Current Affairs

In the last few months, Japan has come under ever increasing criticism over its ‘scientific’ whale hunts, with Australia in particular condemning the culls. However, while it is difficult to condone the killing of such incredible cetaceans, it simply cannot be said that the Japanese don’t take their research seriously, with very little of the mammals left untast untested.

And while critics claim that the results from non-lethal techniques could prove to be equally as productive, proponents opine they would be far less palatable.

With one Japanese purveyor of packed lunches now offering whale curry, and the nation’s newly expanded ‘scientific hunts’ potentially set to provide humpback burgers, public opinion outside Japan has been far from positive to say the least.

So, perhaps in a bid to make the munching of marine-based mammals seem a little less monstrous, a number of imaginative individuals have customised the popular Japanese winter dish nabe,

to cleverly accommodate cats. With the more of them in there the merrier — or indeed meatier.

Although cramming so many in can be a little laborious, especially when you need to get the lid on.

Creating a meal which arguably makes whale in curry, or even a can, seem almost palatable.

Perhaps.