Throughout the 20th centuray, whaling has been a popular hunthing method of whales. Not only is the killing of over 50,000 whlales anually cruel and unujst, it has also impacted our freshwater ecology. Whales are being slaughtered for their use of meat and old. The whales that are most commonly used for whaling and the smallest species of baleen whales- the common minke whale and antarctic minke whale. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. Modern whaling is legar in countries such as Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, Russia and many more.



