729 whales killed by Norway this year.

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More than 720 whales have been harpooned in Norway in the most deadly hunting season since the Government began defying an international ban in 1993.

The number is under the country’s self-imposed quota of 1,286 and the Government claims the four-month hunt is for the “protection and sustainable harvesting of marine resources”.

But retailers are having trouble shifting the huge amount of minke meat in supermarkets, as Norwegians show little appetite for whale.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-kills-729-whales-in-record-year-for-hunt-but-demand-failing-for-meat-9689466.html

[samsingh]

1. disgusting

I dont' think the Scandinavian countries are as enlightened as I used to believe

[ladjf]

2. Why to they continue to do this destructve thing? nt

[ZombieHorde]

3. The meat industry in the US

is brutal and promotes climate change. Why do we continue to do this destructive thing?

[stuntcat]

4. but 7 billion people all need their meat!

ask the geniuses of DU. "Meat" is totes sustainable!

[Judi Lynn]

5. Something must awaken the consciences of people, somehow. Unbelievable. n/t