My position remains firm that if these conditions are met:

- instant and painless killing of the animal
- regulation and repopulation of any endangered species
- waste minimized

that humans are justified in killing animals, including whales, including dolphins, for food and other beneficial uses (sans sport). This is my paradigm, otherwise I would have a crisis of what I eat.

I will continue to have no whale meat in my diet. Why? I don't like whale meat. I don't like fish, squid, octopus, or anything else from the sea, so I probably wouldn't like whale.

However, whale is a staple diet of several native tribes, and widely eaten in other countries.