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People hunted whales for a long time. The primary reason was to collect whale oil, which was derived from the blubber of the whale. Whale oil was used as a fuel for lighting, for lubrication, and for many other things as well. You have to remember that before electricity and fossil-fuel, the only light was provided by either candles, or oil lamps that used whale oil. The worldwide demand for products made from whale oil was very similar to the current demand for products made from petroleum. Thanks to the development of electricity, and the natural gas/petroleum fuels, the need to hunt and kill whales for fuel has declined. The only whaling going on now is by countries that use parts of the whale for food, or for other purposes. You could say that Thomas Edison and John D. Rockefeller saved more whales than Greenpeace could in a thousand years.
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Why do Korean people hate whales?
Korean people do not hate and hunt whales. It is the japanese who kills whales for food. The chinese are reported to hunt whales on certain occasions.
Where do people hunt for whales?
Antarctica
What do the people of the Faroes hunt?
Probably whales.
When do people hunt whales?
For the bone of the whale
How humpback whales hunt?
the humpback whales get hunt by people so they can usle there body as meat and there fins abd tails for soup.
What people hunt whales?
whale hunters(asians)
How do people hunt whales?
Because of their oily blubber.
What is off shore whaling?
it is when whalers ( or people that hunt whales) go out to sea and hunt.
What do people who hunt whales need them for?
Personally I think hunting whales is stupid. They are a very important animal to our environment, but they hunt them for food and their blubbery skin.
What native people hunt caribou seals and whales?
inuits
Where do people hunt whales?
Nearly everywhere in the world's oceans.
What is the main reason people hunt whales?
for clothes and food
