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No we can not. This is fucked up. It's one rich guy's hobby:
https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report
Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.
If he's doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer... Who are the consumers and what are they buying?
Sadly, there is whale meat in our supermarkets and restaurants. The only reason they can sell it is because some of the whale is "necessary" for "research", and the meat is a "byproduct".
What kind of research necessitates killing whales??
Research of the taste of whale meat