I think the difference to me is one of how you kill an animal to eat it and that is the same if its either wild or domesticated. In this country livestock is killed quick and as painless as possible. And yes I have seen it for my self. If you want to kill a whale it is not an easy task and there is no way to do it fast and without pain at sea. Whales are a an intelegent complex mammal and are very human like in their make up. Once harpooned they can take 45 minutes plus to die and are in agony the whole time.
I would kill a wild animal if I had to eat I have to say but never for pleasure. I have an uncle who is a football coach working in the US at the moment and when he goes he stays with a family who are trophy hunters. They have a warehouse full of stuffed animals from all over the world which they have shot because they ran out of room at home years ago. The wife recently went to Africa and shot a baby giraffe in front of its mother for a birthday present, they know we Brits dont aprove and so when they send birthday and christmas cards they usually contain pictures of the latest kills just to wind him up. He has just sent me a newspaper clipping from the area in which a local airstewardess has just been to Canada where she shot a polar bear with a bow and arrow so that she could be the youngest women in the world to hold such a record. The bear was found using a helicopter and then dogs were used to keep its attention while she shot it twice with her bow and arrow. The shot that brought it down hit it in the heart/chest area. All the while the eskimos were on hand to shoot it if it turned nasty.
Great! Its ilegal to bring the body into the US so she offered it to the airport to greet visitors to the area as they arrive. She must be one brave women!
The thing with whales is that you dont need to eat them and they are endangered. The Norwegians are planning to expand their hunting grounds due to them not catching as many in their home waters as they wanted (there not there because they are endangered) So they plan to come 200 miles off of the UK coast to kill any whales which happen to be around our coast instead, They cant do it in UK waters because its banned but they can sail up and down the invisible line and take what they find.
If thats cool with people then that is a real shame.  | 
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