前些時候,收音機說日本要放棄whaling。其中一個原因,日本地震及海嘯之後,需要大量的基金重建。要獵鯨,也需要大量的金錢。因為其他更重要的項目需要用錢,支持獵鯨的錢就少了。
震後,澳大利亞給予了大量的經濟援助. 而澳洲又極力反對他們的大規模的獵鯨活動,用捐助的錢去支持捐助人反對的活動,麵子上也不好過,所以不獵鯨了。。。
http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2011/05/20/3222299.htm
這個是當時radio interviewer的人,是多麽地天真,多麽地不了解日本人。看今天的BBC新聞:
"Japan has confirmed it will go ahead with its annual whale hunt and will increase security to protect its fleet.
Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano said extra ships would escort the fleet to the Antarctic to guard against harassment from anti-whaling activists."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15163955
Japan catches about 1,000 whales each year