Imagine minding your own business swimming through the ocean and out of nowhere you are speared with a large harpoon or tangled in the constriction of a net. This is a big problem that’s happening all around the world to whales, and the term most commonly used to describe it as “Whaling”. This act of violence needs to be recognized, and action needs to be taken to stop this cruelty before we totally wipe out the whole whale species. “Whaling is still carried out by Japan, Norway and Iceland, who kill 2000 whales between them each year and also continue to trade in whale products. It has to stop!” (BBC Whale Hunt) The International Whaling Commission, IWC, has already put a ban on catching these poor harmless whales, but that isn’t enough or at least hasn’t been, since whales continue to be decimated more and more. Two great solutions to the whaling problem would be to put a ban on the sale of whale meat, so the income for the whalers comes to a halt, and or my last solution which would be to stop issuing licenses to kill the whales for what they say they are needed to be practiced
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The way whales get brutally stabbed, and/or tangled, all for their meat is very unpleasant. Putting a ban on the sale of whale meat would dramatically change the outcome of how fast the species is being depleted. If no one were able to buy the delicacy of whale meat, there would no longer be a reason for killing this beautiful species. Even after an attempted ban on commercial whaling itself, Japan, Iceland, and Norway found a loophole in the treaty so they may continue to kill whales legally and inhumanely. “In commercial whaling, some 36,773 whales have been killed since the moratorium decision came into effect.” (US Whaling) Out of those thirty-six thousand whales, Norway, Japan, and Iceland have managed to kill 30 thousand for their meat products
The way whales get brutally stabbed, and/or tangled, all for their meat is very unpleasant. Putting a ban on the sale of whale meat would dramatically change the outcome of how fast the species is being depleted. If no one were able to buy the delicacy of whale meat, there would no longer be a reason for killing this beautiful species. Even after an attempted ban on commercial whaling itself, Japan, Iceland, and Norway found a loophole in the treaty so they may continue to kill whales legally and inhumanely. “In commercial whaling, some 36,773 whales have been killed since the moratorium decision came into effect.” (US Whaling) Out of those thirty-six thousand whales, Norway, Japan, and Iceland have managed to kill 30 thousand for their meat products