for clothes and food
Only some whales and seals have become so reduced in population as to be classified as endangered. Most species were hunted commercially for products such as oil in the case of whales, and fur in the case of seals. Some countries commercially hunt these animals today. Overfishing of these animals' food stocks and water pollution pose additional threats. This is wrong Bigg Gee x
A killer whales predator is a human cause they hunt them for blubber
Countries don't hunt whales. Companies hunt whales and they do it for the same reasons they always do things, to make money.For food, although in earlier times before the discovery of drilling for crude oil, their blubber was by far the main source of oil and tallow (a key ingredient in soap, wax, and many other things) for the entire world.
Norway and Japan definitely hunt whales to kill them for food for humans to eat. Those two are probably the main ones but some other countries may do so too, such as Iceland and China perhaps.
hunting
The Inuit live too far north to hunt bison. They probably hunt caribou at times. However, seals, fish and whales are the main staples for the Inuit.
they hunted them because they were a main part of their diet and they used the skin to keep them warm in the colder months
Whaling. A few Countries refuse to stop and are trying to lift the ban of hunting them. Norway, Iceland, Japan and the USSR still have large Whaling fleets ans continue to hunt them. It is easy to hunt whales, because they travel in large groups called pods.
Blubber and whale oil are the main by-products.
The main reason is most likely relious-based bigotry.
Whales are killed by techniques of high powered rifles or electric shock. Whales take up to 30 minutes to die.
Whales feed in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, for one main reason: the food source.