This is the news. Whale hunting is to begin again, a Japanese government has just announced. In a first move, more than 5,000 whales will be harpooned each year. The killing will start again... Gently she cries, graceful and strong, the whale, the ruler of the sea. The greatest on earth since time began, so much glory, so much majesty. We have no rights to take our lives, this useless killing, a crime by humankind. Why, oh why, do we kill, kill the whale? Stop, stop right now, in the name of mankind, before it is too late. Harmless she moves, she is not aware of the guns and the raiders of the sea. For money they kill, wipe out a legend, the greatest since living memory. We have no rights to take our lives, this useless killing, a crime by humankind. Why, oh why, do we kill, kill the whale? Stop, stop right now, in the name of mankind. Why, oh why, do we kill, kill the whale? Stop, stop right now, in the name of mankind, before it is too late. *