Topic: Whales

[Trixiebelle]

Whales ..

I found this article a bit sad 
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_on_re_us/century_old_whale_6;_ylt=Au.ps4NLRCXEjPWlOc_L2duEgXwV
 
This bit particularly:
 
"The 49-foot male whale died when it was shot with a similar projectile last month, and the older device was found buried beneath its blubber as hunters carved it with a chain saw for harvesting"

 

[Robert_Brenchley]

It is indeed. You can understand them hunting whales back then, but not now.

[Heldi]

With you all the way. Very sad. 

[telboy]

Why does the 'human race' misstreat the planet in this or any other way??

[Robert_Brenchley]

In this particular case it's ancient tradition (which was perfectly sustainable using pre-industrial methods), plus modern technology, plus greed. The problems began when we started producing large numbers of genuinely ocean-worthy ships, and escalated from there.