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Originally Posted by TheNorm
I don't want to put my head on the chopping block, but here goes...
How is whaling any different from slaughtering cattle, sheep, pigs, or hunting wild deer?
Perhaps the only difference is that fact that one is acceptable in Britain and whaling is not (although it used to be).
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Cattle are not in danger of becoming extinct. If they were, things would be different. We protect a great many endangered species from being hunted. Whales deserve no less than rhinos, siberian tigers, etc.
The real issue here is that there is a market for whale meat in Japan backed by a very powerful industry lobby that the Japanese government doesn't want to upset. They need to be seen to be doing as much as they can to ensure the market continues to be supplied, and doing 'research' that, coincidentally, results in the deaths of large numbers of whales, is their solution.