▲ 717 ▼ Definitely cares rule (discuss.online) submitted 4 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 1 point 3 days ago (2 children) Is it not a given you don’t want the whales killed or do you have to call them out specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago In the late 20th century, whaling drove some species of whale into endangered status, and some nations continued to poach whales even though there was international law against it. According to Wikipedia whale hunting is still an business and a controversy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago Sadly, yes. Some whale populations were dangerously close to collapse partly/mainly (it’s debatable) due to human actions. A lot of other maritime species weren’t thriving but with whales it was dangerously different. For the record we did also have “dolphin friendly tuna” so perhaps my analogy needs some work… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago In the late 20th century, whaling drove some species of whale into endangered status, and some nations continued to poach whales even though there was international law against it. According to Wikipedia whale hunting is still an business and a controversy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago Sadly, yes. Some whale populations were dangerously close to collapse partly/mainly (it’s debatable) due to human actions. A lot of other maritime species weren’t thriving but with whales it was dangerously different. For the record we did also have “dolphin friendly tuna” so perhaps my analogy needs some work… permalink fedilink source parent
