Japanese do a lot of whaling and they tell that they do this because of scientific experimentation but it is said that they do it for leisure and meat. :(
Japan and then Norway are the top whale-hunting countries.
NO
hunting
Yes it is endangered. Because of massive whale hunting.
in 3000 BC
1833
because whale skin is an expensive product
Whale hunting is illegal, but some countries do it anyway. Where would you find whale in Ohio?!
the whales will die
yes
hunting for their food
To my mind, hunting purely for sport is much worse than hunting for commerce - at least commercial whale hunting has a purpose, to use the whale products. However, I leave it to the experts to calculate whether some species of whale could sustain hunting, some certainly cannot at present.