"The hunting of whales by man is probably thousands of years old, but it became an important industry in the nineteenth century, when increased industrialisation and urbanisation created a demand for the lighting oil which could be produced from whale blubber. The meat of the animal and other parts of whales were used as well, but it was the demand for oil that drove the industry. With the development of petroleum oil in the late nineteenth century the industry declined, but whaling for meat and other products continued and modern technology was introduced to make hunting more efficient. The increasing scarcity of many whale species, together with growing recognition of the intelligence and social nature of whales, led to calls for regulation of whale catches and the creation of the International Whaling Commission. The IWC introduced a ban on whale hunting in 1982, effective from 1986, since when whale stocks appear to have recovered, although the extent of this is controversial. Some whaling continues for research purposes, mostly by Japan, which has been widely criticised for taking hundreds more whales than can be justified by the needs of scientific inquiry. Recently Japan and Norway have led demands from some countries for the lifting of the ban and the resumption of some whaling under regulation. This is widely opposed by most of the other members of the IWC and by a range of (mostly western) pressure groups" Author:Alastair Enders.
I think whaling is indeed necessary, anyway why is the uproar happening now? In every way whaling is also called "hunting", which has literally been around since the stone ages, is humanity that dysfunctional that we can't recognize the simplest of things. Someone who is against whaling must also be against fishing:giggle:. By saying whaling is wrong; you’re also saying that all hunting is wrong. The way I see it is that it's either all animals or none at all, the so called people out to stop whaling are basically just attention grabbing hypocrites not realizing how foolish their making themselves and their cause to be. Am I the only one who thinks this controversy over the collection of whales is just ridiculous?
I think whaling is indeed necessary, anyway why is the uproar happening now? In every way whaling is also called "hunting", which has literally been around since the stone ages, is humanity that dysfunctional that we can't recognize the simplest of things. Someone who is against whaling must also be against fishing:giggle:. By saying whaling is wrong; you’re also saying that all hunting is wrong. The way I see it is that it's either all animals or none at all, the so called people out to stop whaling are basically just attention grabbing hypocrites not realizing how foolish their making themselves and their cause to be. Am I the only one who thinks this controversy over the collection of whales is just ridiculous?
