SHAKIR -- This week Shamudy, leader of the whales, announced he was considering a draft. If he were to go ahead with one it would make the whales the first animal nation within the Grand Army Of the United Animals, and even the United Animals, to utilise a draft for their military. This would likely drop his approval ratings, which have sat at an amazing 98% for the entirety of his presidency - a stark contrast when compared with Cookie's current 33% approval rating - and drop it.
Shamudy has been seen as an incredibly benevolent and well liked leader, however many whales feel that they did not need to get involved in this second great animal war and are not interested in fighting it. Shelia Pearsons, a mother of 2, told us that despite the recent attacks within the whale's borders by the Aligned Animals - the first in history - she still supported staying out of the war, "We've fought and supported the West's wars for how many years now? We protect all the ocean animals, we need to focus on that and our own security as a nation before we get involved in a war the horses started." Despite Shamudy being a founding member in the Grand Army Of the United Animals and their model 'an attack on one is an attack on all' modelled after a human Treaty Organisation, the Whale's involvement is heavily contested.