“Well, if you knew anything about what the Japanese claim that they are doing which is “studying them” and that they only cut them open and study their stomach contents”
Well if you’re as smart as you claim then you’d realize the “studying” was only a loophole which was provided to allow them to keep harvesting whales.
| species | population | status and listings* |
| northern right whale | 500-1,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| southern right whale | 3,000 | endangered (ESA); vulunerable (IUCN) |
| bowhead whale | 8,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| blue whale | 10,000-14,000 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| fin whale | 120,000-150,000 | endangered (ESA); vulnerable (IUCN) |
| sei whale | 50,000 | endangered (ESA) |
| humpback whale | 10,000+ | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| sperm whale | 200,000 | endangered (ESA) |
| vaquita | a few hundred | endangered (ESA) |
| baiji | about 300 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| Indus susu | 500 | endangered (ESA, IUCN) |
| Ganges susu | unknown | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| boto | unknown; thought to be declining | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| franciscana | unknown | not listed |
| tucuxi | unknown | not listed |
| Hector's dolphin | 3,000-4,000 | vulnerable (IUCN) |
| Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin | unknown; thought to be depleted | not listed |
| Atlantic humpbacked dolphin | unknown, but depleted | not listed |
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* "ESA" denotes listing according to the Endangered Species Act. "IUCN" denotes listing according to the IUCN/World Conservation Union Red Databook. |
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