It is sad when they kill them because they are great animals!!   

Hi my name is Seini! You are so right about people killing whales! People who do that to the whales are cruel and horrible to mammals or is it an animal?

See ya later.

 From Seini in New Zealand.

I agree with you.  Whaling is a terrible thing.

I wonder why so much hunting of whales? Do you eat them? Do you use the blubber? Do you hunt whales more than other fish?

I think that hunting is necessary for feeding people and that hunting and fishing can be good jobs for the fishermen and hunters. But, we cannot catch too much of one fish, or too much whales. We have to keep the balance of nature. We have to make sure that we don't make whales endangered animals. And, we have to make sure that hunting is for food. Remember when elephants were shot just to get the ivory from their tusks? That is very very wrong.

That is what I think.

Laura

Whaling is not cool! In my opinion it's mean.

 Hello, my name is Maddie. I think whaling is very cruel because they're innocent creatures and they have never hurt anyone.  It is very sad to see such gentle creatures be killed.

I agree with you that whales have feelings too. I can't believe that people would want to kill whales for a job. If I did that, I would call myself a WHALE KILLER.

Whaling might be controversial, are the reasearchers killing for food or for reasearch? but it isn't "cruel" its just regular hunting. The whalers have a limit of how much they can kill, which keeps the whales from extinction. Plus, there's Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd to make the whale count even lower, so right now it isn't that much of a problem.

I don't eat whales and I never will eat a whale. Why do people eat whales? I don't think that we need to eat whales! They are animals just like any other. I know we eat cows, pigs, and chickens, but I don't really think about it, I guess. I am not a vegetarian. Personally, I don't think we need to be killing all of these whales. They are part of our world too. We don't have as many whales as we have cows. I think it's sad to kill whales.

I don't think whaling is right. Too much of it will lead to extinction and it will mess up the ecosystem. The whales are part of a chain and if one part is broken the whole thing is.I understand that people whale to make a living and everyone has a right to make a living. Whaling is not a necessity. Most people whale for the sperm oil of a whale(from what I read in books). I think all ways of killing animals are cruel EXCEPT when the animal is dying and you give it peace before it suffers.

I read about people who are fighting to save the whales in Japan.  They think that commercial whaling should be illegal so they go out and risk their lives to fight against it.  I think they are very brave to put themselves at risk for something they believe in.

I agree with you both.  I think people need to change their consumption habits in order to save species that are either becoming extinct or threatened.  When one animal or plant becomes extinct, the whole ecosystem is thrown out of whack.

It drives me insane that people abuse animals! People are so cruel. I have seen shows where the whales are being dissected into pieces alive. Imagine the excrutiating pain. Pretty soon there will be no more whales if we keep this up.