Commercial Whaling
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Blichfeldt’s column is highly misleading and ignores a critical reason for the broad-based effort to reverse Norway’s decision to resume commercial whaling. His very first statement is wrong: A future for the world’s whales is far from secure. Whales and their habitat continue to be seriously threatened by marine pollution, coastal development, ozone depletion, oil spills, and increased vessel traffic. Commercial whaling is only one of the many hazards facing whales.
If Norway chooses to become an environmental outlaw, what will prevent other nations with objections to other conservation treaties, such as to protect endangered species, the ozone layer, and rain forests, from turning their backs on them?
The whales and the Earth deserve better than Norway’s defiance.
DAVID PHILLIPS, Executive Director
Earth Island Institute, San Francisco
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