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[–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (39 children)

I would highly recommend the recent Freakonomics Radio series about whaling. It's Episodes 549-551 and the bonus episode from 2023-08-06. If you're firmly against killing any living creature (or at least sentient creatures), I highly doubt it will change your mind (and I don't think that it should or that it tries to), but I also think it is really fascinating learning about the history of the whaling industry and hearing the perspective of a modern whaler in the bonus episode. Putting aside the obvious ethical issues with killing sentient creatures, it's interesting to consider things like whether there's a sustainable level of whaling, what a sustainable quota would look like, and how much we're in competition with certain whale species for harvesting fish as food for our own species. I personally appreciated how unbiased Freakonomics tried to be in their discussion of the topic.

[–] cloud@lazysoci.al -3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

There's a sustainable level of eating dogs, cats and drink human blood too. Should we open dog farms to create more jobs?

[–] frathiemann@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not? I dont think that dog farms would be that profitable considering the price of dog food, but I dont see a reason why it should be illegal.

[–] kaj@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They're bad for dogs

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