Save the Whales
Save the Whales
Whaling is the hunting of whales, primarily for their large quantities of fat and meat. Its earliest forms date back to 3,000 B.C. (whale facts). Before industrialization and technological advances in fishing technology, a whale’s large size made it a risky and deadly target. Today modern commercial whalers have hunted so many whales that they are responsible for the endangerment and near extinction of many whale species. If we don’t put an effort to stop this now we will surely hunt these creatures to their extinction.
Before electricity was around, whale blubber was an indispensible source of oil for lighting homes and street lamps. Brave fishermen would go out on dangerous, sometimes deadly, whale hunts. Using less than ideal fishing strategies in poorly equipped boats they had a low success rate. Whales put up a ferocious fight and many times fishermen were killed at sea battling these creatures. Fast forward to the 20th century and man is still hunting these creatures down with specialized boats and a success rate unimaginable to ancient fishermen. The introduction of highly modernized and well-equipped whale hunting ships has made it relatively easy to hunt and kill whales on a large scale. Modern ships are equipped with sonar and specially designed harpoons to pin point and kill whales. Once a whale is spotted the harpoons are launched with so much force that they penetrate deep into the whale, making it impossible for them to get away and win the battles they once could. This technique is so efficient that by the early 1930s 50,000 whales were being killed annually (whale facts). One could justify the killing of a couple of whales in the earlier centuries, because people used them to survive. Today we are inhumanly slaughtering these creatures for “scientific research”. In an article Commercial Whaling Should be Banned from SIRI database the author states:
Today, six out of the eleven great whale species are considered to be endangered or
Whaling is the hunting of whales, primarily for their large quantities of fat and meat. Its earliest forms date back to 3,000 B.C. (whale facts). Before industrialization and technological advances in fishing technology, a whale’s large size made it a risky and deadly target. Today modern commercial whalers have hunted so many whales that they are responsible for the endangerment and near extinction of many whale species. If we don’t put an effort to stop this now we will surely hunt these creatures to their extinction.
Before electricity was around, whale blubber was an indispensible source of oil for lighting homes and street lamps. Brave fishermen would go out on dangerous, sometimes deadly, whale hunts. Using less than ideal fishing strategies in poorly equipped boats they had a low success rate. Whales put up a ferocious fight and many times fishermen were killed at sea battling these creatures. Fast forward to the 20th century and man is still hunting these creatures down with specialized boats and a success rate unimaginable to ancient fishermen. The introduction of highly modernized and well-equipped whale hunting ships has made it relatively easy to hunt and kill whales on a large scale. Modern ships are equipped with sonar and specially designed harpoons to pin point and kill whales. Once a whale is spotted the harpoons are launched with so much force that they penetrate deep into the whale, making it impossible for them to get away and win the battles they once could. This technique is so efficient that by the early 1930s 50,000 whales were being killed annually (whale facts). One could justify the killing of a couple of whales in the earlier centuries, because people used them to survive. Today we are inhumanly slaughtering these creatures for “scientific research”. In an article Commercial Whaling Should be Banned from SIRI database the author states:
Today, six out of the eleven great whale species are considered to be endangered or