News In Class No. 1 - Term 1, Week 2, Blog Prompt 1

-Speech On Cruelty Of The Fishing Industry To The Whales In Japan-

Dear Sirs and Madams,

As you might have known, demand for fish meat has constantly been on the rise. Therefore, everyday, more and more fishermen set out to sea to net fish. This especially affects the whales. Whaling, as it is called, is a very profitable business. Large whales have been hunted commercially for whale oil, meat, baleen and ambergris (a perfume ingredient from the intestine of sperm whales) since the 1600s, to be sold to the rich as an exotic product. The excessive amoutns of whalign has therefore caused many species of whales to be endangered, and many populations severely depleted.

Therefore, I would like to alert everyone on the severity of this situation. If global whaling rates are not reduced, the population of whales will be put in a very critical situation. It will quickly decrease, and in a matter of years, become extinct altogether. If that does happen, it will affect the entire eco-system, and the consequences are, the effets will reverbareate to many species, and in the end, to us humans.

I do hope everyone will take this matter seriously, and do your part to prevent the excessive hunting of whales. Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Lee Wen Guo, Jeremy
Member of The Exco of the
Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty To Animals (SPCA)