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Study Suggests Eating Whales, Not Saving Them

A pro-whaling group discovers the green benefits of hunting whales—but do they miss they overarching point?

A Norwegian pro-whaling group released a study concluding that farming livestock is worse for the environment than hunting giant whales. The groups argument is that the process of tracking and harpooning the mammals requires less fuel than farming livestock—the boats burn less fuel, and release less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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