Why are blue whales becoming extinct?

Answer 1

Blue Whale populations have declined significantly due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.

Now that the hunting of these giant animals is banned, their numbers has started to increase and I don't think they will go extinct.

Answer 2

Blue Whale populations have declined significantly due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.

Now that the hunting of these giant animals is banned, their numbers has started to increase and I don't think they will go extinct.

Answer 3

The blue whale is coming extinct because when fishermen drag along their nets and blue whales get tangled in them an can't get air to breath and by the time the fishermen pull up the nets it's too late

Answer 4

Because people throw there rubbish, and dump pollutants into the rivers, which run into the seas. When whales are exposed to this, especially near river outlets they can get trapped in, or eat the pollution filled trash and rubbish . This can cause them to die. They are also killed by whalers like the Japanese who say they kill them for scientific use. People have found whale meat on the black market in Japan. There is too much conspiracy around the topic.

Answer 5

Due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.

Answer 6

they are being hunted and their habitats are being destroyed.

Answer 7

I think it is because people keep searching and hunting for them for their blubber

Answer 8

Blue whales are not extinct, but they are VERY close because of polution and people killing them.