TheJesusaurus comments on Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm of 2 minds. On the one hand killing whales is fucking insane. On the other hand, killing like a hundred thousand cows a minute is also insane.

One isn't better than the other.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net [S] 9 points 1 month ago

But one can be ended much more easily than the other.

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[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

I don't approve of killing either of them, but at least cows aren't endangered (or close to being so).

Fin whales, the primary target of Iceland’s whaling industry, are classified ⁠by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable.

Norway and Japan also commercially hunt fin whales.

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