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And I'll bet that the Norwegian whaling industry does as well. A whale was shot down while being watched by tourist whale watchers:
Jan Kristiansen, who represents the whalers, defended the shootings. He claimed the whalers were simply taking advantage of the nice weather, when the hunting is best.
"Many of the whaling boats had been tied up at the dock for several days, waiting for better weather," he said. "When it finally came, we have to make the most of it."
Kristiansen claimed that he and the other whalers "don't have anything against the whale safari boats... but it's important to get across that it's the extreme opponents of whaling that travel out to see whales.
"We can't prevent them from being against the hunt, and they can't prevent us from hunting."
He's obviously never met American environmentalists.
And, yes, I did have trouble finding a category for this one.
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 05, 2006 04:58 PM
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What's the amount of money made from whale tourism compared to whaling?
Posted by mz at July 6, 2006 01:36 AM
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