Reply #3: So the objection is that not all the IWC member countries are pro-whaling?

[LeftyMom]

That's like complaining that not all the signatories of the Kyoto protocol are oil producers. Just as everybody has an interest in a healthier planet, we all have an interest in effective species conservation.

The science does not support the idea of a sustainable whaling industry. The data are much clearer now than they were in the 80's, now we have DNA evidence that the pre-whaling populations are much higher than the estimates based on old whaling records, so the population decline is much worse than anybody knew then.