To me it's like killing dogs and chimps and gorillas.
Dogs are on the menu in many Asian countries. Cats in some Latin countries (a small town in Peru actually has a festival for all things cat!). Ok, you don’t like whale meat on your plate. Some people do. Some others like ape or monkey meat, veal, foie gras, anchovies, squid or even insects (locust is Kosher). Not liking what is on somebody else’s plate is no reason to go around disrupting a legal trade by illegal means.