Commercial Whaling
by Sophia Damico
A whale is processed in a processing facility .
There is blood in the water . The moans of the whale ’ s pain are clearly audible . The processing boat waits for nearly an hour before the whale finally succumbs to death . The dead body is dragged up a chute and then is disassembled on deck . The oil is extracted from the head . The blubber is cut from the body . The bones are taken apart . This is commercial whaling , one of the most inhumane things that the world has ever seen . Commercial whaling is the capture and killing of whales for food and supplies in an inhumane way that is done out of greed . Whales are marine mammals , and we are mammals too . Don ’ t you think that it ’ s a little twisted , mammals killing other mammals ?
Although there are many alternatives to whales , whales are very popular in many places because they produce many resources and are said to taste very good . However , whaling
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