Whales and dolphins are facing ever-increasing dangers despite the 20-year ban on commercial whaling. Whales are currently under threat from a wide range of human activities, despite there being a moratorium in place against commercial whaling for nearly 20 years. Nearly 1,000 whales and dolphins are killed every day as bycatch in fishing nets. Bycatch is when unwanted fish and other species are caught up in fishing gear. It has been revealed as one of the greatest global threats facing dolphins and whales. When dolphins and other species, which breathe air, get caught up in the nets, they often get trapped underwater and drown. WWF is working with members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to encourage whale conservation around the world. Many countries like Norway continues to hunt whales under its objection to the IWC moratorium against commercial whaling, Japan has been whaling under the guise of 'scientific research', killing hundreds of whales each year and selling whale meat openly on the market. I wonder what they are hunting whale for. Whales are also living things like human. If they treat hunting like sport, they are totally cruel.
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taken from http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/whales/
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