Re: [Paddlewise] Gray whales and the Makah

Thanks Keith, for providing a source to check out both sides of
the story. It is very illuminating indeed.

The claim that the Makah make about their deteriorating health from
not eating enough sea mammal meat is absurd. In fact, whale meat has
an extremely high content of cholesterol. However is you compare
whale meat with McDonald's... :-)

There are several other things in the Makah pages that make no sense at all.

On the other side, it seems that the anti-whaling propaganda about the
Makah being financed by the Japanese and others, and about the plans
to sell whale byproducts overseas, are also unfunded and absurd.

While I do not support the killing of whales, I do not feel comfortable
anymore being represented by an anti-whaling group that does not
stick to objective facts and truth.

I would be happy to go as far as running an endless whale watching kayak tour
that would make the Makah wait forever before they can aproach a whale, 
but standing among other protesters who yell absurd lies would be
embarrassing, to say the least.

I strongly recommend that "In The Path of Giants" and "Project Sea Wolf"
stick strictly to facts and the truth for the sake of their credibility.

Again, my sincere appreciation to Keith Kaste for taking the time
to find the sources of both parties.

- Julio
> 
> Representatives of the Makah tribe made the following web references
> available to me:
> 
> FAQ for Makah whale hunt:  http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/makahfaq.html
> 
> Makah management plan:
> http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/makahplan.html
> 
> seattle times articles:
> http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/altwhal_072498.html
> http://archives.seattletimes.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?storyID=50250&query=Makah
> 
> action alert:
> http://whales.magna.com.au/alert/makah/index.html
> 
> Keith Kaste
> 
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