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

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[-] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 183 points 1 year ago

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

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

[-] musus@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago

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 1 year ago

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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".