Whale hunting should be banned, do you agree?

Question

Thats my report that i have to write for science, any help? i need for and against arguments backed up with evidence and sources.

please help. :)

Answer 1

hunting's a fact of nature, even if we ban it how are we going to stop the mountain lion and every other predator from hunting for food. rather than a flat out ban there should be regulation on what you can hunt based on the population of the hunted species and their importance to the area's biology.

Answer 2

Until populations recover the answer is yes.

We need to quit dragging all the krill they need to survive out of the oceans too.

Answer 3

There are tribes that depend upon whale hunting for their survival.

I guess that you would rather kill off people that have been hunting whales for centuries than a few whales.

Answer 4

i agree

there harmful

and no animal should be killed

Answer 5

Are you talking about a worldwide ban? Because I'm pretty sure it's already banned in the U.S.

Answer 6

There is NO for.  In this day and age there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO KILL WHALES.  It is stupid and ridiculous to do so.  Some Asian countries claim they are killing them for research.  This is a lie.  They claim, that then they sell the meat to finance the research.  Even a blind man can see the deceit in this.

It does not matter what delicacies and flavors there are in Whale meat, and what portions are used in some medieval belief in impotency cures.  This does, in NO way, justify the slaughter of these magnificent animals.

What's the matter with these people?  It's time to grow up and realize what we are doing to the environment and the animals on this planet.  If we do not stop, and stop soon, we WILL be the end of us and all life on the Earth.  No doubt about it.

Answer 7

yes totally banned except for Native Americans

Answer 8

Many cultures have historically depended on whale hunts.  I think certain cultures should still be allowed to hunt them in a very limited amount using only their traditional primitive methods.  Whaling ships should definitely not be allowed.

Answer 9

yes it is wrong because we do not eat the whales (besides eskimos) and whales are going extinct.about 10 years ago there were about  30,000 humpback whales and now theres only around 10,000!

Answer 10

Yes, No animals should be harmed, and with whales being endagered that makes it even worse for anyone to harm them.

Answer 11

very simple.

                            Hunting of whale should be stoped because whale are also animal like us. They are very necessery for our environment. If we have to save world's biggest animal

Answer 12

Yes, whale hunting should definitely be banned. They are an endangered species! In response to an above post, Yes, some tribes do rely on hunting whales, however if they continue to whales in there area will be extinct! Hunting whales should be banned until the whale species becomes larger and non-endangered. =)

Answer 13

Easy answer.... yes, duh

Answer 14

The RSPCA believes whaling is inherently cruel. Because of the constantly moving seas in which whales live and are hunted, the whaler's harpoon very frequently fails to kill its victim instantaneously.

The margin for human error is enormous and must account for the differences in time between three minutes and one-and-a-half hours before a harpooned whale dies. Norway reported that one in five whales were not killed instantaneously during its 2002 hunt, with some taking more than 40 minutes to die.

A Whalewatch report, Troubled waters, exposes the true extent of the cruelty inherent in modern-day whaling. In his foreword to the report, naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough describes how it contains: "...hard scientific dispassionate evidence that there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea."

Although commercial whaling has been banned under a moratorium that came into force in 1986, more than 26500 have been killed since the ban came into force. Along with its partners in the global coalition, the RSPCA is lobbying the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to call a halt to commercial and so-called 'scientific' whaling operations, to maintain the current ban on commercial whaling and bring the issue of cruelty back to the fore.

To read Troubled waters, please visit the Whalewatch website at www.whalewatch.org/report.asp