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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