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Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 2 years ago (38 children)

Can any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?

[–] [email protected] 183 points 2 years ago (36 children)

No we can not. This is fucked up. It's one rich guy's hobby:

https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report

[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 years ago (29 children)

Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.

[–] unscholarly_source 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If he's doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer... Who are the consumers and what are they buying?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sadly, there is whale meat in our supermarkets and restaurants. The only reason they can sell it is because some of the whale is "necessary" for "research", and the meat is a "byproduct".

[–] unscholarly_source 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What kind of research necessitates killing whales??

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Research of the taste of whale meat

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