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550. Why Do People Still Hunt Whales?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Cost of Whales and Dolphins

The Cove won the Oscar for Best Documentary. The film condemns both the killing of whales for meat and selling them to a dolphinarium. When I started out, there were only three dolphinariums. Today has become a multi-billion dollar industry. All of these captures help create the largest slaughter of dolphins on the planet.

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