What's wrong with whaling and fishing for dolphins?

Question

If they were slaughtered in a humane way and monitored to prevent overfishing of a certain species, something tells me people would still be apposed to this form of fishing. Why is that? Why can't people just treat these animals like they do any other animal that's fished/hunted for?

Answer 1

Its because they are endangered. If there were millions of whales left in every species people would not care so much but they are endangered and just beginning to make a recovery. They are mainly endangered because people have already over fished them and because they only have one live baby at a time there population has a hard time recovering unlike fish who can lay hundreds of eggs.