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Originally Posted by highthief
... It is very easy to cause a species of large, slow breeding animal of low numbers to go extinct....
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And that is why there are so few BigBen's around...
*rimshot*
But seriously folks, is there any reason to hunt whales? I remember history, and how whale bones (or was it their teeth or something like that??) was an essential industrial component, as was whale oil used for a thousand different things.
I have never tasted whale meat, but I imagine it would taste pretty gamey.
I don't support whale hunting, but I am not going to go to an extreme length to prevent it. I have faith in the elected officials in office to make the right decision, given all the facts. That is why they are there. They do the work so I don't have to.