The Makahs are an indigenous people who live in Washington state, on the west coast. The Makahs claim the right to hunt whales, which they claim is a tradition. A common excuse to defend wanton animal cruelty.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a site set up to take in public comments. Please go to the site and make your voice heard on this important issue! The deadline is tomorrow!

In 1999 the US government allowed the Makahs to kill a grey whale. Graphic video of the 1999 killing can be seen HERE. The baby whale killed was named "Yabis,"  the Makah word for Beloved. She was given this name by a tribal elder who opposed the slaughter.

From the news story. This is the baby whale who was killed

Ever since, there was been a fight ongoing in the courts, with the Makah seeking to kill more, and animal protectors working to stop them.

In 2007, some Makah men illegally killed a grey whale. They didn’t even recover the body, which sank. There should be no more killing of whales anywhere, least of all off the coast of the United States, by the Makahs or anyone else.

Unfortunately, a federal judge has brought the Makah one step closer to being allowed to kill more whales. The judge based his decision on a treaty signed more than 150 years ago. A number of animal protection organizations have fought the Makah killing plan in court, but at this point it appears the whales are losing.

Every culture has history in which it can take pride in, and other history that which should be relegated to the dust bin of history. The only place for whale killing by any culture is in the history books, as a relic of a less evolved civilization. The Makah should end their murderous pursuit of whales, but meanwhile, we must be ready to do our part to protect our friends.

From its inception, SHARK has been a frontline animal protection organization. We are capable on the land, on the water and in the air. This will be very important if the killing of whales resumes. 

Our 25’ inflatable Zodiac boat, The Bob & Nancy, has been kept maintained and ready for marine issues. It costs us money every year to keep the boat in storage, in good repair, ready for action. If The Bob and Nancy is not kept ready, we may not have the time we need to be ready when a need arises.

You may recall that The Bob & Nancy was vital when we partnered with Fish Feel to document the contest killing of cownose rays in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in 2015. Our drones were flown right from the special landing pad which was built for The Bob & Nancy.

Our drones documented and exposed the disgusting slaughter of the beautiful, gentle rays. The resulting video evidence enraged the public, including Maryland legislators, who passed first a temporary moratorium, and then a law permanently banning the killing contests.

In 2016, The Bob & Nancy was on the other side of the country, on the Columbia River, the border between Washington and Oregon, to document the slaughter of cormorants by the USDA’s killing arm, Wildlife Services. As with the slaughter of rays, we exposed the horror of the cormorant massacre to the public and the mass killing was ended soon thereafter.

Both The Bob & Nancy and our drone fleet are ready to document and expose any whale killing off US shores.

The National Maritime Fisheries Service has proposed a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act’s moratorium on the killing of marine mammals to allow the Makah Tribe to kill Eastern North Pacific gray whales again.

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