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Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sadly, there is whale meat in our supermarkets and restaurants. The only reason they can sell it is because some of the whale is "necessary" for "research", and the meat is a "byproduct".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of research necessitates killing whales??

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Research of the taste of whale meat