{"id":762619,"date":"2021-01-07T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=762619"},"modified":"2021-01-07T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:37:07","slug":"starving-to-death-whale-trapped-in-nets-in-japan-for-two-weeks-evil-authorities-will-not-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=762619","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH&#8217;: Whale trapped in nets in Japan for two weeks, evil authorities will not rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>HSI: The whale has become increasingly distressed and agitated, ramming the nets and deep diving in an effort to escape. Time is running out for the whale who will be getting weaker by the day.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JUSTIN MCCURRY:<\/strong> Animal rights campaigners have demanded the immediate release of a minke whale that has been trapped for more than two weeks in nets in Taiji, a town on Japan\u2019s Pacific coast known for its annul dolphin cull. Japanese media reported that attempts were being made to free the four or five metre long whale but fishermen claimed its size and strong tidal currents were making it difficult to guide it into open water. Ren Yabuki \u2013 an animal rights activist who has been filming the whale with a drone every day since it became trapped on Christmas Eve \u2013 said fishermen had made only one brief attempt to release the animal, adding that its fate appeared to have been decided&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Georgie Dolphin, animal welfare programme manager at Humane Society International [HSI] in Australia, said the whale had become \u201cincreasingly distressed and agitated, ramming the nets and deep diving in an effort to escape\u201d&#8230; \u201cWe fear time is now running out for the whale who will be getting weaker by the day. Intentionally subjecting these leviathans to prolonged suffering is inhumane and unjustified. HSI is hoping the Japanese authorities will insist on the immediate release of the whale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Japanese fisheries agency told HSI that it had asked the prefectural government to release the whale if it was possible and safe to do so. \u201cWe gather the fishermen are claiming safety issues and concern over the tides but we fear the delays could cost the whale its life,\u201d HSI said&#8230; \u201cIt is difficult to guide the whale out of the nets and they don\u2019t want to remove the nets as that would disrupt fishing and allow a large number of fish to escape, so my feeling is that they are going to kill it,\u201d said Yabuki, campaign director of the Life Investigation Agency. If they slaughter the whale, fishermen would be able to sell its meat after taking a DNA sample, Yabuki added. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/07\/minke-whale-trapped-in-nets-in-japan-for-two-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJnfBnu5eKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUSTIN MCCURRY: Animal rights campaigners have demanded the immediate release of a minke whale that has been trapped for more than two weeks in nets in Taiji, a town on Japan\u2019s Pacific coast known for its annul dolphin cull. 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