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According to one article that i read, Norwegian whale hunters take less whales than what their government quota allows. One complaint against Norway however, beyond the fact that they hunt whales at all, is that they target a higher population of the female breeding minkes, for some reason...

Looks like the international court ruled that Japan taking whales for "scientific research purposes" can't continue, there being no evidence of much of anything scientific going on. At least Japan was exploiting up to now what was a legal loophole. Now perhaps they will join Norway and Iceland...

Also a big difference between people killing whales and killing other humans. People can get used to anything, especially if you add a little crazy to them. Take the Rwandan genocide, for example.

Way back when here they made a law here that you are not allowed to slaughter anything above the order of a chicken. You have to call in a licensed professional to do it. I never enquired about the reasoning behind it, I assume it is to be as humane to the animals as is possible. Killing your...

At least with the old days of going after whale in long boats, the whales had a sporting chance, and one flip of their tail and the hunters could be in the drink, no doubt sometimes permanently. Now with the high powered ships and propelled harpoons, whales are merely victims. The same goes...

I can't really say about the whale in school lunches, other than in some prefectures they include it. Others, it isn't served. Likely the places that have whaling going on include it, or neighboring locations. i can easily see a politician encouraging such a menu if he has whalers amongst his...

I recall many years ago living in the workshop dormitory when an apprentice, standing up at a general meeting and saying that we should refrain from including whale in our meals. There were some rather unfriendly words directed at me as a result. Whale is rather tasty, btw. I don't at all like...