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Bill: Whaling Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Conservative Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4398
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Whaling is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:28:47, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | This could harm our scientists. |
| Date | 10:48:00, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | We oppose. As BR pointed out, scientific research will be hindered and commercial whaling is already illegal. |
| Date | 11:14:11, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | Despite most of the world uniting together to ban commercial whaling, many countries continue to prop up the law which allows whales to be killed for scientific purposes. The ‘scientific whaling’ provision has also been used by many other nations as a way of getting around the rules. However little, if any useful information comes from ‘scientific whaling’ and it is quite simply commercial whaling conducted under the guise of science. Whaling countries issue their own catch limits, as there is no International Whaling Commission in place Here is why the KWRF supports banning whaling altogether: -Scientific permit whaling requires whale meat to be used, ie, to be sold or given away. This means a scientific permit is little more than a licence to sell whale meat. -The approval of a scientific whaling permit is granted by the nation that applied for it. In other words, Beluzia approves its own permits for scientific whaling without any external scrutiny (because there is no IWC) or need for explanation. -It is no coincidence that the only nations that kill whales for science are those most interested in trying to create markets for whale meat. Many cold nations' scientific whaling programme led to the killing of hundreds of whales. -It is hard to imagine any other scientific investigation of a species being organised around the principle of mass killing. We believe there can be an alternatives to scientific whaling In an era of DNA sampling and remote monitoring, scientists do not need to kill whales to learn about them. Samples can be collected from skin that whales shed, blubber and fecal matter. Scientists can even collect samples when whales exhale through their blowholes, allowing for detection of pathogens. Determining vital whale population estimates and trends can only be achieved through sighting surveys and other benign research techniques such as the photo-identification of individual animals and acoustic surveys. We should have scientists pioneer new technologies and techniques to study whales without harming them. |
| Date | 11:29:51, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | We thank our friends at the KWRF for providing food for thought on this matter. On that basis we shall investigate the matter further and reconsider the validity of our position. |
| Date | 14:30:33, May 24, 2018 CET | From | United Front of Beluzia | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | We strongly disagree with whaling and believe it's a violation of Animal Rights. Whales are rare species who should be appreciated and the use of whale "parts" is not justified enough for us to believe whaling should be allowed. |
| Date | 15:20:08, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | Liberty see no substantial evidence to justify scientific whaling and will alter our vote accordingly. |
| Date | 18:04:12, May 24, 2018 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | We commend Liberty for supporting animal rights and to allow whales to be used as a source of income for tourism, not an object to be carved up and eaten. |
| Date | 02:55:08, May 25, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the Whaling Bill |
| Message | after the debate and more importantly the opinion polls, we will support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 683 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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