‘No future’: Iceland cancels whale hunt over animal welfare concerns: decision follows government report that found many whales suffer immensely after being harpooned
Iceland has suspended its planned hunt for fin whales this year, citing animal welfare concerns. On June 20, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the country’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, announced that the whale hunt was postponed because “the fishing method used when hunting large whales does n...
I think further testing and study needs to occur to confirm this hypothesis. Step over here under my shiny testing instrument and I'll record the results.
I'm not sure if it's some sort of cognitive dissonance or denial, but a lot of people believe for some unknown reason that various animals or other organisms don't feel pain... even though they react like they obviously do. Lobsters are a good example.
Dear scientists, I too dislike being skewered with sharp pointy things. I also dislike getting perforated by sharp stabby things or punctured by fast metal things.
It was also just a single company running a few extremely old ships. The guy who runs it must have had extreme pull to have lobbied for keeping whaling running for so long in the face of massive unpopularity.
Minke whale tastes absolutely fantastic though. Might miss it.