China News Service, July 1 (Zhang Aolin) "One whale falls, all things live", this originally romantic scene in Japan, but was infected with the blood of hunting. Whales are forced to die in the hands of whalers, rather than letting their bodies die naturally in the sea. As the commercial whaling in Japan continues, the survival of whales is becoming increasingly difficult.
Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan is a seaside city prosperous for whaling. The city’s Tangdo Market is famous for selling fresh seafood including whales. It has been bustling here all the year round, but now it is affected by the new crown epidemic, and it has become an unpredictable one.
July 1, 2020, marks the first anniversary of the resumption of commercial whaling after Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Although the whale market is currently sluggish, the former mayor of Shimonoseki City and Senator of the Liberal Democratic Party Jiang Jiejie still said that "withdrawing from the IWC is not harmful to Japan." Whale delicacy". This year, 383 whales have been included in Japan's whaling program.
Faced with human insensitivity and unwillingness, whales off the coast of Japan sent out for help...
Drawing: Zhongxin Li Xueyao, Ni Wenbing, Meng Xiangjun, He Luman, Zhang Aolin