Killer Whales in the Arctic

According to Bob Weber there is an attack in the Arctic from killer whales. There is research about the growing number of killer whales because of the melting of the ice in the oceans of the Arctic. In 1980s federal researcher Mr. Higdon has finished recording how many times they found the sleek black-and-white killer. Mr. Bay said according to what the hunters and scientists saw, there are about 30 killer whales every year in the western water. Mr. Higdon got information from a natural protection agency. In addition, Arctic tourists have experienced that too. He said his study confirms the relationship between the increase and the decrease of sea ice. Mr. Bay said the augmentation of killer whales is related to the decrease of sea ice. The U.S space office mentions two studies. First, sea ice melted quickly because of the temperature. In 2004 to 2005 winter sea ice lessened from 10 to 15 times more than what it was in 25 years ago. Second, they found about 40 per cent less ice in one of the eastern Arctic areas in two years. Minimizing sea ice causes problems for the animals like polar bear. The killer whale assaults sea animals but there are no reports about polar bear. The hunters are worried because there are not enough sea animals. Killer whales are bad for the other whale inhabitants. Humans can catch pods because killer whales chase them to the beach. Hunters used to kill killer whales, but they stopped in the 1970s. The federal government records whales sounds underwater. Mr. Higdon said they want to divide up killer whales from the other sea animals’ sounds. Mr. Nirlungayuk said that using kayaks is a kind of danger, but they do not use it any more these days because of the bigger boats.

What will Inuit do with killer whales in the Arctic? Killer whales bother the Inuit, because they attack marine mammals. This causes decrease in the sea animals in the Arctic, and there is not enough food for population. Inuit should stop using sea animals and leave killer whales to live in the oceans.

First, people should eat fewer sea animals. Killer whales are attacking marine mammals, which causes a decrease of sea food. If hunters continue hunting it, while killer whales attack it, marine mammals will disappear soon. Sea animals are food for killer whales and for population too. The sea animals are the only things that killer whales can eat.

Second, there are many different food resources. Inuit depend on seafood instead of other sources. They can let killer whales eat sea animals, and eat land animals and vegetables. People can change their diet and find a replacement to save their lives.

Third, the population can have a new food source, which is killer whales, since killer whales cause the dying out of sea animals. If hunters catch killer whales, people can eat them instead of sea animals. In addition, that will reduce the amount of killer whales and raise the number of sea animals. In that way people can get sea animals and use killer whales in a useful way.

Some may say that the Inuit have to keep the Earth cool to increase sea ice and decrease killer whales. It is good idea, but how they can keep Earth cool? People cannot control the space or climate. The Arctic population cannot segregate killer whales, because there is no way to fix this problem. People may stay with killer whales and let them live on sea animals.

The population can let killer whales exist in the oceans and eat what they can eat. People could discontinue eating marine mammals and use the other resources to eat, or use those killer whales. Any stroung there is stronger than him.

Reference:

Weber, B. (2007, January 19). Killer whales invading Arctic. LexisNexis. Retrieved May 30 2007, from http://lexisnexis.com/universe/document.