Who wants to go whale hunting?
Japan, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. They defend their right to hunt whales because they’ve been doing it for centuries and they question the idea that whales are somehow different from every other animal people might hunt. Strangely enough, Iceland makes quite a lot of tourist dollars out of whale watching cruises, while at the same time hunting the animals. Time and again in Norway I’ve come across what you might call an arrogant attitude towards whaling, it’s like a backlash against the anti-hunting lobby, and I’ve seen them bringing whales into port in the Faroes, where it’s very much regarded as a traditional community activity. I’m not saying I agree with any of this myself, I’m just making the point that not everyone sees it as a bad thing.
