Blog Prompt (BP) #1

Blog prompt No. 1
/*I am a member of the SPCA and want to raise awareness of the cruelty of whaling in Japan, and have prepared a speech to be made at a public forum.*/

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to make a speech to you today about the cruelty of whaling in Japan.

As many of you might know, the Japanese enjoy eating seafood of all kind. Unfortunately, whales also fall under this category of "seafood", and are now being hunted constantly by the Japanese, so much so that many species of whales are now endangered.

I would like to emphasise the cruelty of whaling using hand-held harpoons, introduced in 1606 or using whale nets and pulling them off the water like fish. It is not like the story "Moby Dick" where it is so difficult to catch a whale. The above makes it so much safer and easier for humans to "whale", that whales are getting scarcer and scarcer, making even Australia worry that its whale tourism might get affected.

Ladies and gentlemen, think of what the world would be like without whales. Whales can be beautiful animals and we must work together to protect them and thus save them from extinction.

Thank you.