Institute of Cetacean Research

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Response to Conflict Disputes occur more often than thought. Although many are simply overcome, most aren’t. For this reason, there are many ways to go about the issue, sadly not all will result in a satisfactory way. Controversially, we could avoid the problem, but steering clear of the dilemma may not always be the best option. Then what is the most successful way to approach a problem? Remaining positive is the best way to solve a conflict. In fact, there are many examples in…

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Current conservation In view of the difficulties faced in conservation, different international parties held measurement to protect the Great White Shark from extinction. The CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is the most popular international agreement in the world. It is not protecting those endangered species only, but also many wildlife species because it makes sure the sustainable development of the trade in order to safeguard the…

because it was a cheap source of protein for a country that was suffering from post war poverty. Japan was heavily involved in commercial whaling, they continued to hunt whales using the scientific research provision in the agreement. Japanese whaling is currently conducted by the Institute of Cetacean Research. This allowed it to go ahead. However, in March 2014 the International…

Whaling is the hunting of whales for meat, oils blubber , and scientific research Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. (Britannica Online Encyclopedia). 2001. Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory shipping along with the concept of whale harvesting…

of activists in pursuit of these ideas have increased tremendously. Animal rights activists rally over the abuse and mistreatment of animals in business and research fields. The common idea that activists suggest to stop the abuse and mistreatment of animals is to release captive animals into the wild and to use alternative methods of research that doesn’t involve direct contact with said animals. While these ideas seem to provide the answer to the problem, the activists fail to acknowledge that…

this artificial proximity to human beings, so the orcas do act out once in awhile and kill you," says marine mammal scientist Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington, DC. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but they are actually dolphins, not whales although both whales and dolphins belong to the same group, the cetaceans. SeaWorld has not captured a wild orca for 35 years, instead breeding them in captivity. Today 56 orcas remain in captivity, part of a total of…

that not much research is being produced from SeaWorld’s parks. On top of that, most of them focused on free whales opposed to captive whales, meaning that their captive whales are not much help in research. One marine mammal specialist at the Animal Welfare Institute, Naomi Rose, says that the research is irrelevant. “‘The issue isn 't that we don 't know how much fish they need to eat each day,’ she says. ‘The issue is we 're leaving them with nothing to eat.’” SeaWorld’s research does not…