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The Pros And Cons Of Commercial Whaling

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Commercial whaling, the definition, “hunting of whales for scientific research and their usable products like meat, oil and blubber.”. You may say that it doesn’t sound so bad, well it wouldn’t be bad… if that is what whales are being used for. Commercial whaling is meant to only supposed to be used for meat, oil and blubber, but whales have been killed for scientific purposes that they could have been apart of and still be alive. Not only that, but the main whaling country, Japan, uses whales for meat but Japan has slowly decreased the number of people eating whale meat. Americans should refuse to purchase products made through commercial whaling because the animals are going extinct due to overfishing and commercial whaling is inhumane. …show more content…

First of all, The whaling commission tried to ban or lower the amount of whales for example, “The International Whaling Commission regulates the whaling industry, they have banned commercial whaling in 1986, it has been banned since then although whaling is still legal for scientific purposes.” In conclusion, The International Whaling Commission regulates the whaling industry, they have banned commercial whaling in 1986, it has been banned since then although whaling is still legal for scientific purposes. Second of all, The International Court of Justice wants to ban whaling programs. For example, “In 2014, the International Court of Justice ruled that Japan should stop its Antarctic whaling program because its purpose was not scientific as previously claimed”. In 2014, the International Court of Justice said that Japan is going to stop hunting whales in Antarctica because its purpose is not scientific as it was claimed to be. Furthermore, Protective charities need whaling to stop. For example, “Animal protection charity Humane Society International has called for an end to Japanese whaling.”. Also, protection Humane society international says that Japanese whaling needs to come to an

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