http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/14/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/14/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/#comment-2219 Big in Japan | Family dive instruction - stressful! Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:28:38 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/14/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/#comment-2219 [...] I got home late yesterday afternoon after a very busy weekend, and collapsed in front of the TV. Tuned into some wildlife show where they’d trapped an octopus in a jar, to show how amazing it was that it can unscrew the lid of the jar and escape. The Japanese really are not kind to animals sometimes (see here and here). But this week is going to give me time to regroup and work out my strategy for teaching this family. And next weekend I’ve got the 2 Open Water Students from Saturday heading to the ocean. I’m looking forward to that as it’s always good to see and hear their reactions when they experience the underwater world for the first time. A review of my Kansai trip will come in the next blog entry, so until then take care and dive safely. Related:Open Water , PADI , teaching families Save on My.Spidge.com, Vote on Spidge.com,or Discuss this Article              [...] […] I got home late yesterday afternoon after a very busy weekend, and collapsed in front of the TV. Tuned into some wildlife show where they’d trapped an octopus in a jar, to show how amazing it was that it can unscrew the lid of the jar and escape. The Japanese really are not kind to animals sometimes (see here and here). But this week is going to give me time to regroup and work out my strategy for teaching this family. And next weekend I’ve got the 2 Open Water Students from Saturday heading to the ocean. I’m looking forward to that as it’s always good to see and hear their reactions when they experience the underwater world for the first time. A review of my Kansai trip will come in the next blog entry, so until then take care and dive safely. Related:Open Water , PADI , teaching families Save on My.Spidge.com, Vote on Spidge.com,or Discuss this Article              […]

]]> http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/14/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/#comment-2123 Big in Japan | Bite Back - Shame of Japan Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:29:23 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/03/14/dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/#comment-2123 [...] Following up slightly from my previous post about the dolphin slaughter in some towns in Japan, my attention was turned this morning to whaling, something that Japan is doing far too much of (in my opinion) in the name of scientific research. Incidentally, the Japanese must now be the most whale-savvy nation in the world - I’d love to know the things they have discovered and what their current lines of research are with the whales they catch and kill. This particular article I will quote about whalers in Japan and other countries has been take from the excellent dive news site, www.divemagazine.co.uk, and credit should go there, and to the author John Nightingale, for this. I’m just trying to pass on an important story and message for everyone. Please post your comments here and/or on the forum over at Dive Magazine. So without further adue, here is the article: [...] […] Following up slightly from my previous post about the dolphin slaughter in some towns in Japan, my attention was turned this morning to whaling, something that Japan is doing far too much of (in my opinion) in the name of scientific research. Incidentally, the Japanese must now be the most whale-savvy nation in the world - I’d love to know the things they have discovered and what their current lines of research are with the whales they catch and kill. This particular article I will quote about whalers in Japan and other countries has been take from the excellent dive news site, http://www.divemagazine.co.uk, and credit should go there, and to the author John Nightingale, for this. I’m just trying to pass on an important story and message for everyone. Please post your comments here and/or on the forum over at Dive Magazine. So without further adue, here is the article: […]

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