harpoons and nets ):
Whaling itself is not, but every method ever used is cruel.
Only about 20 Whaling vessels are still used today (Not including small fisherman boats which is used like in Faroe Islands. Nearly half is Japanese Whaling ships.
harpoons
they used deadfalls and pit traps
they used traps
"P" Trap after that would be running traps
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When a whale is hunted, its meat is used for food. Occasionally, people will use the whale's blubber for oil.
A trapper is one who hunts and traps animals. The trappers will operate a number of different types of traps depending on what is being trapped. There are various traps that can be used such as body gripping traps, foothold traps, snares, cages and glue traps.
The simple definition of whaling is "The practice or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone." Whaling is similar to fishing but instead of nets used to catch them or kill them, harpoons and ropes is used to kill and carry the dead carcass. For Japanese whaling, when A whale is killed, it is transported onto the factory ship where it is processed , stored and chill until it gets send to Japan.
1500 B.C. Whaling has been going on for centuries. They are mostly killed for food, their blubber, and their insides which are used for most cosmetic products.
America is against whaling. They almost put whales out of the ocean for good when they did do whaling. They wanted their blubber for oil.