“Recently, a post posted by some students from a university of
Shandong was spread on the internet. These students said that their canteen
provided whales’ meat. As we all know, whales are protected and it is illegal
to hunt or eat whales in China. This is why the post was spread.
“
I was surprised to find this news after I went back to my hostel
today. We studied this today and when our tutor asked us whether Chinese in the
mainland of China ate whales, I said “no” confidently. However, this case happened
in my hometown. That’s quiet allegoric… Back to our topic, some students said
that they found whales in their canteen. If what they said is true then it will
be a serious question, so the reporters went to that canteen to see whether
there is or there was a whale. When the reporters arrived there, they did not
see the whale but according to the stuffs of that canteen, there was a dead whale
with its mouth injured in that canteen. That is to say, the news was basically
true and that whale is not stranded. It turned to a serious question. So where
was this whale from? The reporters tried to contact the person in charge of
that canteen but could not get through. The reporters from “胶东在线网” said the whale was given to the person in charge of that canteen
by one of his friends. Originally they wanted to sell the meat of the whale to
students, but after everyone knew this they are scared to be arrested and the
person in charge of that canteen give the whale back to his friend. Till now
reporters still cannot contact the person in charge.
Actually I typed a lot of political words, but finally I deleted all of them...
ReplyDeleteWhale meat is edible, the Northern cold countries need whale meat for the fat to keep them warm, for oil. The Japanese also eat whale meat, and this has led to the 'whale wars', especially with GREENPEACE. The question: Is the whale an endangered species?
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