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[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 183 points 2 years ago (36 children)
[–] musus@lemmy.world 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@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] muix@infosec.pub 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@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What kind of research necessitates killing whales??

[–] running_tadpole@lemdro.id 22 points 2 years ago

Research of the taste of whale meat

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