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us navy is gonna massacre whales Anonymous
With the official all-clear from President Bush, the U.S. Navy began underwater sonar training off the San Diego coast this week, despite its own estimates showing that hundreds or thousands of whales will be harmed by the high-frequency pings being pumped into the Pacific.

"It is beyond dispute that sonar kills whales -- the court quoted the Navy's own estimates of damage that this testing will affect the hearing of 8,000 whales and permanently injure 450."

/an/on, if you don't protest now, then when would you?
>> Anonymous
never, I'm waiting for sonar-proof whales.
let evolution sort em out.
>> Anonymous
>>205647

BREAKING NEWS:

JAPAN ANNOUNCES EXTENDED RESEARCH PROGRAM

With the official all-clear for the US Navy Sonar testing program, the Japanese Government has given an all-clear for extensive research to be conducted on the effects of sonar on whales, and that an additional 500 whales should be caught to examine the extent of sonar damage to the whales.

"It is hoped that the research conducted will also allow for a responsible method of disposing whales which would otherwise beach themselves and slowly suffocate on shore."
>> Anonymous
>>205650

...

8/10.

For a moment, you had me there.
>> Anonymous
If we let whales go extinct, we'll have penguin whales in 10 million years or so. Penguin whales! Just think about it.
>> Anonymous
>>205667
>why
>> Anonymous
but since whales and other dolphins are really the advanced historical cows, the future whales would probably be other 4 legged mammals, maybe moose
>> Anonymous
There is no reason to protest here
>> Anonymous
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>>205671
Fail. Does this look like a cow to you?
>> Anonymous
thats terrible
>> Anonymous
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>>205669
Penguin whales, people! PENGUIN WHALES!
>> Anonymous
>>205966

Oh lawd is dat sum Dougal Dixon's After Man?
>> Anonymous
While I have no doubts that Bush would approve of something like this, I'll need the sauce on this before I flip out.
>> Anonymous
>>205667
>>205966
>>205980

Meh. Tell me when we get killer rats and giant bunnies. Then I'll get excited.
>> Anonymous
Fantastic news! A federal court in California has just imposed
the strongest-ever protections for whales against an onslaught
of military sonar.

The new controls are the result of an NRDC lawsuit that demanded
the Navy rein in its deadly sonar before beginning two years of
maneuvers near the Channel Islands -- one of the world's most
sensitive environments and home to five endangered species of
whales.

The Navy itself estimates that the booming sonar would harass or
harm marine mammals some 170,000 times -- and cause permanent
injury in more than 400 cases.

U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said the Navy's
existing plan for protecting marine mammals was "grossly
inadequate." And she has ordered the Navy to put a series of
precautionary measures in place -- many of them recommended by
NRDC -- that will go a long way toward protecting whales from
needless injury and death.

For starters, the Navy will not be permitted to use its
dangerous mid-frequency sonar within 12 miles of the California
coast, a zone that is heavily used by migrating whales and
dolphins. Sonar will also be banned in the Catalina Basin, an
underwater canyon with a high density of whales.

The Navy will also have to monitor for marine mammals -- from
the ship and from the air -- both before and during its sonar
exercises. If any marine mammals are spotted within 2200 yards
of the ship, the Navy will have to shut down its sonar.

These safeguards represent a giant leap forward in our
decade-long campaign to make sure that whales don't have to die
for the sake of military practice.
>> Anonymous
>>206001
The American Empire. They laughed in the face of the English, the Spanish, the Mexicans (heh), the Germans, then the Germans again, the Nazis, and the Soviets. What did them in you ask? A bunch of fucking whales. I bet China doesn't have this problem.
>> Anonymous
Whales suck. Land mammals rule.