are the people harvesting the whales fisherman? - of course - regardless if the end use is “study”, the primary act is “fishing” - under those auspices, its legal
My point is that the harvesting of the whales itself is questionably legal and is conducted for spurious “research” purposes as a smokescreen. I don’t blame the Japanese whaling crews, they’re just trying to make a living, I blame the higher-ups.
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to describe them as “Mammalmen”?
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