Comments on: A whale of a Christmas http://news.3yen.com/2007-12-17/a-whale-of-a-christmas/ News.3Yen.com - Japanese News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:32:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kirainet.com via Taro http://news.3yen.com/2007-12-17/a-whale-of-a-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-286563 Kirainet.com via Taro Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:33:50 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/2007-12-17/a-whale-of-a-christmas/#comment-286563 Ho, ho, ho! The droll folks at <a href="http://www.kirainet.com/english/kissing-whale/#comments" rel="nofollow">Kirainet.com</a> were amused by the logical redundancy of "White Beluga" that I copied directly from the SeaParadise press release including the funky capitalization. Ho, ho, ho! The droll folks at Kirainet.com were amused by the logical redundancy of “White Beluga” that I copied directly from the SeaParadise press release including the funky capitalization.

]]> By: Mr Skulduggery (via Taro) http://news.3yen.com/2007-12-17/a-whale-of-a-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-286223 Mr Skulduggery (via Taro) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:38:08 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/2007-12-17/a-whale-of-a-christmas/#comment-286223 <a href="http://mrskulduggery.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/animal-activistsgrinches-link-santa-hats-to-whale-murder/" rel="nofollow">Mr. Skulduggery's blog</a> is bemused by this linking of "Santa hats to whale murder" the following news report. <blockquote>...environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with harpoons. The beluga whales have been fitted out with the cute Santa hats to entertain the crowds at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Yokohama Island. There's even a chance to receive a wet kiss under the mistletoe from a yuletide beluga<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=503232&in_page_id=1811" rel="nofollow">...<p style="text-align: right;">---Daily Mail, UK, 18th December 2007</p></a><strong>Animal activists' anger after aquarium puts Santa hats on whales</strong></blockquote> Mr. Skulduggery’s blog is bemused by this linking of “Santa hats to whale murder” the following news report.
…environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with harpoons.
The beluga whales have been fitted out with the cute Santa hats to entertain the crowds at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Yokohama Island.
There’s even a chance to receive a wet kiss under the mistletoe from a yuletide beluga…

—Daily Mail, UK, 18th December 2007

Animal activists’ anger after aquarium puts Santa hats on whales

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