CAN WE STOP IT? How to learn more and reply to this article... Would you rather have make-up and oils or whales? POWER WORDS! Food web: a series of organisms related by predator, prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.

  4. HOW CAN WE STOP IT?... Title Page What is Whaling? Whaling has been going on for far too long, in fact whaling has been going on since prehistoric times! Korea whaled back in 5000 BC! And Norway has whaled as long as 4,000 years ago! No one cares it seems, the whales are all going down. But no, not without a fight! There are many organizations to stop whaling. One of them is a show on animal planet, it’s called Whale Wars. The people on the show battle against Japanese whalers. If you are looking for a little less violent group there are the Steve Erwin boats that help out a lot with stopping whaling peacefully. Japan by far whales the most. They lie to organizations that they are not whaling even though they are. Japan mostly uses parts of the whale for food. Even though whale meat is considered a delicacy in Japan not a lot of people buy it, it has become more of a sport to Japan to whale the most. Iceland is a mix, some people agree with whaling some people don’t. Even so there are 13 whaling stations around Iceland, that is why Iceland is known for whaling. What are the effects of whaling? HOW CAN WE STOP IT? How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... Thousands of elephants are chased down and left to die for their tusks. POWER WORDS! Whale Wars- a show on animal planet.

  5. How to Learn More and Reply to this Article... Title Page What is Whaling? What are the e Effects of Whaling? To learn more about whaling go to the websites below: To respond to this Feature Article, go to the Watson’s Winners Blog http://cwatsondps.wordpress.com/ Websites to help stop Whaling!!! You can help too! http://greenpeace.org http://www.kintera.org HOW CAN WE STOP IT? http://www.solarnavigator.net/whaling.htm How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/ http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/whaling

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