INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WHALING COMMISSION (IAWC)

During November 2009 Whale Mark received an e-mail from a well known international anti-whaling organisation accusing us of receiving funds from the South African and Japanese Government whilst doing nothing for whales.
 
Ken Botes, Whale Mark’s CEO took the accusation in his stride: Whale Mark has yet to receive funding from the South African Government, it is currently running out of Ken Botes own pocket and passion and passion for whales and the volunteered time of the rest of Whale Mark’s members. Kenny responded: ‘What’s the point of explaining our position on whales? What we have yet to do for whales they would not even dream of and left it as such.’

IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY REALLY

 

Research conducted revealed that South Africans were fed up of being dictated by outsiders to join them in the struggle At the same time sourcing funding to get Whale Mark seriously pro-active as been difficult, though all avenues have not yet been explored. So far the general public is outraged at the situation whales are in but has not yet been willing to open their pockets to those that would really see the end of whaling.   What is happening now is that millions of funds are generated disappear into thin air while whaling still continues. It’s all about money and not whales. It gets more complicated…

 
Whaling could have been stopped by the International Marine Court years ago but the Love of Money prevented this,’ Ken Botes.
 

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA

The Marine Tribunal Court has provided the necessary laws to stop whaling. To do this a criminal charge must be submitted to this court.

ANTI-WHALING GROUPS DICTATED BY MONEY?

 

Though options are clearly available to stop whaling in court altogether none dare to take this route because anti-whaling organisations throughout the world will be out of pocket and eventually disappear from the planet.* It’s similar to that of any business. Without liquid capital no business can survive. However, another problem facing everyone is the complex international financial trade which whaling countries have with other governments and if latter governments take a stronghold in this regard it might be financial suicide. Diplomacy is the only solution. So, you can see it is quite a complex issue.

* Currently only Greenpeace is successfully taking a stand with the ‘Tokyo Two’ trial that started the 15 February 2010, two brave Japanese citizens are taking a stand to stop the Japanese government’s corrupt whaling industry. 

WHALES ARE WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST COMMERCIAL / SCIENTIFIC WHALING. DOOMSDAY ARRIVING FOR WHALING COUNTRIES!
 
However, I think that whales are most definitely winning the battle. Because of the very expensive production factors to hunt whales and it is getting much more expensive every hour and day. For example countries like Denmark and Japan kill hundreds of whales every year, but the they have an excess of whale meat in ice stores of almost 3 000 tons in each country . Japanese taxpayers are forking out almost 20 million Yen per annum, reaching an all time time of 1 Billion Yen in 2009 to find the ‘Scientific Whaling’ which generates a pitiful profit…the list of reasons to end this madness goes on:
 
Public awareness of cruel whaling practices, political pressure, decline in whale meat consumption, toxicity (mercury content increase) in whale meat, accounts that cannot be repaid, frustrations and a host of other detriments is crippling the industry for good.
 
Ken Botes wrote a story about the end of whaling 3 years ago and hopefully, if Whale Mark has its way in another 2-5 years we might see the end of this type of slaughter, and perhaps earlier the end of anti-whaling groups on the Oceans coining it in millions. The fact is that whales are of more value to us alive and thriving by virtue of their beauty and empathy for us human beings.
 
People love whales: Anyone who has had the experience of being close to see a mother whale nursing her baby, or been fortunate to be looked straight in the eye as they swim past while till you what an overwhelmingly uplifting experience this is. The thriving of whale tourism shows how profit can be made be taking care of these magnificent creatures.
 
Despite this positive outlook, the fact is that many whales are near extinction; some whale species which have been banned from hunting for decades have still not recovered their numbers and continue to decline despite decades of protection. Whales traverse the oceans which cover almost 70% of the earth’s surface, saving them requires a global effort. Whale Mark joins the cause by working in South Africa to save what we have now before it’s too late.