The Importance Of Whaling

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Why should whaling be banned and illegal? Whaling should be banned to preserve whale life within the world’s seas and to keep all species of whales protected instead of 2,000+ whales getting killed per year pushing whales to be on the verge of extinction for so called “research”.

How can you help? There are multiple ways to take action to help preserve and free the whales from extinction by making your voice heard alongside thousands of people around the world in a pledge to our world leaders at https://goo.gl/1zQRdz. Make your voice heard!

I only come up to say hi but whalers just say die!, die!, die.

Every year, thousands of whales are killed for “research purposes” and human consumption. Often, whales that are killed out at sea are killed

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