<< It's my humble opinion we should first, put our collective head(s) down, and work at fixing all our ills. And those ills, to which I refer, they're (sadly) legion in number. >>

Yep, o sung wu. Totally!

Ludwig, you say;

<< Spindoc, thanks for the reminder; I’ve got to see Soylent Green. It’s all about overpopulation, dystopia, chronic food shortages and food made from human corpses>>.

No Ludy, its just a very old movie. Nothing real, not a prediction, not a public alarm, not a quasi-religious movement, not a "peak something" statement, just a sci-fi movie, a very old version of AVATAR.

The planet NEEDS a program for animal control. I'm not totally opposed to the killing of anything given it being necessary for protection of the entire ecosystem. We've messed with the ecosystem over the generations through selectively removing various things and due to that we have a responsibility for the protection of it in its entirety.

Having said that, I'll oppose anything that's potentially damaging too. But I think we're all a bit precious over animal killing. Some even get their knickers in a knot over the killing of introduced damaging pest species. Crazy, I know.

Yes Spinny, a very old sci-fi movie that I have somehow managed to never see!

If Paul is correct with his figures about whale meat not selling in Japan then the greens have nothing to worry about.

If is not economical for the whalers then they will stop whaling.

So no need for any big song and dance.

The complete protection of endangered species must
continue for a long time to allow them to recover
from years of extreme overhunting. Even with protection,
some species may not be able to recover.

Every year, the number of people in the world increases,
and so the demand for food rises constantly. This fact
may threaten the survival of whales. If the population
does not level off, people may have to compete with whales
for food in the sea.