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you can't compare whaling and eating whales to eating pigs.
pigs are domesticated. we raise them ourselves to fulfill our "cultural tradition" of eating pork. (unless you are a vegetarian, Jewish or a 7th day Adventist.)
your (or their) argument just doesn't hold water. whales have nearly year long developmental periods before they give birth and take years to reach adult size and sexual maturity. (same goes for sharks)
pigs, fish, chickens, and any other domesticated animal have fairly regular reproduction cycles, produce more than one offspring, and grow rather quickly in comparison to the whales.
Unless the Japanese develop a method of domesticating the whales they wish to eat, than I simply cannot support their "whaling research" to fulling their "cultural traditions"
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