«I'll probably get in trouble for making this statement, but I am probably convinced right now that there would be fewer
whales killed if we didn't have the commercial moratorium,» he told BBC News immediately after the meeting ended.
Not exact matches
«One uncomfortable reality for conservationists is that abundance takes away one argument for banning
whale killing» Can you imagine
if we used this logic for thinning out our own species?
Personally I am against commercial
whaling but
if you want an impartial view I think the taking of
whales should not be allowed under the scientific research provision; instead the ability to take for commercial purposes certain
whale species that are doing ok (e.g., minke) should be rediscussed within the IWC (again I am not in favor of this but it would better then
killing for scientific research
whale species that are endangered [eg, fin, sei
whales].
They will give brith of next generation
whales,
if you
kill them, this mean extinction.
We should be allowed to
kill a small number of these
whales each year ONLY
IF we devote serious financial and administrative efforts to preserve all other
whales and educate people on their value to nature and to human understanding of nature.
On the environmentalist side, I would urge the
whaling nations to act more like hunters, who have always been strong conservationists, and even
if they
kill animals, have professed a love for animals and spent the money on saving land and species to prove it.
So it seems that
if the oceans are overfished, and
if the
whales are
killed, and the water is high in CO2 and pollutants, and acid levels are high, and the temperature is high then organic matter becomes starved and denuded and dies off.
If adopted, it would sanction the
killing of thousands of
whales in the next decade, but at a pace lower than that projected for the existing
whaling nations.
There are those who suggest that fewer
whales may be
killed if a compromise is struck with the
whaling nations.
The mark was recovered
if the
whale was
killed and flensed.
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