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Bookmark or Share- Makah Tribe Wins Federal Approval to Hunt Gray WhalesThe Makah Tribe, which has long sought approval to resume hunting whales off the Washington State coast, won approval from federal regulators on Thursday to harvest as many as 25 gray whales...
- Whale Hunting Still Exists in 3 Countries, but It Is DecliningThree nations continue to hunt whales commercially, despite disappearing demand for whale meat and opposition from environmentalists and animal advocates. Here’s what you need to know about the declining whale industry, why it still exists — and the movement to stop whale hunting.
- Whaling - WikipediaWhaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16th century, it had become the principal industry in the Basque coastal regions of Spain and ...
- Why Do 3 Countries (Plus 5 More) Still Permit Whaling in 2024?Of the three whale-hunting nations, Norway kills the most whales, slaughtering between 400 and 600 a year. However, minke whales are the only species hunted. They are not endangered and there are nearly one million of them living in all the world’s oceans.
- Whaling | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaWhaling, the hunting of whales for food and oil. Although once widely conducted, whaling has declined since the mid-20th century, when whale populations began to drop catastrophically. Learn more about the history and process of whaling as well as opposition to it.
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