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| Amazon Japan, whale meat |
Amazon is not just for books anymore. It turns out, keeping
up with its name, Amazon has been selling a number of amazing things.
Recently,
it was reported by The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the
International Humane Society that Amazon Japan has been selling
hundreds of products from whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as
cetacean food products).
They called on Amazon to stop supporting commercial whaling
by immediately and permanently banning the sale of such products. This
December
2011 report pointed out that 147 whale products were found for sale on Amazon Japan.
Whales are protected by two international treaties: the International Whaling
Commission’s moratorium on commercial whaling and the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which forbids international
trade.
EIA produced a short film to describe the situation and urged
Amazon to stop selling whale product.
On February 21,
2012, Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Amazon reacted
quickly and removed those products from its website
Seattle based
Amazon is the largest online retailer with 2011 revenue of $48 billion. The
company has market value of $82 billion and its sock is traded on Nasdaq under
the symbol AMZN.
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