Have some Japanese scientists come over to kill it and cut it up to study it scientifically and then they could eat the left overs. Those delicious, tasty cuts of whale meat are such a delicacy. Problem solved. Of course it might help if they had the Royal Navy blast it with some mid-frequency sonar first to disable it and make it easier for the scientists to kill it before butchering.
The Navy uses sonar to detect enemy submarines. Sounds are emitted across the ocean and bounce back when they hit an object. The lower the frequency of the sounds, the further they travel. At present, mid-frequency active sonar (MFA) is in widespread use and low frequency active sonar (LFA) is being developed for use by the US and its allies. LFA sonar can generate one of the loudest sounds that it is possible for humans to make.
Whales use their own form of sonar – echolocation – to navigate and to find food. They also use sound for communication. The loud and far-carrying noise of sonar is thought to disrupt the whales’ ability to navigate, forage and communicate. It is also believed to cause the whales to panic, inducing strandings and collisions.
Mid-frequency sonar can cause whales to make a dramatic change in behaviour. On hearing sonar, whales may dive or rise deeply and rapidly. This can cause a form of decompression sickness, also known as ‘the bends’, resulting in sometimes fatal damage to the lungs, brain and ears.
Sonar and Strandings
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) recently released a report that backs up previous claims of the harm sonar can do. The report suggests that the noise produced by the military is damaging to cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and in particular, rare beaked whales.
http://www.vanaqua.org/aquanews/features/sonar.htmlEnvironmental groups as well as many governments reject Japan's assertion that it takes minke whales in the Antarctic for scientific research.
"This take of whales is about profit not science and is intended as the forerunner of a much larger hunt," said Greenpeace whale campaigner Richard Page.
"It's wrong to think that because we've had a temporary ban on commercial whaling the whales are protected - they're not," he added.
Japan ostensibly gave up commercial whaling following an international moratorium declared by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986.
But it has been catching hundreds of minke whales for "scientific research" since 1987, saying the hunts provide information on whale feeding habits and migration patterns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1711024.stm
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