i believe the reason whaling is now considered so "evil" is the same reason that killing buffalo for food and skin in america also now wrong---the hunt to extinction. both animals were once considered a valuable source of food and other products such as their skins for many indigenous peoples, but when it becomes more about the money you can make off of these animals, that's when they become hunted to extinct. Japan is a world power today and they have no need for using whales to sustain their lives or economy. now the comment about India and cattle is more of a religious conviction for them. they believe in reincarnation and that ancestors could have been brought back in the form of cattle or other animals. many of these people are vegetarian, but it's about their religious beliefs--not about how beautiful or mystifying they might find that animal to be unlike many whale lovers..... :wink:
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