Petition: Tell Norway to Permanently Ban Commercial Whaling

According to World Animal News, over 580 whales were slaughtered during the 2022 whaling season in Norway. This was the highest number in the past six years, despite the population decline. Whales are extremely important to marine ecosystems, and they are intelligent and sentient creatures who feel pain.

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The whaling industry is inherently cruel: about 20 percent of whales suffer for 6–25 minutes after being harpooned. The whales that survive, as intelligent and social animals, mourn the loss of loved ones. That should be enough to put an end to whaling. But according to scientists, there is another important—yet surprising—reason to protect whale populations: the environment.

According to one recent marine biology study, “whales—especially the great whales—play a significant role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere.” Each great whale “sequesters 33 tons of CO₂ on average,” which is a startling amount, given that trees, on average, accumulate less than 50 pounds of CO₂ a year. In addition to this carbon sequestration, whales’ vertical and horizontal movement through the ocean stirs up nutrients that phytoplankton need to survive. Phytoplankton, in turn, also plays a major role in carbon absorption.

Sign this petition to tell the Norwegian government to join the international community and finally ban commercial whaling!

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