a decision that will (literally) make me sick

i can't even BELIEVE people/countries are TALKING about whale hunts once again (much less countries like japan, iceland and norway, actually carrying them out). once again, i'll state my theory. i don't think we can be kind and caring to other HUMANS when we can't be kind and caring to other creatures in general. have you ever seen a whale hunt? it ain't pretty

With some species rebounding, commission weighs loosening of ban

"Save the Whales!" One of the earliest slogans of the environmental movement, it galvanized a generation of conservationists. Awe-inspiring behemoths that breached the ocean's waves and could communicate with one another underwater, whales inspired public support in a way endangered snail darters and obscure plants never could.

And to a significant extent, the campaign worked: A quarter-century after the first anti-hunting regulations were approved, several whale populations have stabilized and a few seem to be rebounding.

Now, in light of that comeback, delegates from around the world will decide in the coming weeks if they should condone commercial hunts once more.

The International Whaling Commission will consider a controversial plan seeking a truce in the battle that has raged since a global whaling ban took effect in 1986. Three nations -- Japan, Norway and Iceland -- have defied that moratorium, insisting on the right to use the oceans as they always have, and in recent years have expanded their whale hunts............

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A humpback whale breaching off Madagascar. Japan, Iceland and Norway are pressing the International Whaling Commission to loosen the whaling ban now that there is evidence that whale populations have grown since restrictions were put in place 28 years ago.

Tim Collins

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