As a resident of Pond Inlet and having seen the benefit this harvest has brought the humanpopulation, I am appauled by this aboslutely disgusting and ridiculous article. Have you ever been to Nunavut? Have you seen the infrastructure and social challenges that the population faces on a daily basis. Have you seen each house in the community, filled with enough Muktak to feed us until Spring? Please understand, I write this comment with smoldering rage deep within my heart. What do you know of the Inuit? What causes you to write such racist comments? I won't continue as you don't deserve a response. I am ashamed that we live in the same country. Votes: +2

Captain Paul Watson BLESS YOU for all that you do for the whales and other sea creatures!!! Keep fighting for conservation causes! You are Canada's biggest asset against the corruption and evil!! Votes: -1

Mr Watson wrote a colorful piece and I thought that I needed to say something here. I am Inuit from Nunavut and my people were here in what is called Canada long before 1648. We were taught from young age to never watch any wildlife suffer.If any wildlife was going to sufferthat we should harvest it. If the suffering was going to happen and not because of sickness we would harvest it and it would be food on the floor for us. Watson was partly right when he wrote that "To the Inuit it was like shooting fish in a barrel - literally". We would harvest the fish from barrel because we Inuit would not be able to put oxigen back in the watter in the barrel, but harvest therm so that fish don't suffer due to lack of oxigen. By the way tusks would be considered byproduct because we can not eat it and we would not want to just throw it away because we Inuit like to use whatever we can to survive in this harsh north.
Votes: +9

Skipper Paul is off to the Antartic for his annual ego stroking. He plans to interfer with the Whaling down there and reduce the number of whales killed. If Watson is so concerned about saving whales why didn't he charter an icebreaker and save these whales himself. For that matter Greenpeace and the Humane Society have also thrown their two cents in on this topic complaining about Canada and the Canadian Government. These organizations raise millions of dollars every year on the pretense of saving animals. Here was a chance for them to save five hundred whales but they did absolutely nothing other then point their finger at Canada. What do they raise that money for if it not to save animals? Votes: +4

Such arrogance, typical of a delusional, singular minded simpleton, even if one is of supposed marine stock. You give mariners a bad name. With reference to this piece of trash, you probably took a hit of acid while listening to the Beatles and concucting this piece of animal rights propoganda: vermin like you, who hoodwink all of the masses to contribute to your annual $300,000 plus salary don't know how much you spend on your own lavish lifestyle, do they?
With the fictious nonsense in your so called journalistic piece grabbed out of thin air, how much did your coffers grow by, so that you can use those misbegotten funds against those who have little choice but to retain our land based economy? No fancypants animal activists flew up here, its too dark and cold for your kind to stomach, so that bullshit you call a quote was pulled out of your hat.
You sir, are nothing but a rich, spoiled neaderthal, who would gladly watch another human die, would never contribute any food or goods to the poor of your city, would never consider how food or produce went from animal/plant to your table yet here you are, spouting such drivel I can see it 3000 miles away.
An icebreaker would damage all of the narwhal hearing and sonar organs due to the extreme noise they make while breaking ice, there is a reason why narwhal flee from ships. Why don't you sit next to a 105 mm Howitzer without any ear protection while it shoots off six rounds? After a minute, your eardrums would be toast. Here you are, saying that narwhal deserve that exact fate.
The sound that icebreakers make while going through ice a meter thick travels a long distance and would be excruciatingly painful for whales, with their acute hearing and sonar to be subjected to. The ship would have to travel 75 kilometres to reach the area in question, by the time it reached the whales, most would be dead or dying since they would have nowhere to run to, but would have to suffer this fate that simpletons like you advocate.
So much for your professed love of the whales... Votes: +8

From: Terry Audla [mailto:execdir@qia.ca]

Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 1:04 PM

Subject: Narwhals

This is in response to Captain Paul Watson's Commentary titled: The
Canadian Slaughter of the Unicorns

A sad sad commentary. To say that "Inuit killers roared and laughed
barbarously as they inflicted torturous death upon these gentle
creatures" .points to the true ignorance of Inuit culture and our
current state of affairs as Canadian Inuit. This statement from an
organization that puts the plight of animals before the plight of its
fellow world citizens is the true definition of ignorance. Sad to see
it being perpetuated through a hazy rose-colored outlook of life on
earth. Grow up !! How it that what the Inuit are doing is any less
humane than say a pig/cow/chicken/lamb slaughter house!?!?!?!
Cultural ignorance at its prime!!

Captain Paul Watson: Of course it is a sad commentary. The slaughter
of 500 defenseless Narwhal that could have been saved but were
butchered instead is a very sad affair indeed. I would ask Mr. Audla
to release video of the slaughter to prove that the killers were not
taking pleasure in their sadistic kill. I have seen aboriginal kills
in Siberia, Alaska, the Faeroe Islands and off the coast of
Washington and I have witnessed the laughter and the amusement that
the killers demonstrated. Mr. Audla, you can of course prove me wrong
by releasing the video of the slaughter to the public. As for his
accusation that we put the plight of the Narwhals before the plight
of humans, I must agree. We do. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
represents our clients – the whales. And by the way Mr. Audla, the
Narwhal are "fellow world citizens." We defend, speak for, and work
for the welfare and the survival of marine wildlife. We are not a
people organization although I should add that if we fail to protect
and conserve marine wildlife, it will diminish diversity in the
oceans and if the oceans die than all of humanity will perish, so
ironically we work more directly for the interests of humanity than
most anthropocentric organizations.

It is also true that I do not respect a culture that slaughters
wildlife to sell to the outside world in exchange for material
benefits like snowmobiles, rifles, television, appliances etc. There
is no traditional hunting for survival anymore – there is only the
capitulation of the Inuit to the fur industry and as guides and
bearers to rich white hunters who are motivated out of perverse
desires to kill large predators like the polar bear. The Inuit want
the materialistic benefits of the industrialized society and they
still want to slaughter wildlife.

I was on St. Lawrence Island in 1981 and saw the Yupik slaughter
Walrus with automatic weapons and it was a bloody massacre and I saw
them laughing as they killed those magnificent animals. So Mr. Audla,
I am not speaking out of ignorance. I witnessed enough atrocities and
it is these scenes that enrage me.

500 Narwhals Mr. Audla! You can't eat them all. It is the long
"unicorn" tooth you want because that's where the money is and you
will be making a great deal of money off this slaughter. Or do you
deny this also?

And of course there is the expected comparison to the slaughter of
domestic animals. First, I don't support the slaughter of domestic
animals. My ships are vegan vessels and we do not support the meat
industry, which by the way is a greater contributor to greenhouse gas
emissions than the auto industry. But there is no slaughter house in
the civilized world that would condone the shooting in the barrel
approach of this unspeakably inhumane killing of whales with rifles
as they desperately seek to escape from death as their family is torn
apart around them. This is a horrific way to die Mr. Audla and every
man who pulled a trigger on those whales is no different than the men
who slaughtered the defenseless people in the pit at My Lai, Vietnam.
This is a crime against nature and I have absolutely no apologies for
condemning the butchers of these whales.

I may not be politically correct but I choose to be ecologically
correct and the slaughter of so many endangered species cannot be
justified in the name of culture. I would rather be ignorant of such
a culture than to be a part of such an ignorant culture.

And don't throw back the race card on me. I don't discriminate when
it comes to humans. I oppose anyone of any colour, of any culture
that slaughters endangered species and especially when they do so in
such an unbelievably cruel manner.

Within our Inuit culture we have always had the respect and will
continue to hold that respect towards the animals that feed us. We do
not want unnecessary suffering of the animals that we have always
hunted and will continue to uphold that belief! The narwhals being
culled will feed many families within the Eastern Arctic and just in
time for Christmas ! It is truly a time to celebrate ! Families not
able to feed themselves through store bought groceries (the most
expensive in Canada) will now be a little more at peace during the
holidays now that there will be food. Food given through nature's own
way of adjusting to those that will benefit the most: natures own
inhabitants who have always been close to nature and are attuned more
than most to their own surroundings. This culling is the most humane
and least form of suffering available to these poor narwhals, outside
of a miraculous melting of the ice.which by the way we do have a bone
to pick with the rest of you on a global scale. I wonder how much
more are trapped suffering and to eventually suffocate away from the
prying eyes of us humans?? Through this culling families will now be
fed for months to come showing that God does work in wondrous ways.

Captain Paul Watson: Don't give me that mealy mouthed tripe about
respect. What the men with the rifles did to those intelligent and
gentle sentient creatures was NOT respect by any stretch of the
imagination. Justify it any way you wish to appease your conscience
but what occurred was not respect – it was a savage display of human
arrogance.

The Canadian government could have broken those whales out of there.
They spend millions defending those barbaric Newfoundland and
Magdalen Island seal butchers. In truth I hold DFO responsible for
this massacre. The Inuit were merely the executioners but the
responsibility lies with the government of Canada.

I cannot believe however that you would actually use the word
celebrate in the context of defending this despicable slaughter. And
as with all killers, you justify the butchery by citing God as your
guide and excuse. Mr. Audla, there is no natural world anymore. We
have destroyed it – all of us, there are no innocent humans. And
don't give me this "bone to pick" drivel about climate change. You
participate in the destruction with your snowmobiles, appliances,
heating, rifles, aircraft and every other modern convenience you use.
You're just as involved as the rest of us. I admit to being a
hypocrite because the entire human race is a hypocritical species.

Merry Christmas to you and your families! May Peace & Harmony be
with you.

Captain Paul Watson: This Christmas, we will be defending whales from
the industrialized illegal slaughter by the Japanese whaling fleet.
We won't be celebrating in a world where the non-humans have no peace
and harmony from the rapacious assaults by humanity.

Enlighten yourselves.

Captain Paul Watson: We are always in the process of doing so Mr.
Audla. I suggest you do likewise.

Terry Audla

Qikiqtani Inuit Association

Executive Director

"Protecting & Promoting Inuit Rights & Values"
Votes: +0

I just had to respond to your caricature of an Inuk chortling and laughing hideously while killing the poor whales. It reminded me of the first cartoon I ever saw of Inuit, but back then we were called Eskimos. They had one laughing with glee. Sounds like you got your orientation around more fictitious data. You had me roaring and laughing barbariously as I saw you massacre the truth.
Most Inuit that I associate with, take no pleasure in killing animals that are trapped and suffering, especially those species we know as "aware". Narwhal are not endangered in this part of the High Arctic, so that piece of propoganda is out the door. When we see a hopeless situation that will result in untold suffering and agony, we act to stop it.
Most of us have shot our beloved dogs after saying goodbye, not had them euthanized in a cold and uncaring atmosphere devoid of their family. Seeing elders put into semi-prison old folks homes by the thousands is more sinister to Inuit than any killing we do for our food and sustenance. Farms and ranches do not work up here, so how are you going to feed the Inuit?
If not for hunting from our local grocery store (our lands and seas), most of us would be starving and malnourished from the processed foods currently available. On top of that, 3 litres of milk costs $12, a loaf of bread costs $4-5, cereal costs $7-14, meat costs $5-6 per pound and most are dated and sent thousands of miles north from lands south of sixty. A single bag of groceries can cost you more than $60, and enough store bought food for six people for a week easily reaches over $500 per week. Try living in our shoes for a day before you spout nonsense designed to fleece the misinformed and captive audience of their dollars. Votes: +9

Joseph you are partly right that we Inuit were labeled as savages and people are coming around that and found that we were people too. Were the whales were got in the freezing ice in Pond area the only light they have now is between 10am and 2pm and the rest of the time, it is dark. As we Inuit found out by living with wildlife we have our most respect for them. We Inuit also found that there is no one on earth who can condemn other human beings except one that we Inuit called Nunaup Angajuqqaga that is Inuktitut word for Parent of the Earth. So there is hope for you to find out more about Inuit people and that we have made it this far we just might go on for more time.

We as Inuit are still fighting to be part of Canada as true Canadians with my Inuk Culture in tacked.
Votes: +4

I thought so; You are an example of the sorriest plateau that humans can reach. You sir, are a racist, a classless pompous ass who cannot
In your ignorance, like all non-hunter and especially vegan mentalities, you assume that all narwhals have tusks. You also assume, because your brain is missing crucial elements, minerals and vitamins from a vegan diet, that all Inuit are in it for the money...That is like saying all vegans are mindless brainwashed people, oh wait, they are!
For your information, less than 25% of the whales had tusks, most were 1-3 feet long, not even worth selling for a momento..so there goes another of your stupid arguments. We have shipped out approximately 200 animals to surrounding communities, and yes, not every morsel will get eaten by Inuit. We have a couple of thousand husky dogs that will not be hungry either this winter.
You really are as dense as you seem, Mr. Watson...all those cauliflowers have addled your brain. I can tell that you are one of these absolute black and white folks, so far removed from reality that you assume there is no more natural world. There is no natural world in the cities, nor your farms.
You, the occupiers, have killed off most of the natural world. On top of that, we now have classes of people like yourself, who probably have no compunction about letting untold thousands of humans die, but let one whale die, and they go nuts...your priorities are so skewed, so removed from the truth that you assume that what you spout is the truth.
No wonder America is being cursed by GOD. Votes: +1

As you read this, please understand that I write this comment with a view that will present itself to be contrary to that of Paul Watson's. In addition, I will provide my own take on the issue exploring my perception with a pinch of satire which is based on my upbringing in Nunavut and Inuit culture. I will use my experiences to provide information that is most truthful to me in hopes that I can evoke a different perspective to the topic. A perspective that I'd like to think is closer to the issue than that of Mr. Watson's - even though I have never been to Pond Inlet or caught a narwhal before.

Canada, my country, a nation which one side of my family has resided over millennia just committed one of the highest acts of respect towards the Inuit people by deciding to act on elders' advice to kill and harvest a large number of trapped narwhals nearby the Pond Inlet community in Nunavut. Before, Canada (and it seems like the rest of the World) has disregarded Inuit ecological knowledge on bowhead whale populations which has increased 10 folds, and are currently in an ever-increasing disagreement with Inuit in the polar bear co-management field, again mainly because of the hunting/harvesting of the animals done by Inuit which is opposed by animal rights groups and individuals.

Watson argues that the narwhals could have been saved. Instead, he is made to express that "hearts as dark as the foul breath of demons from the bottomless pit of hell have prevailed and where Canada could have delivered the gift of life, they have instead unleashed a torrent of violence that has spewed the hottest of blood into the frigid seas of the high north." Is food not a gift of life? Has the hunters and furthermore the rest of the Inuit community not been delivered the gift of life from nature?? If you ask me, Canada has allowed the delivery of the gift of life (food) to the Inuit from the sea goddess, Taliillajuq (according to my Inuktitut dialect).

I believe this activity to be a slaughter – further that, I would easily use the word ‘harvest’ interchangeably with ‘slaughter’ since the hunters of Pond Inlet are not killing these animals just for the sake of killing them and ending their suffering. At the same time, they are providing countless meals to their families and fellow neighbours within their community and even among other Nunavut settlements. Why is it that Paul Watson is convinced that the tusks were the motivation for the decision to kill the narwhal given the circumstances? Food was the overriding reason (next to the entrapment) that led to the decision to kill these narwhal from the beginning.

In closing, I do not understand why the rage deep within Paul Watson's heart is smoldering given the fact that hundreds and possibly thousands of people will literally be well fed with tonnes of highly nutritious (and not to mention tasty) maktaaq (whale skin) at least for the month of December - and more expectedly many months to come. Votes: +2

Yesterday morning, as I daftly battled a storm in Iqaluit on my way to buy a fuse for a snowmobile, the young man who had decided to accompany me, casually mentioned that he was looking forward to getting home to Pond Inlet so that he could eat maktaaq again. He added that he had literally eaten maktaaq everyday for a week prior to departure.

He was tired of eating what he light-heartedly called, 'qallunaat' food - pizza pockets, granola bars, bananas, Rice Crispies, KFC chicken Twisters, and Mandarin oranges over the course of the last four days. He craved country food. He craved the skin of the narwhal. Votes: +3

I think you have a very distorted view of the facts. If you understood anything about Nunavummiut you would know that they are not wasteful. Nor are Inuit cruel people. They looked for the good in the situation and turned a tragedy and potential waste into a harvest for the people of Nunavut, people who have lived here for thousands of years. Just go back down south and write your slander there because you have no idea what you are talking about.
Emil of Rankin Inlet Votes: +1

I mentioned in my previous post that the bowhead whale population has increased 10 folds. More accurately, the numbers have been raised at least two folds of what was estimated by Canada. Votes: +1

First off, I am one of the Inuit who hunt to put food on our table. I, along with many other Inuit and non-Inuit am truly saddened that so many Narwhal’s had to be harvested. The People of Pond Inlet did not put them there, nor did the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. In a perfect life, things like this would not happen. Mother Nature as her own way of handling life on this planet and there is no way that we can change how she treats us.

I know regardless of what I say to you, you will not stop and try to stop people like myself from harvesting or hunting to put food on our table. Yes, things up here cost probably three to four times as they cost down south. I am certain that you will not sympathize with us because we hunt and kill animals for food, and to you, that is completely barbaric.

Although we hunt the Narwhal, it is not like we are on a shooting rampage and we are not laughing away when we hunt them. We are given a quota to hunt these whales and they are regulated by our Canadian Government. We respect the Canadian Law and hunt to the required quota or at times, we do not even reach the required quota that is given to us. And although we are given the right to hunt these mammals, we do take the time and relax with them and just watch them in their own natural magical beauty.

We, the human population are not the only ones that hunt these whales. They face other threats and having lived up here our whole lives, we see what goes on within our environment. We have seen that there are more and more Orca’s (killer whales) within our region. This year was no exception. Narwhal’s really do fear the Orca’s; they can swim right along the shoreline when they try to get away from these killer whales.

Although there is quite a bit of talk of Global Warming, we have seen the effects that can make changes within our region. For the past few years, probably 4 to 5 years, we have seen very late freeze-ups; this year was completely different from the past 4 to 5 years where ice froze up without much time.

Although I am saddened that so many Narwhal had to be harvested, I understand and accept the decision that was made by the Elders of Pond Inlet along with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to harvest these great mammals. It is saddening to know that the young whales were put on top of the ice by other whales where they froze to death in our cold environment. Who else can tell how many drowned fighting to take a breath on an ever shrinking breathing hole?

Furthermore, it is truly good to hear that it is not only the Inuit that got to take advantage of these Narwhal’s. The Narwhal’s are not in the endangered list, but it seems that the Polar Bear is pretty close to getting into the endangered list. Polar Bears have gained from this harvest as well as they too now have food to eat and should be able to have enough fat reserves to keep them going this winter, not to mention the foxes that will also gain food for their winter as well.

We live in a harsh environment and we will continue to hunt to put food on our table and we will share our catch with our friends, families and neighbors, not by selling our catch, but by giving our catch. Yes, some of the people will sell the tusk and receive small monetary gains but not enough to purchase food to last them a month if not a week, but please advise us where they sell for thousands as we do not get thousands for selling them up here.

We will also loose loved ones in our environment through our hunting practices, our Brothers, Fathers, Uncles or ourselves will perish while hunting to put food on our tables. In some cases, to the point where we can no longer find their bodies and I speak of this from having lost a family member while he was out hunting to put food on our table.

Yes, you will continue to defend the mammals and you are probably on your way to Antarctica to defend them because of your beliefs. But I chose to see it in another way where the loss of life of these majestic mammals is nourishing other lives within the food chain starting from the zooplanktons and other sea creatures which are on the bottom of the food chain.

Like you, I sometimes feel ashamed to be a Canadian, but it is for the complete opposite reasons that you gave and like you, I sometimes feel that it is because that our Canadian Government is neglecting us within our great Country of Canada, but hey, I believe that perhaps our Canadian Government will eventually come around and acknowledge us as equals to the rest of Canada.

I also understand that there will be people like yourself who will never take the time to understand what damage you do to cultures just so you get recognition as a savior of mammals. You yourself pointed out that there are no more cultures that hunt for sustenance, and it is because of people like yourself that these great cultures are disappearing, you destroy them.

We are still hunting for sustenance and we will continue to hunt regardless of what you do or regardless of what turmoil people like yourself cause to our culture. We may hunt and kill mammals, but at the same time, we respect our mammals. Who knows, maybe somewhere along the line, our Culture will ask for your assistance as bigger threats come our way from global warming.

Perhaps you need to accept what Mother Nature decided on the fate of these Narwhal’s and stop pointing fingers at people who had no control over their fate but chose to take the humanitarian route as they chose to put food on the table rather then keep these whales suffering. Yes it is sad that there had to be that many that got trapped, but Mother Nature is at times fierce in her own way.

Votes: +3

Barbara Frum - Paul Watson Interview, 1978 CBC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_gTBDFTXE0 Votes: +0

I feel that I needed to respond to “written by Canada Blows”. I am one Inuk from the north called Nunavut. I got hurt enough to make me cry when I was 5 or 6 years old by kids calling me names. I went home crying and my dad asked me why I was crying and I told him it was because kids were calling me names. Dad say ok, take your parka off, did that and he says now take your shirt off, did that. He looked me over and says I see no bruises here he went on to say I know you will not be hurting for too long. He was right. Now back to the comments you wrote. We as Inuit don’t like it either of those people that just takes and takes. We Inuit only harvest wildlife that nature gave to us Inuit, other words wild life that gave themselves to the Inuit hunters. The reason I say that is what Inuk seal hunter found out about what seals sees the hunter and what the seals see will give it self to the hunter or not. I will not go into details of that finding because I don’t think you are a seal hunter. But I will try to tell you in a way you might understand. Imagine you had a household pet. You will live under the same roof, you will care for it, you will feed it, give it a bed so that it will be comfortable and you will be nice to it. In return for your kindness your pet will give all itself to you because your pet knows that you have looked after it as best as you can. Isn’t that a food for a thought? You see, we as Inuit does not always catch what we are hunting for as matter of fact we could go for days, or weeks without catching what we are hunter for. It is only when what we are hunting for gave themselves to the hunter that hunter will catch. To the whales that were got in the freezing ice near Pond Inlet would be like you as you open your door to your house your pet dashes out the door and ventures too far and got run over by car, you see your pet still breathing and in pain would you watch it suffering or would you end your pets suffering. I am very sorry to hurt your feeling but this is the real world to day. Because of wildlife that is why we Inuit don’t want ships in Nunavut to dump their garbage in our sea or drilling for oil in our seas because of oil spills, we Inuit care for wildlife they are living with us. It is good to know that we Inuit also know that wildlife may have smaller brain but there is some one who is more powerful then you or I watching over that beautiful wildlife that we enjoy. Votes: +1

Paul Watson, While I admire your use of imagery, prose and illusion, I have never read an editoral that demonstrates greater ignorance than this one. I suggest you travel to Canada's Eastern Arctic, learn a thing or two about the people, land and culture and then, when you are de-ignoramusized, issue a formal and public apology to the Inuit for this ill-informed and essentially racist article.

Until that time, I have just one question: Are you a captain in the same sense that Colonel Sanders is a colonel?

Sincerely,

Just another southerner who thought he knew everything about the north until he moved there
Votes: +0

What goes around comes around, never know, they might end up being stranded in the middle of nowhere and have no choice but to harvest for their food and find out what delicous food we eat! What a waste of time and energy these activists have, no time to get in to a “swirl” of their little world, but to feel sorry for them for having such big mouths and so little brains! “Uakalanga silaittumarialuit” translation: "its amazing how little wisdom they have" Votes: +1

I read your letter regarding Canada’s Slaughter of Unicorn.

As I read your letter I was concerned that you have no clue of what you are. I was concern if person like you make decision on important issues. As I, was reading I felt of hate talking of evil and hell as if you are an uncertain man and don’t know what is set for you in your life. There are people like you trying to get attention in the world thinking you are the only person that knows best. But really the world takes its toll as day goes by.

There are things that happen in the world that don’t seem to be fair for us all, but it was meant to be. This incident that is happening in our land is happening not because we Inuit planned it. It is not because we want to slaughter our animals it’s because the nature runs itself. Inuit didn’t jump to slaughter the narwhals, Inuit had meeting with their elders and government representatives to decide what they should do. They had there community meeting to decide what they should do and how it’s best for narwhals so they don’t suffer too long. The North is an unforgiving land cold and dark. It’s just the way it is. Incident like this happens every now and then.

This is not the first time this kind of incident happens it will happen again sometime in the future. Sometimes this happens without anybody knowing it is because our land and sea is so massive. As you mention in your letter that your family resided in Canada back in 1648 I thought for awhile you would have a better understanding about nature because back then our forefather were all hunters and striving to live from animals you think back then they had electric switches to turn lights on . Sorry not!

Back then your family was slaughtering our bowhead whale so they can light there house and street lights. Little do you know about your culture as I understand your letter.

As you mention Inuit people are happy pulling the trigger, you don’t know that, because you are not Inuk and you’ll never be an Inuk, thank god, we’d be ashamed if you were an Inuk.

What is happening up here is none of your business. If it was, we wouldn’t notify you, we didn’t because it’s no concern of yours.

I don’t think every Canadian should hang there heads in shame because all of us Canadians didn’t know there were narwhals stranded in ice, we are fortunate they were found before the ice was too thick that the narwhals would’ve really suffered then suffocating, skins tearing from ice and polar bears scratching there skin, dying from starvation lack of no food due to distance they have to travel from there holes. So I am proud of Inuit catching all the whales so they don’t suffer from all odds.

Don’t judge before you know all the facts because you’ll be a poor judge.
Votes: +1

This is a respond to “Raw Meat Eater”. We Inuit have found that whoever is trying to do good that nature will never go against them. We Inuit also don’t talk to weather the weather talks to us. Even us Inuit we do not have control over nature we Inuit work with nature. We Inuit are busy enough monitoring wildlife in Nunavut that we can’t be anywhere else so some someone else will have to monitor other countries in terms of abuse, cruelty and waste of wildlife. Also Inuit are not easily pissed off so we are not. I hear that Japanese eat whale and catch using quota. I would think that Japanese are keeping the whales in check so that those whales don’t beach themselves in that area due to lack of food. In fact Watson I hope you will have a safe trip. Votes: +1

evil are those who cook live lobsters, think about what you eat when you wake up everyday you eat eggs bacon
sausage. i think they come from innocent animals or are they artificial? most of the killing starts from holiday's millions of turkeys are killed during thanks giving and christmas, Votes: +0

So the inuit were laughing and roaring when they were shooting the narwhales? Did you see it first hand? Us, inuit do not play with nature. When we hunt, we hunt for food. We do not go out and kill animals just for the sake of killing. We go out to hunt for FOOD. And how do you get your food? You go out to get your food from the supermarket. Food that was born and bred in cages, living in their own piss and shit and also crowded in a place where a human could not survive, let alone an animal. The inuit did not set out to shoot all those narwhales. They were suffering from their limited supply of air and there was not enough breathing holes to breath out of.
Let me ask you one thing, when you heard about the plight of the narwhales, did you try and order an ice breaker so the narwhales can go out safely? The inuit did what was the most humanitarian thing to do. Let them out of their misery. And don't "tsk, tsk" that. Let me remind you that there was no ice breaker and the narwhale, which we call "allanguaq" were suffering. Should they have just stand by and witness their suffering? Or take their meat and feed hundreds of people all over nunavut and nunavik? Votes: +2