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Cruise line apologizes after dozens of whales slaughtered in front of passengers (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] b000urns@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Indeed. The reason hunting whales etc. could be seen as unethical is because we were driving them to extinction, which doesn't seem to be the case here. Any other lines that people draw for themselves about what animals we should / shouldn't eat is completely arbitrary.