A cruise line has apologized to its passengers after one of their ships arrived in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of the animals were being slaughtered.
  • Yoruio@lemmy.ca
    76·
    2 years ago

    Hunting and killing methods have been improved to ensure as little harm to the whales as possible.

    Apart from the … hunting and the killing.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      32·
      2 years ago

      Why even hunt whales in the first place? Sure, it’s one big food source when you snag one, but people who have tried whale say it’s bland and uninteresting. It’s just a bunch of fat. And it takes a lot of effort to kill it, haul it, parse it out, etc.

      Fish farms give you much more good quality meat without all of the species endangerment.

      • Cow_says_moo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 years ago

        It’s definitely not just fatty and bland. I’ve had it on Svalbard, where there’s no farming or husbandry going on because it’s too far up north.

        Whale tastes a lot like beef, so yeah, might as well have that instead.

      • snek_boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Exactly. Plus the article itself talks about the mercury poisoning risks associated with eating whales and dolphins.

        • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          If people knew how fucking easy it was to create different perfume/cologne scents and the markup for each scent, there would be riots in the streets. They can’t even be regulated to put their ingredients on their bottles, because it would reveal the secret.

          You don’t need “rare whale vomit” to make a goddamn perfume.

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
      61·
      2 years ago

      We just line them up against the wall and shoot them in the blowhole. It’s the most humane way, really. /s