Why do people go whaling if it's illegal?

Japanese people go whaling

It should be. In some places it is and some it isn't.

Killing whales is illegal.

It is a controversial issue, Japan do whaling for research, but Sea Shepherd view it as commercial whaling which is illegal. Natives in Alaska had hunted whale for food. Whaling consider illegal in some area.

People go against whaling so much because people ,like the Japanese, are killing the whales and that populations are starting to go down even more every time someone is whaling!

Yes, the Japanese still do some whaling . . . it is one of their basic foods.

because its illegal to kill whales

You can donate to groups that try to stop whaling.

Not every country recognizes the ban.

ummm... I'm pretty sure it's illegal everywhere, but people still do it(illegally of course)! The US has banned whaling but a few other countries still perform this operation. Japan, for example, still sells whale meat as a high end food.

Whaling almost killed out the entire species so now whales are endangered so whaling is illegal and those who do it are poaching. I wouldn't suggest doing it.

NO! Whaling should not be banned unless the people who started whaling agreed with it. == ==

it is when whalers ( or people that hunt whales) go out to sea and hunt.

This is quite a complicated and mixed answer. Whaling is still happening but not to the extent as it used to be going back a generation ago. Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 when the IWC (International Whaling Commission) said that Commercial Whaling is banned due to the reduction of population of numerous whale species. However, mainly Japan, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands still kill whales. How they are aloud is that they say that what they are doing is for either cultural or scientific purposes. This is a loophole in the IWC Commercial Whaling ban as it means scientific research is allowed. There are people who want to end but the most famous group of people who are anti-whaling group is called Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2002, they have gone to Antarctica to confront the Japanese whalers to reinforce the UN law that instates that what Japan is doing is illegal. However, the Japanese whalers have ignored this, and it wasn't until March 31st, 2014 where the IWC indicated what Sea Shepherd is doing by saying what Japan has done is illegal commercial whaling as it doesn't meet the scientific research standards. There are people who wants Whaling to end, but it the UN's responsibility to reinforce the Commercial Whaling law, but as they aren't it is still allowed to occur despite it being illegal.

How many people die in whaling accidents? The answer is 100 people a year

They run the illegal whaling going on in the south Pacific.

To some Japanese people, it is a sport to hunt whales. It is illegal though: because, whales are endangered. (Partly because of whaleing).

yes Blue whaling and the selling of the meat is illegal in many countries but is still sold illegally in some countries.

Until the late 20th Century it was but due to the 1986 Commercial Whaling ban, only a few countries are still Whaling, which makes what their activities illegal despite claiming that they are doing it for cultural or scientific purposes, which is in general aloud as a loophole in the commercial whaling ban.

While whaling for certain industries is bad. i.e. ones that don't use all parts of the whale. are horrible there are parts of the world that still depend on whaling for food and supplies. Making whaling illegal would cause huge damage to their culture and their ability to maintain themselves.

Yes, whales are endangered so in America and other countries it is illegal.

he chose to write about whaling because he wanted to tell everybody how it is to go whaling and he wanted to unite all races

they can't. caring for the oceans entails its creatures, and whales are part of them. whaling is awful and people should stop it.

People first started whaling around 3000 BC. It sure was a Long long time ago!

ppl in china and japan