We are hypocrites to criticize the Japanese people for there hunting of dolphins.

"That is enitrely a personal opinion. From the judgements of the conditions and the habitat dolphins are in compared to other animals is less moral. Since the definition of morality can differ from person to person, judging solely on the conditions, dolphins are killed in a less moral way than other animals, since it takes a longer time to die, they are being trapped in coved, where humans are using an animals natural reaction to kill." No your opinion that it is more moral to kill an animal raised in captivity. Unless actual argument can be made about the morality of killing animals in captivity we should assume there is no difference. An appeal to moral relativism doesn't work. "I agree completely how Moose are important to the ecosystem, varying importance depending to the ecosystem. However, Japan's own slaughter guidelines for livestock require that the creature being killed must be made to lose consciousness and be killed by methods "proven to minimize, as much as possible, any agony to the animal." But those guidelines do not apply to whale and dolphin killing, which is governed by Japan's Fisheries Agency..." [1] It is immoral and also not humane. In addtion, dolphin hunting is not being properly regulated." More or less all of that applies to moose hunting as much or more as it does to dolphin hunting [1] [2]. "The reason why there is not a specific amount of counterfeit meat is because the people don't know. This is a huge problem. As I said in my previous round, dolphin meat is toxic, and Japan promotes it as a health food. Mercury is dangerous, as proven in my previous round. As of this point, my argumentation still stands. Since the people are not aware of the risk, and the Japanese saying it is a health benefit, when clearly the arguments are toward the danger, dolphin meat should not be consumed. As previously stated, I can name the countless consequences of ingesting mercury, which is not needed in the body and is a poison. This can simply not bre looked over, nor avoided." There are problems in any sector and I feel that this problem has been blown out of all proportion. Using me previous analogy this is like a hindu attacking the slaughter of cows based on the horse meat scandal, it is a straw man argument. "Lastly, my opponent said that a pig is more intelligent than a dolphin, which is true. Pigs are smart in their capabilities. However, dolphins recognize themselves, which other animals cannot." This appears to be clutching at straws, in almost every way pigs have been proven to be more intelligent than dolphins [3] and have even been proven to be able to use mirrors to their advantage [4]. A quick summing up of my arguments: The killing of dolphins is no more inhumane than the killing of animals in slaughterhouses [5] [6] [7]. The dolphins killed are not endangered [8]. Pigs which are killed by westerners in their millions [9] are more intelligence than dolphins [3] negating the argument from intelligence. I'm sorry but this is the definition of hypocrisy ("the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case."). [1] http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca... [2] http://wdfw.wa.gov... [3] http://pigad.blogspot.co.uk... [4] http://www.sciencedirect.com... [5] http://www.pbs.org... [6] http://www.animal-rights-action.com... [7] http://www.my-cause.com... [8] https://worldwildlife.org... [9] http://www.animalliberationfront.com...