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Ban all whale hunting, says Tutu

2008-11-28 08:02

Wendell Roelf

Cape Town - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu launched a new global anti-whaling campaign on Thursday, which seeks to ban all whaling.

"What makes it even worse is the brutality (of whale hunting)," said Tutu, a Nobel peace laureate, at the launch.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which backs the campaign, says whales are usually hunted with grenade-tipped harpoons that explode inside the animal.

The world imposed a moratorium on all whale hunts in 1986 after many species were driven towards extinction by decades of exploitation for meat, oil and whalebone.

Japan, Norway and Iceland still hunt minke whales, arguing they are plentiful.

The campaign has other high profile supporters including British actor Pierce Brosnan.

- Reuters

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MikeF says... "Mandela, 91, is celebrated today as an international statesman and continues to speak out on human rights and other global issues".
I respect Madiba wholeheartedly for the long suffering icon that he is, and I support this move in his honour. But I'm extremely flabbergasted at his self-imposed silence on the disrepute and scorn that is being reaped on South Africa in the name of the ANC. Corruption and looting of state coffers. Poor or non-existant service delivery, personalisation of the ANC's election campaigns, cronyism and nepotism, conspicuous consupmtion, turf wars of ministers in government, disrespect towards senior ANC leaders and other political parties, racist demonising and abuse of poitical opponents, deviation from the mandate of providing a promised better life for all.
Why is our beloved leader silent when it comes to the ANC???? And even worse, why is the ANC so disrespectful towards Madiba and all our Leaders who have delivered the costly liberation of our Country.
Because to renege on the mandate of our movement is the biggest form of disrespect and disrepute.
All the strength to our beloved Leader Nelson Mandela!!!!

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