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

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago (29 children)

Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If he's doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer... Who are the consumers and what are they buying?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 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

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