It is amazing that this should still be an issue. In this area folk are privileged to be able to watch whales as these gentle giants shelter in our waters. But the International Whaling Commission, meeting in Agadir, Morrocco, is voting on a proposal to legalize commercial whale hunting for the first time in a generation.
In the 1980s, protests led to the commercial whaling ban. It is hoped that when the International Whaling Commission votes in Morocco, the world will still say a big "NO!" to whaling.
After the global ban was first implemented on commercial whaling, the number of whales killed each year fell from 38 000 per year to just a couple of thousand. Hopefully humans will join together again to protect these gentle giants.
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