🚀 go-pugleaf

I have just read through the postings started by
a countryfellow of mine. He did not seem to trigger
any intelligent and enlightening debate, though.

Some time ago, there was a similar "debate" on
sci.environment triggered by a posting of an article
about the work in the scientific committee of IWC.

I am a little involved in this issue professionally, so
I am curious about how people think about the issue
of whale hunting. There is obviously a lot of emotion.

I have two questions:

  Do anyone believe that whales have a greater right
  to live than other hunted animals (reindeer etc.)?

  Do anyone seriously hold the view that "Omaha" seems
  to advocate: Animals are as important as humans
  (implying it is an equal crime to kill an animal as
   to kill a human being)?

I believe that the question of hunting of minke whales
in the North Atlantic from the perspective of preserving
or endagering the species as such has been finally
settled through the work of the scientific committee of IWC,
so the debate is now on moral issues.

Regards,

Sigurd Tjelmeland
Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

direct e-mail:  sigurd@imr.no